Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was very good from the larger than normal number of buyers in the crowd along with the internet activity. The majority of the consignment sheet consisted of home raised long time weaned steers and heifers the bulk of which sold in load lots with weighing condition in the buyers favor. Upward swing in Saturday's market could be due to the bullish cattle on feed report Friday and area feedlots sold finished steers and heifers at record prices. Live sales ranged from 210.00 to 212.00 and dressed sales 328.00 to 330.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.16/cwt on 350 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −140.33 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$363.16

350 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,007

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$44.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.94

vs NE average

+22.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	370.09	2,024	295
Medium and Large 1-2	584	326.00	1,904	55

One grade step is worth $44.09/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $484.92, median $503.49 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale350 hd

363.16

—

NE average8 barns · 2,191 hd

361.22

+1.94

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+22.22

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−140.33

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

49 lots · USDA AMS · Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	292.84/cwt	290.75–302.00	2,290	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,607	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	282.38/cwt	282.25–282.75	2,451	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	584	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,904	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,968	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,373	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	358	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,715	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	325.38/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,193	688
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	346.98/cwt	346.00–347.50	2,044	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	347	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,570	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	616	352.53/cwt	352.25–355.00	2,172	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	422	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,671	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	358	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,504	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	389.55/cwt	388.00–391.00	1,971	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	651	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,194	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	562	370.55/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,082	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	811	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,983	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	473	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,556	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	806	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,237	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	769	282.25/cwt	282.25–282.25	2,171	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,628	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,697	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	419.47/cwt	419.00–423.00	1,825	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	371.49/cwt	365.00–373.00	1,999	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	600	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,728	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	614	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,980	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	313.70/cwt	308.00–318.00	2,287	341
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,586	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,964	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,223	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	314.09/cwt	313.00–317.50	1,847	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	278.43/cwt	275.50–280.25	2,044	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	524	358.24/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,877	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	292.33/cwt	289.50–295.00	1,962	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,891	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	397.20/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,482	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,034	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,462	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,729	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	393	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,493	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	424.20/cwt	422.50–425.00	1,468	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	298.07/cwt	296.00–306.00	1,863	109

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Jan 25, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,670Last week 5,464Year ago 5,310

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	297	1,510.00	1,510.00
19	350–400	397	432.00	432.00
39	400–450	435	419.00–423.00	419.47
28	450–500	491	400.00	400.00
101	500–550	538	365.00–373.00	371.49
50	550–600	589	346.00–347.50	346.98
688	650–700	674	320.00–332.00	325.38
341	700–750	729	308.00–318.00	313.70
145	750–800	782	290.75–302.00	292.84
64	800–850	834	284.50	284.50
264	850–900	868	282.25–282.75	282.38
121	950–1000	962	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	358	420.00	420.00
9	400–450	422	396.00	396.00
55	550–600	584	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	700–750	713	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	347	452.50	452.50
7	350–400	358	452.50	452.50
11	400–450	408	439.00	439.00
54	500–550	506	388.00–391.00	389.55
84	550–600	562	370.00–371.00	370.55
231	600–650	616	352.25–355.00	352.53
46	650–700	651	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	600	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	500	357.50	357.50
6	600–650	614	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
5	450–500	473	329.00	329.00
9	500–550	524	330.00	330.00
6	800–850	811	244.50	244.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	750–800	769	282.25	282.25
60	800–850	806	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	450	377.00	377.00
70	500–550	524	355.00–360.00	358.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	305	1,410.00	1,410.00
22	300–350	346	422.50–425.00	424.20
32	350–400	373	395.00–402.50	397.20
29	450–500	450	352.50	352.50
28	500–550	545	347.00	347.00
92	550–600	588	313.00–317.50	314.09
109	600–650	625	296.00–306.00	298.07
139	650–700	671	289.50–295.00	292.33
266	700–750	734	275.50–280.25	278.43
9	750–800	759	268.00	268.00
50	850–900	870	255.50	255.50
8	1000–1050	1,041	236.50	236.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	393	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	318.00	318.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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