Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyer in the crowd and on the internet. The shorter than expected consignment sheet due to winter weather moving through the trade area consisted of long time weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.67/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −145.82 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$357.67

106 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.18

vs NE average

+19.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	357.67	2,053	106

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale106 hd

357.67

—

NE average7 barns · 1,214 hd

360.85

−3.18

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

+19.00

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−145.82

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

29 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,855	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	636	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,857	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	490	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,654	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	328.20/cwt	321.00–334.00	2,048	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	395.80/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,892	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	575	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,162	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,384	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	310.00/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	354.39/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,048	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	317.29/cwt	310.00–320.50	2,097	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,003	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	283.92/cwt	280.50–285.00	2,297	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	773	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,164	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	289.47/cwt	280.50–293.75	2,235	530
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	786	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	714	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,078	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,936	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,052	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	274.48/cwt	273.00–275.50	1,974	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	304.25/cwt	302.00–310.00	2,172	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	286.76/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,913	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	321.08/cwt	319.00–323.00	1,821	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	306.30/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,868	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	322.07/cwt	318.00–327.50	1,710	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,125	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	668	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,961	24

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 Feb 15, 2025

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

Receipts 2,191Last week 2,372Year ago 5,160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	515	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	636	292.00	292.00
59	650–700	682	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	490	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	491	352.50	352.50
23	500–550	531	318.00–327.50	322.07
19	550–600	567	319.00–323.00	321.08
149	600–650	610	305.00–310.00	306.30
115	650–700	667	278.00–288.00	286.76
84	700–750	719	273.00–275.50	274.48
27	750–800	784	271.00	271.00
6	850–900	865	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	668	293.50	293.50
65	750–800	773	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	478	395.00–397.50	395.80
72	550–600	578	350.00–363.00	354.39
45	600–650	624	321.00–334.00	328.20
119	650–700	661	310.00–320.50	317.29
101	700–750	714	302.00–310.00	304.25
530	750–800	772	280.50–293.75	289.47
255	800–850	809	280.50–285.00	283.92
127	850–900	866	275.25	275.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	575	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	629	309.00–311.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	534	362.50	362.50
7	550–600	589	340.00	340.00
25	650–700	691	297.00	297.00
75	700–750	714	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	786	244.00	244.00

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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