Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 550-650 lbs sold sharply higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, heifers over 600 lbs sold unevenly. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. The consignment sheet consisted of long time weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers along with one consignment of bawling fall calves which had received 2 rounds of vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.52/cwt on 206 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −140.97 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$362.52

206 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.17

vs NE average

+21.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	362.52	2,044	206

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 sale206 hd

362.52

—

NE average4 barns · 430 hd

362.36

+0.17

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+21.31

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−140.97

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

28 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	700–750	706	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,231	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	684	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,895	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	357.60/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,713	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	319.39/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,731	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,112	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	307.81/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,745	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,594	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	304.54/cwt	292.50–315.00	2,202	510
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	371.52/cwt	363.00–377.00	1,917	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	272.55/cwt	270.75–276.25	2,347	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	369.60/cwt	365.00–372.00	2,122	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,876	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	401	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,554	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	276.43/cwt	274.00–281.50	1,988	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	348.25/cwt	342.50–352.00	2,156	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,743	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	330.10/cwt	327.00–336.00	1,928	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	311.47/cwt	309.50–313.00	2,146	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	300.92/cwt	289.00–308.00	2,007	306
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	264.19/cwt	260.00–267.50	2,069	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	285.03/cwt	277.00–287.50	2,312	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,061	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	302.26/cwt	292.50–311.00	1,895	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	749	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	2,206	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	501	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,769	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,274	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	666	332.47/cwt	331.75–335.00	2,214	111

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	700–750	706	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	650–700	684	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	479	340.00–367.50	357.60
56	500–550	542	319.00–321.00	319.39
40	550–600	567	305.00–310.00	307.81
264	600–650	627	292.50–311.00	302.26
306	650–700	667	289.00–308.00	300.92
314	700–750	719	274.00–281.50	276.43
78	750–800	783	260.00–267.50	264.19
76	800–850	814	259.50	259.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	430.00	430.00
21	400–450	401	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	700–750	749	294.50	294.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	501	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	480.00	480.00
23	350–400	394	442.50	442.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	481	390.00	390.00
43	500–550	516	363.00–377.00	371.52
124	550–600	574	365.00–372.00	369.60
63	600–650	619	342.50–352.00	348.25
39	650–700	689	309.50–313.00	311.47
510	700–750	723	292.50–315.00	304.54
351	800–850	811	277.00–287.50	285.03
106	850–900	861	270.75–276.25	272.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	584	327.00–336.00	330.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	723	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
111	650–700	666	331.75–335.00	332.47
75	700–750	703	323.50	323.50

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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