Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 500 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher with instances sharply higher and heifers over 500 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Around 325 head of bawling calves sold in the run of calves and feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.37/cwt on 462 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −118.13 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$385.37

462 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$20.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.45

vs NE average

+21.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	386.42	2,108	438
Medium and Large 1-2	534	366.12	1,955	24

One grade step is worth $20.30/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale462 hd

385.37

—

NE average7 barns · 1,742 hd

383.91

+1.45

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

+21.39

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−118.13

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

42 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	350–400	376	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,692	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	624	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,084	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	336	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	404.63/cwt	385.00–425.00	1,720	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	265.69/cwt	265.00–265.75	2,237	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	355.81/cwt	349.00–373.00	1,736	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	394.20/cwt	387.50–405.00	2,062	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	337.12/cwt	327.50–343.00	2,299	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,101	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,098	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,132	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	396.10/cwt	390.00–399.00	1,885	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,017	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	366.12/cwt	360.00–371.50	1,955	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	414.48/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,960	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,522	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	410.01/cwt	407.50–420.00	1,812	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	310.29/cwt	298.00–311.50	2,402	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,203	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	335.80/cwt	334.00–339.00	2,079	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	287.18/cwt	284.50–294.00	2,346	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	281.34/cwt	278.25–283.50	2,465	682
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	306.85/cwt	306.00–308.00	2,237	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	456.82/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,850	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	376	476.70/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,792	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	747	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,458	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	486	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,126	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	370.29/cwt	364.50–380.50	2,148	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	349.30/cwt	343.00–365.00	2,215	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	293.19/cwt	285.00–296.00	1,976	408
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	279.39/cwt	275.00–281.00	2,062	490
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	892	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,417	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	712	328.80/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,341	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	791	303.46/cwt	299.00–304.00	2,400	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	564	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,951	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	338.23/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,789	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	362.90/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,575	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	406.85/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,538	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,136	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	328.40/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,931	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	309.08/cwt	300.50–323.00	1,913	310

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 →

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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
18	300–350	336	1,550.00	1,550.00
15	350–400	376	450.00	450.00
36	600–650	624	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	378	402.50–410.00	406.85
24	400–450	425	385.00–425.00	404.63
158	450–500	488	349.00–373.00	355.81
176	500–550	529	330.00–349.00	338.23
88	550–600	588	322.00–340.00	328.40
310	600–650	619	300.50–323.00	309.08
408	650–700	674	285.00–296.00	293.19
490	700–750	738	275.00–281.00	279.39
30	750–800	771	277.00	277.00
135	800–850	842	265.00–265.75	265.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	700–750	712	323.00–331.00	328.80
79	750–800	791	299.00–304.00	303.46
28	850–900	892	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	550–600	564	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	434	360.00–365.00	362.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	455.00	455.00
76	400–450	442	407.50–420.00	410.01
26	450–500	473	410.00–420.00	414.48
198	500–550	523	387.50–405.00	394.20
189	550–600	580	364.50–380.50	370.29
196	600–650	634	343.00–365.00	349.30
207	650–700	682	327.50–343.00	337.12
25	700–750	729	306.00–308.00	306.85
141	750–800	774	298.00–311.50	310.29
211	800–850	817	284.50–294.00	287.18
682	850–900	876	278.25–283.50	281.34
32	900–950	917	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	500–550	505	416.00	416.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	476	390.00–399.00	396.10
11	600–650	608	345.00	345.00
16	650–700	660	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	534	360.00–371.50	366.12
34	600–650	619	334.00–339.00	335.80
11	650–700	656	307.50	307.50
25	750–800	794	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	376	475.00–480.00	476.70
19	400–450	405	455.00–460.00	456.82
8	450–500	486	437.50	437.50
208	700–750	747	329.00	329.00

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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