Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $419.60/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −83.89 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$419.60

63 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,309

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$53.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.93

vs NE average

+41.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	423.87	2,329	58
Medium and Large 1-2	559	370.00	2,068	5thin

One grade step is worth $53.87/cwt here — about $261 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale63 hd

419.60

—

NE average4 barns · 475 hd

410.67

+8.93

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+41.02

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−83.89

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

24 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 1	500–550	514	391.39/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,012	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	358.72/cwt	357.50–362.00	2,095	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,011	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,461	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,417	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,653	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,790	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	420.92/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,218	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	381.46/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,415	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,372	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,236	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	622	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,236	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	472	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,065	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	748	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,184	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,117	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	370.38/cwt	367.00–374.00	2,345	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,842	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	306.41/cwt	301.00–310.00	2,182	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,718	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	310.21/cwt	306.00–313.00	2,671	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,161	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,817	31

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 Jun 7, 2025

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

Receipts 1,037Last week 1,730Year ago 0

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	425	427.50	427.50
13	450–500	457	403.00	403.00
38	500–550	514	388.00–400.00	391.39
44	550–600	584	357.50–362.00	358.72
17	650–700	653	331.00	331.00
15	700–750	712	301.00–310.00	306.41
15	850–900	851	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	622	359.50	359.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	523	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	450–500	472	437.50	437.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	694	305.00	305.00
8	700–750	748	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	371	482.50	482.50
10	400–450	419	480.00	480.00
16	500–550	527	420.00–422.50	420.92
37	600–650	633	380.00–385.00	381.46
10	650–700	665	370.00	370.00
39	750–800	785	338.00	338.00
50	800–850	804	338.00	338.00
295	850–900	861	306.00–313.00	310.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	463	483.00	483.00
42	550–600	558	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	559	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	633	367.00–374.00	370.38

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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