Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was 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 $440.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −63.49 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$440.00

12 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,284

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.13

vs NE average

+58.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	440.00	2,284	12thin

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 sale12 hd

440.00

—

NE average2 barns · 30 hd

438.87

+1.13

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+58.32

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−63.49

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,425	$3,125	15

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1Replacement	750–800	770	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,503	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,355	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,711	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,247	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,674	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,720	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,057	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,275	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,098	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	299.25/cwt	299.25–299.25	2,675	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	358.69/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,583	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	342.31/cwt	334.50–349.00	2,834	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	301.59/cwt	296.00–305.50	2,741	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	306.25/cwt	306.25–306.25	2,582	62
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	3,125.00/head	3,125.00–3,125.00	3,125	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,550	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,366	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,429	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	320.97/cwt	314.00–335.50	3,072	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	379.42/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,326	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	355.89/cwt	355.00–357.50	2,349	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,284	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,994	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,030	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,195	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	328.74/cwt	324.75–334.00	2,919	396
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,083	9

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 Aug 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,971Last week 3,515Year ago 2,789

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 189

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was 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 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	750–800	770	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
9	200–250	215	1,300.00	1,300.00
9	400–450	434	480.00	480.00
7	450–500	488	430.00	430.00
17	600–650	613	370.00–386.00	379.42
26	650–700	660	355.00–357.50	355.89
7	700–750	700	338.00	338.00
62	800–850	843	306.25	306.25
119	850–900	894	299.25	299.25
117	900–950	909	296.00–305.50	301.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
11	500–550	505	405.00	405.00
12	750–800	793	297.00	297.00
5	900–950	915	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	473	475.00	475.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
8	200–250	226	1,400.00	1,400.00
5	350–400	366	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	457	450.00	450.00
7	550–600	587	387.50	387.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	519	440.00	440.00
8	600–650	611	397.50	397.50
16	650–700	671	380.00	380.00
139	700–750	720	352.00–365.00	358.69
16	750–800	795	341.00	341.00
343	800–850	828	334.50–349.00	342.31
396	850–900	888	324.75–334.00	328.74
231	900–950	927	323.00	323.00
163	950–1000	957	314.00–335.50	320.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	485	452.50	452.50
21	850–900	857	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	471	431.00	431.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,425	3,125.00	3,125.00

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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