Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-23

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. Nice offering of yearling feeders the bulk of which came off the summer grass with some coming out of the grow yards. Quite a few preg checked open heifers along with one set of bawling spring calves sold in the mix.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.78/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −45.37 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$403.78

64 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.51

vs NE average

+43.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	403.78	2,255	64

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $466.03, low $426.75, median $449.16 across 17 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 sale64 hd

403.78

—

NE average7 barns · 302 hd

403.27

+0.51

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+43.98

This barn, trailing median17 sales

449.16

−45.37

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

23 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	950–1000	976	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,231	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,154	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,349	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	369.19/cwt	357.00–375.50	2,647	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	313.25/cwt	313.25–313.25	3,158	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	354.09/cwt	353.00–364.50	2,748	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	377.57/cwt	366.00–387.50	2,937	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	330.14/cwt	329.50–330.75	3,331	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,367	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	354.90/cwt	345.00–360.00	3,098	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	342.75/cwt	334.00–349.50	2,855	352
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,273	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	890	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	3,053	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,860	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	338.70/cwt	337.00–342.00	2,974	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,642	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,132	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	338.07/cwt	331.50–348.00	3,269	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,631	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,113	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,018	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	331.64/cwt	325.00–341.00	3,028	267

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 23, 2025

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

Receipts 2,012Last week 1,971Year ago 2,879

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	528	408.00	408.00
16	600–650	648	362.50	362.50
48	700–750	717	357.00–375.50	369.19
186	750–800	776	353.00–364.50	354.09
352	800–850	833	334.00–349.50	342.75
307	850–900	878	337.00–342.00	338.70
267	900–950	913	325.00–341.00	331.64
4	950–1000	976	331.00	331.00
74	1000–1050	1,008	313.25	313.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	472	427.50	427.50
54	550–600	564	403.00	403.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	850–900	890	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	629	420.00	420.00
64	750–800	778	366.00–387.50	377.57
8	800–850	801	357.00	357.00
166	850–900	873	345.00–360.00	354.90
42	900–950	900	348.00	348.00
87	950–1000	967	331.50–348.00	338.07
119	1000–1050	1,009	329.50–330.75	330.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	488	485.00	485.00
56	600–650	625	421.00	421.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	508	416.00	416.00
6	750–800	777	356.00	356.00

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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