Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Nice offering of yearling steers and heifers on offer, the bulk of which came off the summer grass with some coming out of the grow yards. A consignment of "AI" bred heifers along with packages of bawling spring calves also sold in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.32/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −63.17 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$440.32

48 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$46.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.35

vs NE average

+26.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	449.05	2,411	39
Medium and Large 1-2	574	402.50	2,310	9thin

One grade step is worth $46.55/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale48 hd

440.32

—

NE average7 barns · 547 hd

432.97

+7.35

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+26.80

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−63.17

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,007	$3,918	186
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	862	$3,200	7

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,052	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	3,035	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	894	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,941	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	944	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,955	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,041	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,144	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	884	350.19/cwt	349.50–353.75	3,096	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	341.33/cwt	339.00–342.75	2,993	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	365.08/cwt	358.50–370.00	2,636	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,098	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,070	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,251	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	345.39/cwt	341.00–346.25	2,815	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	348.22/cwt	338.00–351.25	3,221	454
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	3,918.14/head	3,750.00–4,025.00	3,918	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	394.76/cwt	393.00–397.00	2,278	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,716	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,200	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	364.25/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,856	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,176	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,287	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	819	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,912	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	364.25/cwt	364.25–364.25	3,045	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	349.10/cwt	344.00–353.00	2,681	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,441	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	341.58/cwt	333.00–344.50	3,262	286
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,588	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,246	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	368.93/cwt	363.25–370.00	3,143	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,310	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	449.05/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,411	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	710	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	335.28/cwt	335.00–335.50	3,266	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,179	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	388.40/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,439	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	896	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,087	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	386.97/cwt	386.00–387.50	2,566	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,781	5

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 Sep 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,690Last week 2,012Year ago 2,164

Replacement CattleReceipts 193Last week 0Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	1050–1100	1,052	288.50	288.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
151	850–900	884	349.50–353.75	350.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	415	542.50	542.50
13	450–500	456	492.50	492.50
39	500–550	537	445.00–457.50	449.05
18	700–750	745	364.50	364.50
97	750–800	784	360.00–368.00	364.25
14	800–850	836	364.25	364.25
170	850–900	852	363.25–370.00	368.93
454	900–950	925	338.00–351.25	348.22
286	950–1000	955	333.00–344.50	341.58
283	1000–1050	1,015	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	407	455.00	455.00
9	550–600	574	402.50	402.50
36	600–650	628	385.00–392.50	388.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	663	386.00–387.50	386.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	894	329.00	329.00
23	900–950	944	313.00	313.00
6	1000–1050	1,041	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	402	515.00	515.00
16	450–500	458	475.00	475.00
17	500–550	514	445.00	445.00
28	550–600	577	393.00–397.00	394.76
188	700–750	722	358.50–370.00	365.08
44	750–800	768	344.00–353.00	349.10
72	800–850	815	341.00–346.25	345.39
164	850–900	877	339.00–342.75	341.33
27	900–950	914	339.00	339.00
40	950–1000	974	335.00–335.50	335.28
5	1000–1050	1,000	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	710	360.00	360.00
148	800–850	819	355.50	355.50
65	850–900	896	344.50	344.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	639	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	480.00	480.00
7	550–600	572	381.00	381.00
6	600–650	605	345.00	345.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	862	3,200.00	3,200.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	186	—	1,007	3,750.00–4,025.00	3,918.14

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