Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves sold sharply higher and yearling steers sold 10.00 higher. Heifer calves sold unevenly steady and yearling heifers also sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Most of the bawling calves had received one round of pre-weaning vaccinations this fall, those that had not sold at a discount.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.20/cwt on 447 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −27.29 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$476.20

447 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,623

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$56.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.45

vs NE average

+7.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	481.53	2,644	405
Medium and Large 1-2	567	424.76	2,407	42

One grade step is worth $56.78/cwt here — about $237 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 sale447 hd

476.20

—

NE average10 barns · 5,748 hd

496.65

−20.45

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

+7.16

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−27.29

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

36 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	1000–1050	1,032	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	3,204	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	321.84/cwt	320.00–323.00	3,186	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	572.41/cwt	562.50–585.00	2,084	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	505.01/cwt	477.00–520.00	2,187	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	365.29/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,572	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,710	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	340.32/cwt	331.50–348.00	3,148	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	409.73/cwt	397.50–442.50	2,348	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	442.81/cwt	417.50–471.00	2,311	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	3,360	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	457.44/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,667	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	350.65/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,914	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	569.81/cwt	568.00–572.50	2,496	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	506.62/cwt	497.50–515.00	2,417	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	482.56/cwt	467.50–497.50	2,239	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	379.75/cwt	379.75–379.75	3,289	477
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,000	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	597.35/cwt	593.00–600.00	2,318	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	405.71/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,706	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	442.33/cwt	422.50–459.00	2,738	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	358.75/cwt	358.75–358.75	3,501	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	381.25/cwt	367.50–397.00	2,387	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	347.75/cwt	342.50–356.00	2,368	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,004	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,318	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	843	378.75/cwt	378.75–378.75	3,193	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	911	352.75/cwt	352.75–352.75	3,214	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	497.27/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,621	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	722	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,563	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,220	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,071	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	360.24/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,749	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,384	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	991	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,953	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	451.46/cwt	450.00–452.50	2,221	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,006	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	450.14/cwt	447.50–452.50	2,431	17

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 Oct 18, 2025

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

Receipts 3,075Last week 1,740Year ago 2,931

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	364	562.50–585.00	572.41
36	400–450	433	477.00–520.00	505.01
100	450–500	464	467.50–497.50	482.56
178	500–550	522	417.50–471.00	442.81
144	550–600	573	397.50–442.50	409.73
43	700–750	704	365.00–367.50	365.29
54	750–800	772	351.00	351.00
74	800–850	831	336.00–355.00	350.65
107	900–950	925	331.50–348.00	340.32
13	950–1000	990	320.00–323.00	321.84
7	1000–1050	1,032	310.50	310.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	600–650	626	367.50–397.00	381.25
23	650–700	681	342.50–356.00	347.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
109	800–850	843	378.75	378.75
244	900–950	911	352.75	352.75
65	1000–1050	1,004	330.50	330.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	492	450.00–452.50	451.46
18	550–600	592	375.00	375.00
5	950–1000	991	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	388	593.00–600.00	597.35
49	400–450	438	568.00–572.50	569.81
57	450–500	477	497.50–515.00	506.62
245	500–550	527	470.00–510.00	497.27
160	550–600	583	447.50–465.00	457.44
13	800–850	800	375.00	375.00
477	850–900	866	379.75	379.75
65	900–950	907	370.50	370.50
60	950–1000	976	358.75	358.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
280	600–650	619	422.50–459.00	442.33
119	650–700	667	390.00–420.00	405.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	722	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	540	447.50–452.50	450.14
25	550–600	585	407.50	407.50
12	750–800	763	351.00–367.00	360.24
13	800–850	835	360.00	360.00
5	1050–1100	1,071	300.00	300.00

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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