Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower, the six weight steer calves sold steady to 10.00 higher. Yearling steers sold 20.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Nearly all the calves had received at least one round of pre-weaning vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $457.32/cwt on 427 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −46.17 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$457.32

427 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$56.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.88

vs NE average

−0.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	471.07	2,540	324
Medium and Large 1-2	584	414.08	2,418	103

One grade step is worth $56.99/cwt here — about $122 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 sale427 hd

457.32

—

NE average11 barns · 6,484 hd

477.20

−19.88

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−0.82

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−46.17

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

25 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 1Fancy	550–600	573	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,579	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	687	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,559	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	879	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,989	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	418.65/cwt	415.00–424.00	2,219	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,776	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	450.92/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,164	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	504.07/cwt	485.00–517.50	2,394	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	393.06/cwt	387.00–407.50	2,264	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	358.53/cwt	354.00–359.25	3,184	457
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	451.13/cwt	439.00–462.50	2,553	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,768	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	503.57/cwt	492.50–517.50	2,130	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	368.91/cwt	363.00–377.00	2,328	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	390.17/cwt	382.50–409.00	2,439	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,906	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	483.92/cwt	472.50–500.00	2,526	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	414.08/cwt	410.00–422.75	2,418	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	719	366.92/cwt	362.50–371.00	2,638	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,905	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	442.37/cwt	439.50–446.50	2,769	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,337	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	587.76/cwt	585.00–590.00	2,233	37

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 25, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	573	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	530.00	530.00
7	300–350	339	1,850.00	1,850.00
65	400–450	423	492.50–517.50	503.57
122	450–500	480	440.00–465.00	450.92
135	500–550	530	415.00–424.00	418.65
188	550–600	576	387.00–407.50	393.06
21	750–800	793	349.00	349.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	631	363.00–377.00	368.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	401	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	687	372.50	372.50
19	850–900	879	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
286	600–650	626	439.50–446.50	442.37
80	650–700	661	420.00	420.00
15	700–750	719	362.50–371.00	366.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	380	585.00–590.00	587.76
6	400–450	421	555.00	555.00
82	450–500	475	485.00–517.50	504.07
197	500–550	522	472.50–500.00	483.92
127	550–600	566	439.00–462.50	451.13
15	800–850	813	357.50	357.50
457	850–900	888	354.00–359.25	358.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	625	382.50–409.00	390.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	584	410.00–422.75	414.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	375.00	375.00

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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