Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold steady to 25.00 lower and yearling steers sold 10.00 higher. Heifer calves sold steady to 15.00 lower except 550-600 lbs heifers selling steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to 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 $447.05/cwt on 624 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −56.44 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$447.05

624 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$5.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs NE average

+17.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	447.84	2,466	532
Medium and Large 1-2	531	442.50	2,350	92

One grade step is worth $5.34/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale624 hd

447.05

—

NE average9 barns · 6,408 hd

452.88

−5.83

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+17.33

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−56.44

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

44 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	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	368.47/cwt	366.00–369.50	3,224	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,536	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	821	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,906	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	424.32/cwt	412.50–437.50	2,427	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	303.95/cwt	301.00–307.50	2,842	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,745	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,685	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	446.80/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,988	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	402.60/cwt	384.00–413.00	2,303	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	905	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,068	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	878	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,029	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,708	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	496.68/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,892	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	3,074	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,459	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,156	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,179	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,550	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	631	449.75/cwt	449.50–450.00	2,838	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	962	363.25/cwt	363.25–363.25	3,494	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	487.71/cwt	462.00–497.00	2,473	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	434.42/cwt	425.00–448.00	2,059	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	342.04/cwt	336.00–345.00	3,335	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	525.14/cwt	524.50–526.50	2,311	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	413	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	514	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,274	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	316.09/cwt	315.50–316.50	2,759	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	417.46/cwt	407.50–428.00	2,142	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	414.68/cwt	407.50–421.00	2,554	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,301	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,590	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,350	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	493.94/cwt	480.00–500.50	2,371	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,695	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	534.35/cwt	525.00–537.50	2,111	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	340.72/cwt	338.00–344.00	3,012	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	338.89/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,254	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	344.61/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,636	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	565.75/cwt	560.00–572.50	2,099	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,432	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,441	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,344	8

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	371	560.00–572.50	565.75
28	400–450	440	524.50–526.50	525.14
232	450–500	480	480.00–500.50	493.94
151	500–550	507	462.00–497.00	487.71
269	550–600	572	412.50–437.50	424.32
8	600–650	608	400.00	400.00
80	650–700	667	404.00	404.00
19	750–800	750	366.00	366.00
455	850–900	875	366.00–369.50	368.47
96	950–1000	975	336.00–345.00	342.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
139	600–650	616	407.50–421.00	414.68
48	650–700	657	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	560	385.00	385.00
18	600–650	643	382.50	382.50
50	850–900	878	345.00	345.00
59	900–950	905	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
102	550–600	558	457.00	457.00
113	600–650	631	449.50–450.00	449.75
110	950–1000	962	363.25	363.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	575.00	575.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	395	525.00–537.50	534.35
92	500–550	531	442.50	442.50
30	700–750	742	349.00	349.00
11	750–800	765	340.00–350.00	344.61
24	850–900	884	338.00–344.00	340.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	514	442.50	442.50
140	800–850	821	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	535.00	535.00
29	350–400	381	490.00–510.00	496.68
89	400–450	445	432.50–450.00	446.80
115	450–500	474	425.00–448.00	434.42
232	500–550	513	407.50–428.00	417.46
163	550–600	572	384.00–413.00	402.60
21	600–650	615	370.00	370.00
71	750–800	767	353.00	353.00
33	800–850	816	329.00	329.00
110	850–900	873	315.50–316.50	316.09
11	900–950	935	301.00–307.50	303.95
62	950–1000	983	312.75	312.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	634	363.00	363.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	665	335.00–340.00	338.89
15	700–750	733	333.00	333.00
8	750–800	750	312.50	312.50

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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