Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 400-650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except flat 5 weight steers selling 20.00 lower. Heifer calves 400-550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifer calves 550-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was 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 $439.38/cwt on 881 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −64.11 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$439.38

881 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$32.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.75

vs NE average

+20.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	443.63	2,442	766
Medium and Large 1-2	555	411.02	2,281	115

One grade step is worth $32.62/cwt here — about $161 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 sale881 hd

439.38

—

NE average11 barns · 6,788 hd

434.62

+4.75

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

+20.28

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−64.11

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

38 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	600–650	605	393.08/cwt	387.00–397.50	2,378	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,299	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	853	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,011	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	485.56/cwt	485.00–487.50	1,850	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	429.99/cwt	415.00–452.50	2,042	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,382	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	783	340.84/cwt	339.50–346.00	2,669	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	418.25/cwt	400.00–437.00	2,175	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	3,098	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	495.87/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,350	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	387.68/cwt	370.00–403.00	2,229	434
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	467.49/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,987	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,491	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,967	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	417.96/cwt	407.00–429.50	2,608	537
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	535.43/cwt	532.50–545.00	2,051	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	525.87/cwt	517.00–540.00	1,741	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	432.54/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,465	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,525	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	529.86/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,236	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	400.39/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,306	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,282	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	455.47/cwt	446.00–464.00	2,405	348
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	436.92/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,831	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	382.55/cwt	362.50–390.00	2,031	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,619	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	375.91/cwt	366.00–386.00	2,492	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	454.99/cwt	447.50–465.00	2,193	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	404.91/cwt	397.50–410.00	1,883	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,726	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	638	387.69/cwt	375.00–392.00	2,473	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	430.20/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,224	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,003	6

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

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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
86	550–600	554	415.00	415.00
80	600–650	605	387.00–397.50	393.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	331	517.00–540.00	525.87
22	350–400	381	485.00–487.50	485.56
116	400–450	425	450.00–475.00	467.49
261	450–500	475	415.00–452.50	429.99
199	500–550	520	400.00–437.00	418.25
434	550–600	575	370.00–403.00	387.68
9	900–950	917	306.00	306.00
41	1000–1050	1,045	296.50	296.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	600–650	632	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
8	400–450	406	425.00	425.00
18	450–500	465	397.50–410.00	404.91
53	500–550	531	362.50–390.00	382.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
323	850–900	853	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	300–350	342	575.00	575.00
44	350–400	383	532.50–545.00	535.43
46	400–450	422	520.00–540.00	529.86
316	450–500	474	475.00–510.00	495.87
348	500–550	528	446.00–464.00	455.47
392	550–600	570	415.00–440.00	432.54
22	600–650	609	409.00	409.00
54	650–700	675	388.00	388.00
35	1050–1100	1,057	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
537	600–650	624	407.00–429.50	417.96
81	650–700	663	366.00–386.00	375.91
42	750–800	783	339.50–346.00	340.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	558	452.50	452.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	313	1,700.00	1,700.00
6	300–350	332	530.00	530.00
6	350–400	389	515.00	515.00
33	400–450	419	430.00–450.00	436.92
45	450–500	482	447.50–465.00	454.99
41	500–550	517	420.00–440.00	430.20
74	550–600	576	380.00–405.00	400.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
65	600–650	638	375.00–392.00	387.69

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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