Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves 500-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and flyweight steers sold steady to 40.00 lower. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold 10.00 to 30.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Around 800 head of the calves were weaned and fall vaccinated with the balance on bawling calves, nearly all of which had received their fall vaccinations. Near 750 head of yearlings also sold in the mix.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.95/cwt on 505 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −93.54 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$409.95

505 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,308

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$35.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.88

vs NE average

−0.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	411.15	2,319	488
Medium and Large 1-2	529	375.29	1,987	17thin

One grade step is worth $35.86/cwt here — about $332 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale505 hd

409.95

—

NE average10 barns · 2,610 hd

424.83

−14.88

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−0.13

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−93.54

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

47 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 1Fleshy	500–550	539	393.15/cwt	387.50–402.50	2,119	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	606	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,206	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	432.95/cwt	421.00–453.00	2,087	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,610	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,572	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	300–350	336	469.19/cwt	467.50–471.00	1,576	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	345.67/cwt	340.00–349.50	2,361	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,534	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,638	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	431.07/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,871	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	395.97/cwt	387.00–401.00	2,289	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	364.78/cwt	361.00–371.00	2,116	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	396.19/cwt	390.00–407.50	1,906	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	376.93/cwt	366.00–385.00	2,484	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	339.35/cwt	339.00–340.00	2,440	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	380	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	523	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,922	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	803	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,385	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	702	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,689	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	579	403.08/cwt	392.50–414.00	2,334	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,526	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	717	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,667	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	332	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,760	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	305	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	1,853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	438.52/cwt	425.00–446.00	2,285	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	439.69/cwt	433.00–442.50	2,014	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	357.46/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,177	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	412.27/cwt	400.00–419.50	2,589	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	418.53/cwt	417.00–419.25	2,432	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	385.85/cwt	381.00–387.00	2,539	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	469.53/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,690	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	333.21/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,226	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,370	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,837	479
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	530.02/cwt	515.50–545.00	1,998	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	370	559.00/cwt	559.00–559.00	2,068	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	318.25/cwt	318.25–318.25	2,466	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	381.71/cwt	375.00–387.50	2,000	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,059	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,891	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	396.28/cwt	391.00–398.00	2,473	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,531	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,046	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	337.36/cwt	333.00–341.00	2,125	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	493.62/cwt	487.50–500.00	2,118	32

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 Nov 22, 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	500–550	539	387.50–402.50	393.15
166	550–600	578	387.00–401.00	395.97
104	650–700	683	340.00–349.50	345.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	350–400	377	515.50–545.00	530.02
32	400–450	429	487.50–500.00	493.62
227	450–500	482	421.00–453.00	432.95
86	500–550	521	425.00–446.00	438.52
174	550–600	581	417.00–419.25	418.53
151	600–650	624	391.00–398.00	396.28
52	650–700	659	366.00–385.00	376.93
42	700–750	719	339.00–340.00	339.35
25	750–800	779	335.00	335.00
479	850–900	888	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	497.50	497.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	702	383.00	383.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	305	607.50	607.50
7	350–400	370	559.00	559.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
122	600–650	628	400.00–419.50	412.27
207	650–700	658	381.00–387.00	385.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	510	375.00	375.00
5	550–600	576	376.00	376.00
5	750–800	786	312.50	312.50
9	1050–1100	1,059	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,046	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	606	364.00	364.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	331	495.00	495.00
25	350–400	360	450.00–480.00	469.53
88	400–450	434	425.00–437.50	431.07
70	450–500	481	390.00–407.50	396.19
149	500–550	524	375.00–387.50	381.71
149	550–600	580	361.00–371.00	364.78
139	600–650	609	345.00–360.00	357.46
53	650–700	677	350.00	350.00
68	750–800	775	318.25	318.25
34	800–850	831	309.50	309.50
8	850–900	856	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
56	300–350	336	467.50–471.00	469.19
15	500–550	523	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	803	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	332	530.00	530.00
141	550–600	579	392.50–414.00	403.08
78	600–650	633	399.00	399.00
68	700–750	717	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	458	433.00–442.50	439.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
56	600–650	630	333.00–341.00	337.36
31	650–700	668	330.00–335.00	333.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	350	437.50	437.50

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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