Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 600 lbs sold 15.00 to 40.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher with yearling steers selling 15.00 higher. All weights of heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet. Almost all the offerings had received fall vaccinations and nearly half were weaned a minimum of 45 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $466.08/cwt on 750 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −37.41 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$466.08

750 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$389

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

$89.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.02

vs NE average

+67.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	469.29	2,544	723
Medium and Large 1-2	567	380.13	2,155	27

One grade step is worth $89.16/cwt here — about $389 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 sale750 hd

466.08

—

NE average2 barns · 1,248 hd

454.07

+12.02

National average33 barns · 4,299 hd

398.67

+67.41

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−37.41

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

41 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	586	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,432	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	717	394.26/cwt	390.00–397.00	2,827	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	656	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,539	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	472	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,912	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	541	378.37/cwt	378.00–382.50	2,047	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	494	485.41/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,398	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	451.48/cwt	434.00–461.00	2,560	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,348	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	451.65/cwt	437.50–461.00	1,920	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	522.56/cwt	517.50–530.00	2,487	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	423.11/cwt	409.00–438.00	2,678	437
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	424.08/cwt	412.50–430.00	2,044	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	371.53/cwt	369.50–374.00	2,694	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	542	457.81/cwt	453.00–462.50	2,481	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,184	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	384.39/cwt	366.00–396.00	2,245	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	385	518.51/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,996	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,980	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	357.20/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,386	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	486.28/cwt	475.00–507.50	2,543	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,115	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	372.14/cwt	362.50–376.00	2,657	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	518	439.77/cwt	439.00–441.50	2,278	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	402.30/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,116	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	344.88/cwt	338.00–350.00	2,456	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	412.77/cwt	391.00–422.00	2,766	361
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	396.26/cwt	395.00–397.00	2,659	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	370.50/cwt	362.50–374.00	2,156	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	371.06/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,263	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,866	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	421.01/cwt	401.00–437.50	2,610	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	450.78/cwt	441.00–462.50	2,074	29

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 4,253Last week 3,717Year ago 4,096

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	550–600	586	415.00	415.00
72	650–700	656	387.00	387.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	472	405.00	405.00
58	500–550	541	378.00–382.50	378.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	325	520.00	520.00
8	350–400	386	477.50	477.50
71	400–450	425	437.50–461.00	451.65
58	450–500	482	412.50–430.00	424.08
206	500–550	526	390.00–415.00	402.30
303	550–600	584	366.00–396.00	384.39
41	650–700	654	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	385	515.00–525.00	518.51
152	500–550	518	439.00–441.50	439.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
90	600–650	610	360.00–376.00	371.06
75	650–700	668	345.00–370.00	357.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	541	345.00	345.00
6	800–850	825	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
205	700–750	717	390.00–397.00	394.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	490.00	490.00
25	450–500	494	475.00–495.00	485.41
105	500–550	542	453.00–462.50	457.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	388	545.00	545.00
27	400–450	412	530.00	530.00
34	450–500	476	517.50–530.00	522.56
351	500–550	523	475.00–507.50	486.28
267	550–600	567	434.00–461.00	451.48
437	600–650	633	409.00–438.00	423.11
361	650–700	670	391.00–422.00	412.77
91	700–750	714	362.50–376.00	372.14
159	850–900	891	334.50	334.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
425	600–650	620	401.00–437.50	421.01
174	650–700	671	395.00–397.00	396.26
80	700–750	725	369.50–374.00	371.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	324	515.00	515.00
5	400–450	415	472.00	472.00
29	450–500	460	441.00–462.50	450.78
5	500–550	500	422.50	422.50
22	550–600	582	362.50–374.00	370.50
14	700–750	712	338.00–350.00	344.88
5	750–800	767	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	637	371.00	371.00

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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