Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet. The bulk of the consignment sheet consisted of calves that were weaned at least 45 days and had received fall vaccinations along with yearlings, the balance was bawling calves most of which had received their fall vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.79/cwt on 617 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −31.70 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$471.79

617 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$23.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.22

vs NE average

+42.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	478.44	2,623	444
Medium and Large 1-2	522	454.70	2,375	173

One grade step is worth $23.74/cwt here — about $248 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale617 hd

471.79

—

NE average9 barns · 3,804 hd

468.57

+3.22

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+42.64

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−31.70

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
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,118	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,795	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,285	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	674	337.89/cwt	331.00–342.00	2,277	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	369.67/cwt	366.00–372.50	2,148	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,486	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,386	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	671	361.75/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,427	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	409.55/cwt	401.00–422.00	2,724	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	434.09/cwt	415.00–449.00	2,722	248
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	349.22/cwt	336.50–354.75	3,080	714
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,468	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	536.39/cwt	520.00–555.00	2,215	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	346.25/cwt	346.25–346.25	3,116	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	600–650	637	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,803	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	498.02/cwt	477.50–508.00	2,555	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	610	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,879	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	454.50/cwt	440.00–467.50	2,368	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,969	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	399.27/cwt	380.00–407.00	2,867	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	367.09/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,863	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,803	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	430.42/cwt	429.00–435.00	2,682	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	467.76/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,021	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	510.00/cwt	502.50–520.00	1,933	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	456.94/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,787	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,740	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	305.93/cwt	298.00–306.50	2,784	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,517	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	600–650	610	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,501	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,530	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	412.65/cwt	390.00–427.00	2,348	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	420.06/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,214	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	470.25/cwt	452.50–486.00	2,648	313
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	438.73/cwt	423.00–443.00	2,058	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	975	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,808	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	500–550	523	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,306	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	371.18/cwt	369.00–375.00	2,450	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,784	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	384.50/cwt	384.50–384.50	2,399	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	525.13/cwt	505.00–541.00	2,484	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	480.13/cwt	474.00–487.50	2,309	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	470.07/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,012	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,784	5

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 Dec 6, 2025

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

Receipts 4,382Last week 4,253Year ago 3,483

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,118	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	581	366.00–372.50	369.67
20	600–650	633	361.00	361.00
34	650–700	674	331.00–342.00	337.89
5	750–800	795	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	350–400	379	502.50–520.00	510.00
94	400–450	432	450.00–485.00	467.76
158	450–500	469	423.00–443.00	438.73
276	500–550	527	400.00–432.00	420.06
166	550–600	569	390.00–427.00	412.65
25	650–700	681	365.00	365.00
56	700–750	701	359.00	359.00
45	750–800	776	326.00	326.00
135	800–850	824	332.50	332.50
74	900–950	910	298.00–306.50	305.93
6	1050–1100	1,060	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	282	1,350.00	1,350.00
20	350–400	391	455.00–460.00	456.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
65	500–550	523	441.00	441.00
75	600–650	610	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	620	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	624	384.50	384.50
55	650–700	660	369.00–375.00	371.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	505	472.50	472.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	671	350.00–373.00	361.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
248	600–650	627	415.00–449.00	434.09
79	650–700	665	401.00–422.00	409.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	400–450	413	520.00–555.00	536.39
209	450–500	473	505.00–541.00	525.13
131	500–550	513	477.50–508.00	498.02
313	550–600	563	452.50–486.00	470.25
34	600–650	623	429.00–435.00	430.42
60	650–700	692	405.00	405.00
68	700–750	718	380.00–407.00	399.27
191	750–800	780	355.00–372.50	367.09
20	800–850	807	345.00	345.00
714	850–900	882	336.50–354.75	349.22
116	900–950	900	346.25	346.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	570.00	570.00
43	350–400	393	501.00	501.00
20	400–450	428	460.00–475.00	470.07
45	450–500	481	474.00–487.50	480.13
153	500–550	521	440.00–467.50	454.50
10	550–600	561	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
81	600–650	637	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	600–650	610	472.00	472.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	950–1000	975	288.00	288.00

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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