Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves sold steady to 10.00 higher and yearling steers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers calves under 550 lbs sold sharply higher and heifer calves over 550 and yearling heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet with very good demand noticed on the replacement quality heifers. The bulk of the offering consisted of long time weaned and fall vaccinated calves along with yearlings with the balance on bawling calves that had received their fall vaccinations.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.92/cwt on 631 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −18.57 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$484.92

631 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$48.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.24

vs NE average

+40.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	487.95	2,753	592
Medium and Large 1-2	588	439.00	2,581	39

One grade step is worth $48.95/cwt here — about $172 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 sale631 hd

484.92

—

NE average7 barns · 2,198 hd

478.69

+6.24

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+40.82

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−18.57

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

60 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	750–800	753	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,993	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	679	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,601	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	527	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,477	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	819	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,826	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	566	437.21/cwt	433.50–442.00	2,475	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,190	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,042	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	502.05/cwt	487.50–520.00	2,565	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	411.74/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,701	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	440.13/cwt	435.50–445.00	2,707	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	528.82/cwt	512.50–540.00	2,544	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	462.67/cwt	457.00–470.00	2,693	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,924	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	354.19/cwt	353.00–357.50	3,120	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	511.91/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,672	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	418.66/cwt	409.00–428.50	2,855	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	399	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,105	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,343	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	329.51/cwt	324.00–333.00	3,022	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,581	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	336.37/cwt	335.50–339.00	2,916	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	357.39/cwt	348.00–360.50	2,802	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,339	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,579	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	536.89/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,529	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,251	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	442.74/cwt	422.00–445.00	2,829	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	3,049	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	469.90/cwt	452.00–479.00	2,730	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	582.98/cwt	571.00–595.00	2,699	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	623	464.41/cwt	460.00–471.00	2,893	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	576	495.09/cwt	493.00–497.50	2,852	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	700	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	815	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,893	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	577.60/cwt	575.00–587.50	2,062	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	383.30/cwt	382.00–388.00	2,388	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	483.63/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,234	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	417.07/cwt	412.50–418.00	2,415	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	364	502.40/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,829	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	512	532.00/cwt	532.00–532.00	2,724	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,908	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	1,941	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	407.09/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,361	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	585	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,533	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	644	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,640	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	433.46/cwt	422.50–439.00	2,267	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	493.17/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,135	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,672	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,322	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	506.53/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,930	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	349.46/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,513	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	491.05/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,141	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	485.33/cwt	462.50–490.00	2,233	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	541	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,251	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,302	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,345	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,044	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,142	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,650	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

Sat Dec 20, 2025

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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
56	500–550	527	470.00	470.00
252	550–600	566	433.50–442.00	437.21
35	650–700	679	383.00	383.00
26	750–800	753	397.50	397.50
225	800–850	819	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	490	447.00	447.00
12	500–550	541	416.00	416.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	364	500.00–510.00	502.40
56	400–450	433	485.00–505.00	493.17
35	450–500	462	475.00–495.00	483.63
49	500–550	523	422.50–439.00	433.46
56	550–600	579	412.50–418.00	417.07
31	600–650	623	382.00–388.00	383.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	345	562.50	562.50
56	350–400	381	490.00–515.00	506.53
98	400–450	436	490.00–500.00	491.05
110	450–500	460	462.50–490.00	485.33
43	500–550	516	450.00	450.00
98	550–600	580	400.00–410.00	407.09
64	700–750	719	349.00–355.00	349.46
42	800–850	817	327.00	327.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	585	433.00	433.00
110	600–650	644	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	425.00	425.00
6	500–550	541	396.00	396.00
20	600–650	632	371.00	371.00
16	700–750	715	322.00	322.00
6	800–850	840	315.50	315.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	555.00	555.00
9	400–450	426	550.00	550.00
72	450–500	481	512.50–540.00	528.82
41	500–550	511	487.50–520.00	502.05
90	550–600	582	457.00–470.00	462.67
71	600–650	615	435.50–445.00	440.13
62	650–700	656	410.00–412.50	411.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	357	575.00–587.50	577.60
50	450–500	471	530.00–545.00	536.89
77	500–550	522	500.00–515.00	511.91
147	550–600	581	452.00–479.00	469.90
98	600–650	639	422.00–445.00	442.74
423	650–700	682	409.00–428.50	418.66
219	700–750	708	413.00	413.00
141	800–850	813	375.00	375.00
409	850–900	881	353.00–357.50	354.19
61	900–950	937	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	527.50	527.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	335	540.00	540.00
6	450–500	495	472.50	472.50
39	550–600	588	439.00	439.00
11	650–700	658	392.00	392.00
53	750–800	784	348.00–360.50	357.39
40	850–900	867	335.50–339.00	336.37
21	900–950	917	324.00–333.00	329.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
133	450–500	463	571.00–595.00	582.98
22	500–550	512	532.00	532.00
215	550–600	576	493.00–497.50	495.09
199	600–650	623	460.00–471.00	464.41
48	650–700	655	444.00	444.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	700	391.00	391.00
38	800–850	815	355.00	355.00

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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