Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand ranged from moderate to very 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 $506.60/cwt on 629 head, up $4.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 16 comparable sales and sits +3.11 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$506.60

▲ 4.52 vs prior sale

629 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$80.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.49

vs NE average

+34.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	507.89	2,808	619
Medium and Large 1-2	591	427.00	2,524	10thin

One grade step is worth $80.89/cwt here — about $285 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 sale629 hd

506.60

—

NE average9 barns · 4,238 hd

501.11

+5.49

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

+34.62

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

+3.11

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

43 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 1	800–850	811	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,944	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,783	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	427.68/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,622	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	560	447.82/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,508	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	581.00/cwt	581.00–581.00	2,219	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,062	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	350.51/cwt	346.00–359.25	3,088	694
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	528.83/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,819	364
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,705	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	437	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,109	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,401	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	773	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,597	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,329	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	728	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,599	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	464.86/cwt	460.00–471.00	2,385	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,776	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	430.73/cwt	429.00–435.00	2,860	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	432	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,290	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	553.21/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,218	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	398.49/cwt	393.00–401.50	2,897	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	383.07/cwt	374.00–394.00	3,011	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	469	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,427	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	450.80/cwt	437.00–456.00	2,804	557
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,871	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	566.02/cwt	552.50–570.00	2,655	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	481.71/cwt	472.50–493.00	2,813	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,524	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	310	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,380	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,374	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,866	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	794	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	399.59/cwt	392.00–405.00	2,729	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	417.55/cwt	411.00–432.50	2,430	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	722	3,525.00/head	3,525.00–3,525.00	3,525	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	696	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	641	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	664	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,689	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	830	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	2,903	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,085	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	484.22/cwt	477.50–493.00	2,281	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	402.90/cwt	397.50–413.00	2,518	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	374.93/cwt	365.00–378.00	2,568	137

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 Jan 17, 2026

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

Receipts 4,177Last week 3,499Year ago 5,464

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand ranged from moderate to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	290	645.00	645.00
14	350–400	382	581.00	581.00
14	400–450	401	550.00–555.00	553.21
44	450–500	469	552.50–570.00	566.02
364	500–550	533	510.00–540.00	528.83
227	550–600	584	472.50–493.00	481.71
557	600–650	622	437.00–456.00	450.80
243	650–700	664	429.00–435.00	430.73
109	700–750	727	393.00–401.50	398.49
231	750–800	786	374.00–394.00	383.07
18	800–850	811	363.00	363.00
694	850–900	881	346.00–359.25	350.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	560	445.00–455.00	447.82
41	600–650	613	425.00–430.00	427.68
67	650–700	683	392.00–405.00	399.59
32	700–750	744	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	483	560.00	560.00
81	600–650	610	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	432	530.00	530.00
58	450–500	469	517.50	517.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	591	427.00	427.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	600–650	611	469.00	469.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	365	565.00	565.00
36	650–700	664	405.00	405.00
124	800–850	830	349.75	349.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	482.50	482.50
34	500–550	543	429.00	429.00
8	600–650	642	374.00	374.00
51	700–750	728	357.00	357.00
13	750–800	773	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	401	520.00	520.00
53	450–500	471	477.50–493.00	484.22
47	500–550	513	460.00–471.00	464.86
148	550–600	582	411.00–432.50	417.55
135	600–650	625	397.50–413.00	402.90
137	650–700	685	365.00–378.00	374.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	310	630.00	630.00
25	450–500	475	501.00	501.00
43	550–600	572	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
31	600–650	641	2,825.00	2,825.00
14	650–700	696	3,025.00	3,025.00
47	700–750	722	3,525.00	3,525.00
82	750–800	794	3,375.00	3,375.00

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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