Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from last week, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher except steers over 950 lbs selling 10.00 lower and heifers 600-750 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was 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 $494.56/cwt on 366 head, up $0.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −8.93 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$494.56

▲ 0.83 vs prior sale

366 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$62.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

vs NE average

+10.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	495.42	2,807	361
Medium and Large 1-2	585	432.50	2,530	5thin

One grade step is worth $62.92/cwt here — about $277 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 sale366 hd

494.56

—

NE average9 barns · 3,099 hd

495.19

−0.62

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+10.46

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−8.93

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

42 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 1Fleshy	600–650	637	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	779	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	2,747.21/head	2,725.00–2,750.00	2,747	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,798	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	323.70/cwt	323.00–327.50	3,185	604
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	392.72/cwt	369.00–399.25	3,075	452
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	371.40/cwt	356.50–381.00	3,064	583
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	444.72/cwt	440.00–448.00	2,935	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	457.92/cwt	432.00–471.00	2,880	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	358.21/cwt	357.00–360.00	3,099	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,475	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	564.31/cwt	563.00–565.00	2,703	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,436	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,666	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	532	498.85/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,654	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	786	362.82/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,852	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	528.65/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,760	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	427.90/cwt	408.00–430.00	2,953	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	413.37/cwt	393.00–420.50	3,013	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	478.40/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,827	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	442	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,409	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	380	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,280	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	520	481.20/cwt	477.50–482.50	2,502	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	566	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,604	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	679	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	3,110	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	845	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,924	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	368.12/cwt	358.50–369.25	2,603	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	409.41/cwt	398.50–412.00	2,587	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	668	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	766	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	646	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	731	3,028.46/head	3,000.00–3,050.00	3,028	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,477	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	376.98/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,507	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,827	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,756	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	466.38/cwt	457.00–470.00	2,500	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,395	16

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 31, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	637	386.00	386.00
7	750–800	779	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
16	450–500	478	501.00	501.00
142	500–550	536	457.00–470.00	466.38
10	550–600	563	440.00	440.00
157	600–650	632	398.50–412.00	409.41
73	650–700	671	2,725.00	2,725.00
18	650–700	665	376.00–378.00	376.98
9	700–750	735	2,700.00	2,700.00
153	700–750	707	358.50–369.25	368.12
90	750–800	770	2,725.00–2,750.00	2,747.21
60	800–850	835	330.00	330.00
9	850–900	880	318.00	318.00
21	900–950	927	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	380	600.00	600.00
11	400–450	442	545.00	545.00
23	500–550	520	477.50–482.50	481.20
23	550–600	566	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
121	600–650	646	2,850.00	2,850.00
59	650–700	668	2,950.00	2,950.00
197	700–750	731	3,000.00–3,050.00	3,028.46
62	750–800	766	3,250.00	3,250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	439	555.00	555.00
5	550–600	585	432.50	432.50
70	650–700	696	383.00	383.00
6	750–800	795	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	416	595.00	595.00
38	450–500	479	563.00–565.00	564.31
117	500–550	522	510.00–540.00	528.65
231	550–600	591	472.50–490.00	478.40
275	600–650	629	432.00–471.00	457.92
188	650–700	690	408.00–430.00	427.90
198	700–750	729	393.00–420.50	413.37
452	750–800	783	369.00–399.25	392.72
583	800–850	825	356.50–381.00	371.40
330	850–900	865	357.00–360.00	358.21
604	950–1000	984	323.00–327.50	323.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
173	650–700	660	440.00–448.00	444.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	532	495.00–505.00	498.85
23	750–800	786	360.00–364.00	362.82
6	800–850	845	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
233	650–700	679	458.00	458.00

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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