Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers selling by the head 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 $500.04/cwt on 185 head, up $5.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −3.45 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$500.04

▲ 5.47 vs prior sale

185 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$28.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.20

vs NE average

+21.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	504.41	2,764	157
Medium and Large 1-2	548	475.51	2,607	28

One grade step is worth $28.91/cwt here — about $157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale185 hd

500.04

—

NE average4 barns · 718 hd

516.24

−16.20

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+21.65

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−3.45

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

40 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	700–750	711	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,944	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	782	397.94/cwt	394.00–399.00	3,112	435
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,317	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	358.94/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,749	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	444.32/cwt	432.50–447.50	2,497	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	432.70/cwt	422.50–448.00	2,916	467
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	386.07/cwt	384.50–391.00	3,173	622
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	452.39/cwt	447.00–459.00	2,814	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,918	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,731	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	3,047	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	479.42/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,579	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	355.75/cwt	355.75–355.75	3,294	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	428.13/cwt	425.00–437.50	2,740	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	654	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,008	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	396.46/cwt	393.00–398.00	3,096	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	413.32/cwt	404.00–421.00	3,013	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	801	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	859	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	3,324	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,249	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,542	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	358.66/cwt	357.50–373.00	3,203	672
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	491.36/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,786	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	373.46/cwt	371.00–377.00	2,681	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	725	3,276.93/head	3,150.00–3,425.00	3,277	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,344	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	635	2,937.23/head	2,675.00–3,225.00	2,937	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	683	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	501.06/cwt	492.50–520.00	2,415	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	381.69/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,431	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	762	421.13/cwt	420.50–421.50	3,209	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	516.05/cwt	507.50–517.50	2,740	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	419.89/cwt	405.00–432.50	2,599	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	406.12/cwt	390.00–412.50	2,689	330
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	466.25/cwt	460.00–472.50	2,550	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	774	3,184.37/head	3,150.00–3,250.00	3,184	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,416	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

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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
46	700–750	711	414.00	414.00
435	750–800	782	394.00–399.00	397.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	433	535.00	535.00
43	450–500	482	492.50–520.00	501.06
48	500–550	547	460.00–472.50	466.25
36	550–600	562	432.50–447.50	444.32
185	600–650	619	405.00–432.50	419.89
23	650–700	690	2,750.00	2,750.00
330	650–700	662	390.00–412.50	406.12
175	700–750	718	371.00–377.00	373.46
21	750–800	766	349.00–370.00	358.94
36	750–800	751	2,850.00	2,850.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
116	600–650	635	2,675.00–3,225.00	2,937.23
137	650–700	683	2,750.00	2,750.00
98	700–750	725	3,150.00–3,425.00	3,276.93
145	750–800	774	3,150.00–3,250.00	3,184.37
140	800–850	801	3,250.00	3,250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	578	418.00	418.00
15	600–650	637	380.00–385.00	381.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	650.00	650.00
16	350–400	378	620.00	620.00
16	400–450	448	567.50	567.50
83	500–550	531	507.50–517.50	516.05
74	550–600	567	480.00–500.00	491.36
87	600–650	622	447.00–459.00	452.39
467	650–700	674	422.50–448.00	432.70
279	700–750	729	404.00–421.00	413.32
109	750–800	781	393.00–398.00	396.46
622	800–850	822	384.50–391.00	386.07
672	850–900	893	357.50–373.00	358.66
65	900–950	926	355.75	355.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	538	475.00–490.00	479.42
5	550–600	595	457.50	457.50
24	600–650	640	425.00–437.50	428.13
7	650–700	681	401.00	401.00
47	750–800	768	380.00	380.00
13	800–850	837	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	650–700	654	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
214	750–800	762	420.50–421.50	421.13
111	850–900	859	387.00	387.00

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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