Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 750 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs and over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher with 6 weight heifers selling steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet bidding and buying.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $517.34/cwt on 345 head, up $17.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 16 comparable sales and sits +13.85 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$517.34

▲ 17.30 vs prior sale

345 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

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

$58.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.31

vs NE average

+29.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	518.53	2,901	338
Medium and Large 1-2	545	460.00	2,507	7thin

One grade step is worth $58.53/cwt here — about $394 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 sale345 hd

517.34

—

NE average8 barns · 1,797 hd

517.64

−0.31

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+29.99

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

+13.85

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

41 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	638	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,463	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	783	338.12/cwt	338.00–340.00	2,647	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,657	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,603	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	418.33/cwt	401.00–425.00	2,610	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,530	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	465.38/cwt	458.00–472.50	2,899	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,795	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,839	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,780	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	500.77/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,930	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,507	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	534.31/cwt	520.00–537.50	2,778	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	380.31/cwt	371.00–389.00	3,119	473
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	428.64/cwt	419.00–437.50	3,090	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	861	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,039	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	558	523.01/cwt	522.00–526.00	2,918	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	450.32/cwt	440.00–455.00	3,035	366
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	345.03/cwt	343.50–360.50	3,226	584
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	897	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,220	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	732	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,979	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	447.34/cwt	443.00–464.00	2,581	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	398.99/cwt	390.00–401.00	2,637	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	309.17/cwt	309.00–309.25	2,872	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	359.28/cwt	353.00–366.00	2,777	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	388.94/cwt	385.00–391.00	2,761	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,591	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,816	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	607	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,719	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	775	3,134.31/head	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,134	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	673	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	806	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	389.13/cwt	388.00–391.00	2,895	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	518.38/cwt	514.00–525.00	2,416	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	829	365.94/cwt	359.00–367.00	3,034	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,934	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,906	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	389.50/cwt	382.50–395.50	3,100	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,569	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,795	21

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 Feb 21, 2026

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Receipts 4,340Last week 5,220Year ago 3,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	638	386.00	386.00
25	650–700	685	380.00	380.00
13	700–750	736	361.00	361.00
81	750–800	783	338.00–340.00	338.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	466	514.00–525.00	518.38
8	500–550	501	505.00	505.00
246	550–600	577	443.00–464.00	447.34
65	600–650	624	401.00–425.00	418.33
226	650–700	661	390.00–401.00	398.99
89	700–750	710	385.00–391.00	388.94
187	750–800	773	353.00–366.00	359.28
48	850–900	856	329.00	329.00
194	900–950	929	309.00–309.25	309.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	650–700	673	2,750.00	2,750.00
25	700–750	732	407.00	407.00
137	750–800	775	3,050.00–3,200.00	3,134.31
63	800–850	806	3,050.00	3,050.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	494	520.00	520.00
33	600–650	606	427.50	427.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	600–650	607	448.00	448.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	492	565.00	565.00
47	500–550	520	520.00–537.50	534.31
117	550–600	585	480.00–505.00	500.77
55	600–650	623	458.00–472.50	465.38
366	650–700	674	440.00–455.00	450.32
303	700–750	721	419.00–437.50	428.64
180	750–800	796	382.50–395.50	389.50
473	800–850	820	371.00–389.00	380.31
66	850–900	897	359.00	359.00
584	900–950	935	343.50–360.50	345.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	540	517.50	517.50
41	600–650	638	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	628	445.00	445.00
40	700–750	744	388.00–391.00	389.13
10	750–800	795	369.00	369.00
75	800–850	829	359.00–367.00	365.94
11	850–900	861	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
150	550–600	558	522.00–526.00	523.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	455	600.00	600.00
11	500–550	501	580.00	580.00

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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