Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold unevenly steady with steers over 650 lbs selling 5.00 to 15.00 lower and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $504.90/cwt on 334 head, down $12.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 16 comparable sales and sits +1.41 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$504.90

▼ 12.44 vs prior sale

334 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$329

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

$51.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.46

vs NE average

+17.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	511.38	2,852	292
Medium and Large 1-2	549	459.84	2,523	42

One grade step is worth $51.54/cwt here — about $329 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 sale334 hd

504.90

—

NE average5 barns · 1,332 hd

511.36

−6.46

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+17.88

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

+1.41

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

32 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 1	700–750	736	365.45/cwt	359.50–389.00	2,690	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	408.70/cwt	394.00–420.00	2,530	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	338.25/cwt	338.25–338.25	3,098	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	383	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,317	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	549.84/cwt	549.00–551.00	2,359	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	712	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	3,076	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,935	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	534.80/cwt	515.00–542.00	2,824	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,529	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,293	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,520	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,565	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	438.20/cwt	437.50–440.00	2,507	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	481.13/cwt	467.00–485.00	2,959	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	466	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,656	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	387.99/cwt	387.00–389.00	2,856	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	767	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	364.65/cwt	346.75–376.00	3,019	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	323.77/cwt	315.00–324.00	3,173	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	432.79/cwt	420.00–441.00	2,921	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,018	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	415.45/cwt	408.00–418.00	3,004	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	485.97/cwt	472.50–505.00	2,828	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	437	610.24/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,667	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	465.08/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,465	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	395.44/cwt	380.00–407.00	2,689	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	430.26/cwt	429.00–435.00	2,448	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	463.87/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,203	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,281	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,638	10

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 28, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	443	515.00	515.00
18	450–500	475	455.00–475.00	463.87
207	500–550	530	450.00–485.00	465.08
68	550–600	569	429.00–435.00	430.26
271	600–650	619	394.00–420.00	408.70
78	650–700	680	380.00–407.00	395.44
281	700–750	736	359.50–389.00	365.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	383	605.00	605.00
27	400–450	429	549.00–551.00	549.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	585	392.00	392.00
12	700–750	708	356.00	356.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	785	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	660.00	660.00
24	400–450	446	575.00	575.00
8	450–500	487	550.00	550.00
108	500–550	528	515.00–542.00	534.80
129	550–600	582	472.50–505.00	485.97
297	600–650	615	467.00–485.00	481.13
131	650–700	675	420.00–441.00	432.79
167	700–750	723	408.00–418.00	415.45
279	800–850	828	346.75–376.00	364.65
420	850–900	876	344.50	344.50
120	900–950	916	338.25	338.25
227	950–1000	980	315.00–324.00	323.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	550–600	559	525.00	525.00
55	700–750	712	432.00	432.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	511	495.00	495.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	572	437.50–440.00	438.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	437	600.00–615.00	610.24
25	450–500	466	570.00	570.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	700–750	736	387.00–389.00	387.99
7	750–800	767	373.00	373.00

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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