Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers 500-700 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $507.65/cwt on 318 head, up $2.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 16 comparable sales and sits +4.16 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$507.65

▲ 2.75 vs prior sale

318 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.89

vs NE average

+32.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	507.65	2,867	318

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale318 hd

507.65

—

NE average7 barns · 1,176 hd

499.76

+7.89

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+32.09

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

+4.16

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

34 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	405.16/cwt	402.50–408.00	2,382	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	569	513.97/cwt	506.00–522.00	2,924	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	482.08/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,777	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	533.85/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,877	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,986	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	418.12/cwt	402.00–423.00	3,027	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	349.29/cwt	347.25–352.00	3,241	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	733	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,822	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	326.85/cwt	326.85–326.85	3,275	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	476	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	345.14/cwt	343.00–353.00	3,051	693
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	412.99/cwt	409.50–418.50	2,825	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	437.21/cwt	424.00–451.00	2,562	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	388.96/cwt	382.00–402.50	2,637	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	372.35/cwt	371.00–374.00	2,923	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	555.21/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,654	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	701	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,748	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	935	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,095	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	342.23/cwt	338.50–352.00	2,676	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	450.13/cwt	434.00–460.00	2,413	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,945	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	471.20/cwt	455.00–486.00	2,964	401
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,424	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	670	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,754	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	649	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,732	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,346	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,502	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	779	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,836	35

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 Mar 7, 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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	517	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	417	535.00	535.00
6	450–500	489	465.00	465.00
73	500–550	536	434.00–460.00	450.13
283	550–600	586	424.00–451.00	437.21
80	650–700	678	382.00–402.50	388.96
7	700–750	706	368.00	368.00
49	750–800	782	338.50–352.00	342.23
6	900–950	914	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	588	402.50–408.00	405.16
12	600–650	638	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	650–700	670	411.00	411.00
40	700–750	701	392.00	392.00
35	750–800	779	364.00	364.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	460	510.00	510.00
42	500–550	503	497.50	497.50
87	600–650	649	421.00	421.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	587.50	587.50
143	550–600	569	506.00–522.00	513.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	450–500	478	530.00–570.00	555.21
69	500–550	539	510.00–540.00	533.85
106	550–600	576	465.00–500.00	482.08
401	600–650	629	455.00–486.00	471.20
122	650–700	684	409.50–418.50	412.99
234	700–750	724	402.00–423.00	418.12
58	750–800	785	371.00–374.00	372.35
42	800–850	807	370.00	370.00
693	850–900	884	343.00–353.00	345.14
329	900–950	928	347.25–352.00	349.29
224	1000–1050	1,002	326.85	326.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	733	385.00	385.00
6	900–950	935	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	810	341.00	341.00
11	950–1000	975	302.00	302.00

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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