Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower and steers 750-900 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher except 650-700 lbs heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 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 $496.19/cwt on 368 head, down $18.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 16 comparable sales and sits −7.30 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$496.19

▼ 18.50 vs prior sale

368 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$59.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.13

vs NE average

+18.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	502.13	2,798	303
Medium and Large 1-2	556	470.66	2,617	60
Large 1	594	442.50	2,628	5thin

One grade step is worth $59.63/cwt here — about $169 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 sale368 hd

496.19

—

NE average4 barns · 749 hd

493.06

+3.13

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+18.10

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

−7.30

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

43 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	500–550	534	461.45/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,464	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	342.05/cwt	331.50–347.00	2,781	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	413.81/cwt	402.50–422.50	2,607	372
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	1,943.89/head	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,944	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	434.17/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,193	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,226	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,825	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	415.92/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,575	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,830	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,481	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	471.75/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,769	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	371	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,393	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	476	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,737	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	558.77/cwt	555.00–562.50	2,386	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,572	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	425.88/cwt	409.00–431.00	2,922	273
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	447.51/cwt	437.50–469.00	2,784	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,575	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	384.11/cwt	378.50–385.50	3,031	82
Steers	Large 1	800–850	810	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	357.75/cwt	357.75–357.75	3,137	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	559.96/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,100	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,684	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	501.42/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,166	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	374.29/cwt	369.00–386.00	2,545	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,198	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,678	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	703	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	328	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,952	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	371.59/cwt	363.50–374.00	2,698	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	438.61/cwt	422.50–455.00	2,504	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	412.02/cwt	405.00–414.50	2,954	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	476.86/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,279	61
Steers	Large 1	550–600	594	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,436	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,157	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,320	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	429.37/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,525	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	764	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	496.32/cwt	470.00–516.00	2,660	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	370.82/cwt	361.00–375.00	3,063	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	549.30/cwt	534.00–565.00	2,790	81

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 28, 2026

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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
39	350–400	375	550.00–565.00	559.96
61	450–500	478	475.00–495.00	476.86
98	500–550	534	447.50–467.50	461.45
121	550–600	571	422.50–455.00	438.61
372	600–650	630	402.50–422.50	413.81
115	650–700	680	369.00–386.00	374.29
135	700–750	726	363.50–374.00	371.59
16	750–800	763	351.00	351.00
74	800–850	813	331.50–347.00	342.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
14	350–400	367	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,943.89
23	400–450	432	495.00–505.00	501.42
5	450–500	492	452.50	452.50
24	500–550	505	432.50–435.00	434.17
74	800–850	827	324.50	324.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	595.00	595.00
47	400–450	444	495.00	495.00
29	450–500	482	447.50	447.50
28	500–550	531	437.00	437.00
10	650–700	654	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
60	700–750	703	3,050.00	3,050.00
68	750–800	764	3,175.00	3,175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	443	560.00	560.00
29	450–500	483	532.50	532.50
52	500–550	536	528.00	528.00
13	700–750	708	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	536	470.00–516.00	496.32
23	550–600	588	410.00–437.50	429.37
17	600–650	619	400.00–427.00	415.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	2,100.00	2,100.00
12	400–450	427	555.00–562.50	558.77
14	450–500	464	555.00	555.00
81	500–550	508	534.00–565.00	549.30
170	550–600	587	455.00–480.00	471.75
173	600–650	622	437.50–469.00	447.51
273	650–700	686	409.00–431.00	425.88
76	700–750	717	405.00–414.50	412.02
82	750–800	789	378.50–385.50	384.11
122	800–850	826	361.00–375.00	370.82
181	850–900	877	357.75	357.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	645.00	645.00
24	450–500	476	575.00	575.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	442.50	442.50
6	800–850	810	340.00	340.00

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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