Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2026-05-02

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, May 2

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Apr 11May 2May 16 →

Receipts

4,028 head

▲ 739 vs last sale 3,289▲ 1,715 vs year ago 2,313 · +74.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported auction in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet. Supply included yearlings and weaned fall calves with consignments of bawling calves mixed in the run. Majority of the bawling calves had received at least one round of pre-weaning vaccinations.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.54/cwt on 272 head, down $6.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 14 comparable sales and sits +18.14 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.

Average price

$514.54

▼ 6.87 vs prior sale

272 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$28.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.91

vs NE average

+33.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	519.41	2,836	226
Medium and Large 1-2	536	490.61	2,630	46

One grade step is worth $28.80/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale272 hd

514.54

—

NE average5 barns · 639 hd

501.63

+12.91

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

+33.52

This barn, trailing median14 sales

496.39

+18.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $412.85, median $496.39 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

58 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,501	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	399	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,434	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	555.49/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,394	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,317	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,369	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	488	577.05/cwt	576.00–580.00	2,816	123
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	515	549.53/cwt	537.50–560.00	2,830	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,872	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	490.61/cwt	485.00–492.50	2,630	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	502.37/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,728	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	506.52/cwt	500.00–511.00	2,837	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	509.92/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,871	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,745	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	602	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,965	150
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,673	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	451.92/cwt	442.50–462.50	2,924	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	656	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,985	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,814	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	422.72/cwt	421.50–428.00	2,900	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	412.58/cwt	401.00–424.00	3,012	332
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	395.00/cwt	382.00–399.00	3,081	186
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	816	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,905	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	379.86/cwt	377.25–382.00	3,198	554
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	367.04/cwt	361.25–374.00	3,223	141
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,280	51
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	354.03/cwt	349.50–358.00	3,395	118
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,012	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,112	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	367	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,074	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,955	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,180	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,174	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	519.02/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,247	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,430	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,169	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	495.94/cwt	495.00–496.00	2,385	108
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,989	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	462.91/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,430	119
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	454.51/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,423	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	431.00/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,297	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	554	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,410	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	560	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,366	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,300	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	449.39/cwt	432.50–451.00	2,584	196
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	602	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,336	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	424.56/cwt	414.00–431.00	2,624	96
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	409.08/cwt	405.00–413.00	2,704	131
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	681	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	65
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,527	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	375.52/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,677	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,555	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	751	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,884	74
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	361.44/cwt	350.00–376.00	2,808	280
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	351.10/cwt	346.00–354.50	2,876	238
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	852	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	3,020	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,879	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,014	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,961	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,812	11

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 May 2, 2026

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

Receipts 4,028Last week 3,289Year ago 2,313

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	630.00	630.00
19	400–450	431	550.00–570.00	555.49
36	500–550	543	500.00–505.00	502.37
83	550–600	563	490.00–515.00	509.92
91	600–650	647	442.50–462.50	451.92
32	650–700	686	421.50–428.00	422.72
332	700–750	730	401.00–424.00	412.58
186	750–800	780	382.00–399.00	395.00
554	800–850	842	377.25–382.00	379.86
141	850–900	878	361.25–374.00	367.04
51	900–950	948	346.00	346.00
118	950–1000	959	349.50–358.00	354.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	535.00	535.00
7	450–500	481	492.50	492.50
46	500–550	536	485.00–492.50	490.61
16	600–650	644	415.00	415.00
11	650–700	678	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	816	356.00	356.00
6	1000–1050	1,012	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
123	450–500	488	576.00–580.00	577.05
53	500–550	515	537.50–560.00	549.53
150	600–650	602	492.50	492.50
12	650–700	656	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	399	610.00	610.00
13	500–550	527	545.00	545.00
41	550–600	560	500.00–511.00	506.52
5	600–650	600	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	433	500.00–530.00	519.02
108	450–500	481	495.00–496.00	495.94
119	500–550	525	450.00–480.00	462.91
196	550–600	575	432.50–451.00	449.39
96	600–650	618	414.00–431.00	424.56
131	650–700	661	405.00–413.00	409.08
69	700–750	713	375.00–377.00	375.52
280	750–800	777	350.00–376.00	361.44
238	800–850	819	346.00–354.50	351.10
11	850–900	897	321.00	321.00
10	1000–1050	1,014	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	491	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	495.00	495.00
5	450–500	474	457.50	457.50
15	500–550	533	425.00–435.00	431.00
8	550–600	565	407.00	407.00
13	600–650	602	388.00	388.00
18	650–700	683	370.00	370.00
5	700–750	728	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	565.00	565.00
8	400–450	400	545.00	545.00
18	850–900	852	354.50	354.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	650–700	681	2,775.00	2,775.00
74	750–800	751	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	525.00	525.00
10	450–500	450	540.00	540.00
25	500–550	533	445.00–465.00	454.51
18	550–600	554	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	560	422.50	422.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	703	400.00	400.00

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.