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

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

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 13 of 16 comparable sales and sits +11.05 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

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.

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 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 median16 sales

503.49

+11.05

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

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.

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

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

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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
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
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
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
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
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
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
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	491	405.00	405.00
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
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
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
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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	560	422.50	422.50
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.

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