Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable offerings from two weeks ago to establish a trend for steers or heifers. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Consignments included load lots and packages of yearlings along with packages of weaned fall calves mixed in the run.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $513.82/cwt on 153 head, up $20.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 16 comparable sales and sits +10.32 against this barn's trailing median of $503.49.

Average price

$513.82

▲ 20.35 vs prior sale

153 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$511

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

$60.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.94

vs NE average

+53.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	515.80	2,868	148
Medium and Large 1-2	518	455.00	2,357	5thin

One grade step is worth $60.80/cwt here — about $511 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 sale153 hd

513.82

—

NE average7 barns · 917 hd

498.88

+14.94

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

+53.45

This barn, trailing median16 sales

503.49

+10.32

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,528	$2,975	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,330	$4,075	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,338	$3,525	7
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,146	$5,100	13

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1Unweaned	500–550	508	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	583	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,985	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	3,358	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	491.68/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,311	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	440.77/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,746	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,201	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	399.95/cwt	397.50–405.00	2,364	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	469	577.00/cwt	577.00–577.00	2,706	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	516	558.00/cwt	558.00–558.00	2,879	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	609	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,984	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,338	3,525.00/head	3,525.00–3,525.00	3,525	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	362.44/cwt	360.00–375.00	3,041	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,421	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,301	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	347.75/cwt	347.75–347.75	3,238	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	479.73/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,648	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	451	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,345	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	565.24/cwt	550.00–585.00	2,425	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,528	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	4,075.00/head	4,075.00–4,075.00	4,075	12
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	5,100.00/head	5,100.00–5,100.00	5,100	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,391	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,702	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,211	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	879	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,980	26
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,008	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,999	6
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,125	302.75/cwt	302.75–302.75	3,406	108

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 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,309Last week 518Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 248Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	508	505.00	505.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	489	495.00	495.00
5	500–550	518	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	469	577.00	577.00
37	500–550	516	558.00	558.00
71	550–600	583	512.00	512.00
11	600–650	609	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	331	665.00	665.00
22	400–450	429	550.00–585.00	565.24
34	550–600	552	475.00–485.00	479.73
19	600–650	623	435.00–445.00	440.77
223	800–850	839	360.00–375.00	362.44
271	900–950	931	347.75	347.75
78	1000–1050	1,043	316.50	316.50
27	1050–1100	1,051	319.50	319.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	850–900	879	339.00	339.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,008	297.50	297.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	1100–1150	1,125	302.75	302.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	500	440.00	440.00
15	550–600	591	397.50–405.00	399.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	378	585.00	585.00
53	450–500	470	480.00–500.00	491.68
34	500–550	517	462.50	462.50
23	650–700	679	398.00	398.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	520.00	520.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,338	3,525.00	3,525.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,330	4,075.00	4,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,528	2,975.00	2,975.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,146	5,100.00	5,100.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Ericson