Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-03

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 with internet activity noticed. Nice offering of yearling feeders, weaned calves and bawling calves along with one consignment of "AI" bred heifers bred for 1 day on offer. There was also a 15 year old broke to ride AQHA registered Bay gelding on the consignment sheet selling for $3000.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.85/cwt on 394 head, down $3.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −89.62 against this barn's trailing median of $502.47.

Average price

$412.85

▼ 3.21 vs prior sale

394 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,317

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$60.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−41.74

vs NE average

−0.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	461.42	2,414	80
Medium and Large 1-2	571	400.48	2,286	314

One grade step is worth $60.94/cwt here — about $129 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $412.85, median $502.47 across 14 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 sale394 hd

412.85

—

NE average6 barns · 3,328 hd

454.60

−41.74

National average172 barns · 15,995 hd

413.83

−0.98

This barn, trailing median14 sales

502.47

−89.62

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	947	$3,920	157

Every lot, as filed

38 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	Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,150	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	3,002	34
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	994	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,738	6
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	258.64/cwt	254.00–263.50	2,742	59
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,107	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,939	6
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	996	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	3,307	255
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,317	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	369.44/cwt	362.50–372.00	2,749	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	471.89/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,392	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	416.25/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,027	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,460	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	402.78/cwt	397.50–407.50	2,159	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	337.62/cwt	332.00–344.00	2,603	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,799	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,064	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	418.51/cwt	409.00–425.00	2,151	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	484.00/cwt	462.50–495.00	2,391	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,201	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	389.60/cwt	385.00–396.00	2,373	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,273	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,548	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,610	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,596	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900–950	942	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,911	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	802	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,671	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,015	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	855	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,826	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	400.33/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,294	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	307.77/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,394	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	383.85/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,169	38
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	3,920.07/head	3,600.00–4,000.00	3,920	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	331.21/cwt	331.00–342.00	2,872	311
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	275.87/cwt	273.00–277.00	2,852	48
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,330	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	342.45/cwt	339.50–344.50	3,222	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	453.73/cwt	450.00–457.00	2,101	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	293.10/cwt	291.00–296.50	2,732	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,062	6

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 Oct 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,788Last week 2,010Year ago 1,740

Replacement CattleReceipts 160Last week 91Year ago 149

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1150–1200	1,150	261.00	261.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
255	950–1000	996	332.00	332.00
297	1000–1050	1,030	322.00	322.00
38	1050–1100	1,057	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
89	450–500	468	441.00	441.00
19	500–550	536	397.50–407.50	402.78
295	550–600	573	392.50–402.50	400.33
26	700–750	744	362.50–372.00	369.44
13	750–800	771	332.00–344.00	337.62
6	850–900	883	317.00	317.00
6	950–1000	957	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	355	567.50	567.50
38	450–500	494	462.50–495.00	484.00
60	500–550	507	470.00–475.00	471.89
20	550–600	572	430.00	430.00
82	650–700	678	385.00	385.00
311	850–900	867	331.00–342.00	331.21
237	900–950	941	339.50–344.50	342.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	600–650	609	385.00–396.00	389.60
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	994	275.50	275.50
48	1000–1050	1,034	273.00–277.00	275.87
59	1050–1100	1,060	254.00–263.50	258.64
6	1100–1150	1,107	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	487	415.00–420.00	416.25
15	650–700	691	329.00	329.00
27	750–800	778	307.00–310.00	307.77
16	850–900	891	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	406	465.00	465.00
30	450–500	463	450.00–457.00	453.73
68	500–550	514	409.00–425.00	418.51
38	550–600	565	377.50–385.00	383.85
30	850–900	874	297.00	297.00
160	900–950	932	291.00–296.50	293.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	603	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	800–850	802	333.00	333.00
65	850–900	855	330.50	330.50
34	900–950	942	309.00	309.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	157	—	947	3,600.00–4,000.00	3,920.07

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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