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Ericson Livestock Market · Sat, Jan 24

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Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 24

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Jan 17Jan 24Jan 31 →

Receipts

3,843 head

▼ 334 vs last sale 4,177▲ 173 vs year ago 3,670 · +4.7%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers 500-650 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $493.74/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −2.66 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.

Average price

$493.74

190 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$40.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.75

vs NE average

+28.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	507.56	2,762	125
Medium and Large 1-2	559	467.15	2,611	65

One grade step is worth $40.41/cwt here — about $151 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 sale190 hd

493.74

—

NE average8 barns · 2,387 hd

505.49

−11.75

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+28.41

This barn, trailing median14 sales

496.39

−2.66

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

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,171	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,328	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	445	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,681	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,610	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,406	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	482	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,567	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	533.44/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,731	60

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Jan 24, 2026

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

Receipts 3,843Last week 4,177Year ago 3,670

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	570.00	570.00
4	350–400	388	550.00	550.00
45	400–450	436	518.00–520.00	518.58
16	450–500	487	470.00–487.50	482.04
67	500–550	510	462.50–475.00	468.42
41	550–600	580	422.50–432.00	429.29
228	600–650	613	401.00–423.00	415.87
159	700–750	709	360.00–370.00	363.67
202	750–800	776	341.00–354.00	349.48
135	850–900	865	321.00–332.00	327.39
70	950–1000	981	293.00–301.00	296.75

Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy

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Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 24

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Jan 17Jan 24Jan 31 →

Receipts

3,843 head

▼ 334 vs last sale 4,177▲ 173 vs year ago 3,670 · +4.7%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $493.74/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 7 of 14 comparable sales and sits −2.66 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.

Average price

$493.74

190 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$40.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.75

vs NE average

+28.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	507.56	2,762	125
Medium and Large 1-2	559	467.15	2,611	65

One grade step is worth $40.41/cwt here — about $151 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 sale190 hd

493.74

—

NE average8 barns · 2,387 hd

505.49

−11.75

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+28.41

This barn, trailing median14 sales

496.39

−2.66

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

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,171	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,328	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	445	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,681	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,610	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,406	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	482	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,567	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	533.44/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,731	60

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Jan 24, 2026

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

Receipts 3,843Last week 4,177Year ago 3,670

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	570.00	570.00
4	350–400	388	550.00	550.00
45	400–450	436	518.00–520.00	518.58
16	450–500	487	470.00–487.50	482.04
67	500–550	510	462.50–475.00	468.42
41	550–600	580	422.50–432.00	429.29
228	600–650	613	401.00–423.00	415.87
159	700–750	709	360.00–370.00	363.67
202	750–800	776	341.00–354.00	349.48
135	850–900	865	321.00–332.00	327.39
70	950–1000	981	293.00–301.00	296.75

Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy

17	550–600	572	417.00	417.00
43	700–750	736	351.00	351.00
14	750–800	776	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	334	650.00	650.00
11	400–450	412	565.00	565.00
22	450–500	466	560.00	560.00
60	500–550	512	505.00–545.00	533.44
65	550–600	574	479.00–485.00	483.67
163	600–650	623	443.00–463.50	451.55
99	650–700	662	420.00–442.50	433.93
120	700–750	702	403.00–411.00	406.17
400	750–800	773	368.00–387.50	378.62
448	800–850	825	351.00–369.50	360.86
490	850–900	875	346.50–351.00	347.63
241	900–950	910	352.25–356.50	353.51
243	950–1000	965	328.50–339.50	335.57

Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,887	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,919	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,134	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	405	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,228	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,028	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	518.58/cwt	518.00–520.00	2,261	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	482.04/cwt	470.00–487.50	2,348	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	492	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,251	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	468.42/cwt	462.50–475.00	2,389	67
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,208	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	572	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,385	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,296	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	429.29/cwt	422.50–432.00	2,490	41
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	415.87/cwt	401.00–423.00	2,549	228
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	636	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,493	54
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	363.67/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,578	159
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	736	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,583	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	349.48/cwt	341.00–354.00	2,712	202
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	776	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,600	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,643	15
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	327.39/cwt	321.00–332.00	2,832	135
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	296.75/cwt	293.00–301.00	2,911	70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	380	505.00	505.00
5	400–450	427	475.00	475.00
6	500–550	532	415.00	415.00
21	550–600	579	396.50	396.50
15	800–850	826	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	492	457.50	457.50
54	600–650	636	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	522	492.50	492.50
38	550–600	572	460.00–464.00	462.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	470	512.00	512.00
10	500–550	528	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	595	437.50	437.50
16	600–650	616	427.50	427.50
49	850–900	868	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	445	602.50	602.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	532.50	532.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	739	380.00	380.00

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Ericson Livestock Market · Sat, Jan 24

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Feeder Cattle

Ericson

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Every lot, as filed

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Feeder Cattle

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