Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2026-03-28

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Mar 28

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Mar 14Mar 28Apr 11 →

Receipts

2,994 head

▲ 483 vs last sale 2,511▼ 1,822 vs year ago 4,816 · −37.8%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower and steers 750-900 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher except 650-700 lbs heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $496.19/cwt on 368 head, down $18.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$496.19

▼ 18.50 vs prior sale

368 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$59.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.13

vs NE average

+18.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	502.13	2,798	303
Medium and Large 1-2	556	470.66	2,617	60
Large 1	594	442.50	2,628	5thin

One grade step is worth $59.63/cwt here — about $169 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale368 hd

496.19

—

NE average4 barns · 749 hd

493.06

+3.13

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

+18.10

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

+0.00

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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $412.85, median $496.19 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	371	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,393	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	558.77/cwt	555.00–562.50	2,386	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	443	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,481	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,575	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	476	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,737	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,572	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	549.30/cwt	534.00–565.00	2,790	81
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,830	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	496.32/cwt	470.00–516.00	2,660	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	471.75/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,769	170
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	429.37/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,525	23
Steers	550–600	Large 1	594	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,628	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	415.92/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,575	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	447.51/cwt	437.50–469.00	2,784	173
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	425.88/cwt	409.00–431.00	2,922	273
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	708	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,825	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	412.02/cwt	405.00–414.50	2,954	76
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	384.11/cwt	378.50–385.50	3,031	82
Steers	800–850	Large 1	810	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,754	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	370.82/cwt	361.00–375.00	3,063	122
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	357.75/cwt	357.75–357.75	3,137	181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	328	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,952	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	1,943.89/head	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,944	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	559.96/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,100	39
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	501.42/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,166	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,198	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	476.86/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,279	61
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	482	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,157	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,226	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	434.17/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,193	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,320	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	461.45/cwt	447.50–467.50	2,464	98
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	438.61/cwt	422.50–455.00	2,504	121
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	413.81/cwt	402.50–422.50	2,607	372
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	654	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,436	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	374.29/cwt	369.00–386.00	2,545	115
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	703	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	60
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	371.59/cwt	363.50–374.00	2,698	135
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,678	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	764	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	68
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	342.05/cwt	331.50–347.00	2,781	74
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,684	74

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 28, 2026

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

Receipts 2,994Last week 2,511Year ago 4,816

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	350–400	375	550.00–565.00	559.96
61	450–500	478	475.00–495.00	476.86
98	500–550	534	447.50–467.50	461.45
121	550–600	571	422.50–455.00	438.61
372	600–650	630	402.50–422.50	413.81
115	650–700	680	369.00–386.00	374.29
135	700–750	726	363.50–374.00	371.59
16	750–800	763	351.00	351.00
74	800–850	813	331.50–347.00	342.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
14	350–400	367	1,925.00–1,975.00	1,943.89
23	400–450	432	495.00–505.00	501.42
5	450–500	492	452.50	452.50
24	500–550	505	432.50–435.00	434.17
74	800–850	827	324.50	324.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	328	595.00	595.00
47	400–450	444	495.00	495.00
29	450–500	482	447.50	447.50
28	500–550	531	437.00	437.00
10	650–700	654	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
60	700–750	703	3,050.00	3,050.00
68	750–800	764	3,175.00	3,175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	443	560.00	560.00
29	450–500	483	532.50	532.50
52	500–550	536	528.00	528.00
13	700–750	708	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	536	470.00–516.00	496.32
23	550–600	588	410.00–437.50	429.37
17	600–650	619	400.00–427.00	415.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	2,100.00	2,100.00
12	400–450	427	555.00–562.50	558.77
14	450–500	464	555.00	555.00
81	500–550	508	534.00–565.00	549.30
170	550–600	587	455.00–480.00	471.75
173	600–650	622	437.50–469.00	447.51
273	650–700	686	409.00–431.00	425.88
76	700–750	717	405.00–414.50	412.02
82	750–800	789	378.50–385.50	384.11
122	800–850	826	361.00–375.00	370.82
181	850–900	877	357.75	357.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	645.00	645.00
24	450–500	476	575.00	575.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	442.50	442.50
6	800–850	810	340.00	340.00

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.