Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2019-09-28

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Sep 28
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,297 head
▼ 617 vs last sale 2,914▲ 2,297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 0▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher and steers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good for feeder cattle and light to moderate on a thin test of bred cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.96/cwt on 1,138 head.
Average price
$147.96
1,138 head · 848 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,255
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.99
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1854148.101,2651,072
Medium and Large 1-2753145.731,09866
One grade step is worth $2.36/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,138 hd
147.96
—
NE average7 barns · 9,022 hd
151.95
−3.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1446186.00/cwt186.00–186.0083013
Steers—Medium and Large 1514166.33/cwt159.00–170.0085552
Steers—Medium and Large 1554162.50/cwt162.50–162.5090024
Steers—Medium and Large 1619159.92/cwt158.50–163.0099043
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned663153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,01810
Steers—Medium and Large 1680158.28/cwt155.50–160.001,07671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722149.01/cwt144.00–150.001,07650
Steers—Medium and Large 1790157.19/cwt150.50–158.501,242173
Steers—Medium and Large 1823149.51/cwt145.00–153.001,23057
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2851135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,15316
Steers—Medium and Large 1879147.85/cwt147.85–147.851,300136
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy972130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,26410
Steers—Medium and Large 1979140.31/cwt140.10–141.501,374422
Steers—Medium and Large 11,025128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,31261
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379164.00/cwt164.00–164.006227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425163.62/cwt162.00–165.0069526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500158.50/cwt158.50–158.5079325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned572148.00/cwt148.00–148.0084722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed590157.00/cwt157.00–157.0092630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590150.25/cwt150.25–150.2588646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635145.00/cwt145.00–145.0092111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654150.50/cwt150.50–150.5098414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed708148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,04866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731142.72/cwt139.50–144.501,04320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758143.03/cwt141.75–143.501,08476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830137.43/cwt132.75–138.501,141129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1890136.37/cwt135.35–139.751,214171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1906136.16/cwt133.75–138.501,234263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979127.75/cwt127.75–127.751,2517
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,0257
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2891,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0016,75718
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,317850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,19513

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.