Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2019-11-02

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
2,505 head
▼ 1,815 vs last sale 4,320▲ 2,505 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves over 400 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except for heifer calves 450-500 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.03/cwt on 1,427 head.
Average price
$170.03
1,427 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$896
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.42
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526170.348961,407
Medium and Large 1-2604147.8389220
One grade step is worth $22.52/cwt here — about $4 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 sale1,427 hd
170.03
—
NE average11 barns · 19,582 hd
160.60
+9.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325186.23/cwt186.00–186.5060516
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006708
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy343194.50/cwt194.50–194.5066732
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full364174.06/cwt172.00–177.0063415
Steers—Medium and Large 1384182.74/cwt181.00–184.0070214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full405173.00/cwt173.00–173.0070123
Steers—Medium and Large 1442182.14/cwt180.00–183.25805102
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy444189.13/cwt188.00–189.50840125
Steers—Medium and Large 1474174.00/cwt174.00–174.0082519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full483155.50/cwt155.50–155.507519
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full508158.71/cwt155.00–161.0080625
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy516174.97/cwt174.25–175.75903323
Steers—Medium and Large 1525165.87/cwt161.00–171.75871243
Steers—Medium and Large 1577161.49/cwt158.50–163.50932211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full584152.00/cwt152.00–152.0088854
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619160.50/cwt160.50–160.5099315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned635141.00/cwt141.00–141.008955
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670157.91/cwt156.50–159.501,058182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full758142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0766
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full341164.00/cwt164.00–164.0055913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy361175.00/cwt175.00–175.0063245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full386153.00/cwt153.00–153.0059129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393161.90/cwt161.00–169.0063641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426162.71/cwt160.00–164.00693124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full432151.00/cwt151.00–151.0065214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439146.09/cwt145.00–147.0064111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475146.59/cwt146.00–149.0069690
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full491140.00/cwt140.00–140.006879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full506145.00/cwt145.00–145.0073410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508154.64/cwt150.00–158.0078698
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full545138.00/cwt138.00–138.0075214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571144.67/cwt141.50–146.00826134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612142.00/cwt142.00–142.0086926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1771146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,12833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full820139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,1448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1921141.94/cwt141.00–142.751,30721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,33615

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.