Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2019-11-16

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 16
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
2,962 head
▼ 495 vs last sale 3,457▲ 2,962 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves sold steady to 4.00 higher and heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.38/cwt on 1,460 head.
Average price
$172.38
1,460 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.70
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563172.869731,418
Medium and Large 1-2497156.2377642
One grade step is worth $16.62/cwt here — about $197 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 sale1,460 hd
172.38
—
NE average10 barns · 13,240 hd
167.68
+4.70
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy308211.00/cwt211.00–211.0065010
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned347190.00/cwt190.00–190.006598
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned356185.00/cwt185.00–185.006599
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural378197.50/cwt197.50–197.507478
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy389199.87/cwt199.00–202.0077745
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned414183.46/cwt182.00–185.0076040
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed434194.54/cwt192.00–195.0084456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448157.00/cwt157.00–157.0070313
Steers—Medium and Large 1469180.00/cwt180.00–180.008445
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed478187.12/cwt185.50–189.00894141
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural480189.50/cwt189.50–189.5091062
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy486192.00/cwt192.00–192.0093329
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned489179.50/cwt179.50–179.5087810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned509152.96/cwt150.00–156.0077916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy521181.24/cwt180.25–181.75944129
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned527172.78/cwt167.50–175.0091167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531159.50/cwt159.50–159.5084713
Steers—Medium and Large 1542176.50/cwt176.50–176.5095735
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural546177.00/cwt177.00–177.0096657
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy552179.00/cwt179.00–179.0098837
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558172.75/cwt172.75–172.7596440
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned587161.04/cwt155.00–166.25945160
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615162.38/cwt154.00–163.75999212
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy624149.80/cwt145.00–151.0093545
Steers—Medium and Large 1650161.75/cwt161.75–161.751,05161
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned662158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,05162
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy822152.25/cwt152.25–152.251,25124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy915146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,33660
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,053134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy280182.00/cwt182.00–182.0051012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned300155.00/cwt155.00–155.004655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329167.00/cwt167.00–167.005497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned333161.62/cwt160.00–163.0053813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural352168.00/cwt168.00–168.005916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed389165.00/cwt165.00–165.0064232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy390173.00/cwt173.00–173.006759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned425156.00/cwt156.00–156.0066312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443163.20/cwt155.00–168.5072382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443157.00/cwt157.00–157.006966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural452173.00/cwt173.00–173.0078239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full458155.00/cwt155.00–155.007105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned468157.47/cwt154.50–163.5073787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483155.50/cwt155.50–155.507515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514150.50/cwt150.50–150.5077420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural516156.75/cwt156.75–156.7580966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529148.63/cwt148.00–150.0078618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned564146.34/cwt142.50–148.00825126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588138.00/cwt138.00–138.0081113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632139.46/cwt138.00–140.5088117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy638148.88/cwt148.50–149.5095078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy774141.93/cwt137.50–144.001,09929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy912142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,295128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy998135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,070128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,37055

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.