Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2020-01-11

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 11
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
2,826 head
▲ 300 vs last sale 2,526▲ 2,826 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold unevenly steady and 650-750 lbs steers sold 5.00 lower. Heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and 600-700 lbs heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was 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 $174.98/cwt on 1,428 head.
Average price
$174.98
1,428 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.79
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573175.171,0041,413
Medium and Large 1-2599157.0794115thin
One grade step is worth $18.10/cwt here — about $64 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 sale1,428 hd
174.98
—
NE average12 barns · 25,980 hd
166.18
+8.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed374220.05/cwt217.50–222.5082363
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407208.00/cwt208.00–208.0084745
Steers—Medium and Large 1427193.41/cwt190.00–199.0082626
Steers—Medium and Large 1477195.55/cwt188.00–197.50933205
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed510192.50/cwt191.00–195.5098248
Steers—Medium and Large 1517182.35/cwt180.00–187.00943149
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned537185.50/cwt185.50–185.5099613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned552164.00/cwt164.00–164.009057
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy576165.34/cwt162.50–166.5095253
Steers—Medium and Large 1578171.45/cwt168.25–178.50991215
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned611167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,02018
Steers—Medium and Large 1619167.52/cwt164.50–168.751,037221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned640151.00/cwt151.00–151.009668
Steers—Medium and Large 1666157.55/cwt152.00–161.501,049207
Steers—Medium and Large 1720148.15/cwt145.00–150.251,067115
Steers—Medium and Large 1788144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,13735
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed337215.00/cwt215.00–215.0072514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed355210.00/cwt210.00–210.0074612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380199.21/cwt192.50–201.0075783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400186.00/cwt186.00–186.007448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429176.28/cwt172.00–178.0075684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468170.92/cwt166.50–173.00800148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed472176.85/cwt176.00–178.0083538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486170.00/cwt170.00–170.008269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned489155.00/cwt155.00–155.007588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520159.95/cwt155.00–162.5083286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed522164.52/cwt164.00–167.00859127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540151.03/cwt150.00–153.0081626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569149.00/cwt149.00–149.008486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574135.00/cwt135.00–135.007755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575153.01/cwt151.50–154.00880147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full591145.50/cwt145.50–145.508605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy594148.50/cwt148.50–148.5088223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624146.63/cwt143.75–150.50915110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630144.00/cwt144.00–144.009077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy672138.02/cwt137.00–138.5092741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685144.09/cwt142.50–145.0098730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709144.43/cwt138.00–144.751,024193

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.