Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2020-01-25

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 25
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,771 head
▲ 464 vs last sale 3,307▲ 3,771 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers under 650 lbs sold 2.00-4.00 higher. 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 $174.89/cwt on 2,308 head.
Average price
$174.89
2,308 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.81
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1599175.081,0492,278
Medium and Large 1-2556160.4889230
One grade step is worth $14.59/cwt here — about $156 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 sale2,308 hd
174.89
—
NE average11 barns · 19,899 hd
165.07
+9.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed313194.00/cwt194.00–194.006076
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed352225.00/cwt225.00–225.0079212
Steers—Medium and Large 1396210.00/cwt210.00–210.0083223
Steers—Medium and Large 1424201.26/cwt196.00–207.0085399
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy467188.00/cwt188.00–188.0087816
Steers—Medium and Large 1469199.03/cwt194.00–201.0093361
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy481207.25/cwt207.25–207.25997109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed515195.17/cwt194.00–198.001,00565
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy527176.32/cwt176.00–177.0092915
Steers—Medium and Large 1531187.40/cwt182.00–188.50995182
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557189.23/cwt185.00–191.001,054225
Steers—Medium and Large 1573179.88/cwt173.00–183.251,031207
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned583170.00/cwt170.00–170.009917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586159.50/cwt159.50–159.5093513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613145.00/cwt145.00–145.008895
Steers—Medium and Large 1628167.76/cwt162.25–172.001,054391
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy631160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,01028
Steers—Medium and Large 1660162.84/cwt156.50–166.501,075519
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy683150.05/cwt149.00–150.501,02566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687142.00/cwt142.00–142.009766
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy708160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,13674
Steers—Medium and Large 1714152.33/cwt147.00–156.751,088129
Steers—Medium and Large 1750147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,10318
Steers—Medium and Large 1806141.47/cwt141.00–142.001,14032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed326174.00/cwt174.00–174.0056711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed339195.00/cwt195.00–195.0066111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409180.79/cwt178.00–183.0073921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy429170.50/cwt169.00–171.0073144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474166.20/cwt161.00–171.0078882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed479177.11/cwt174.00–178.0084865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513168.62/cwt165.50–171.00865159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525151.12/cwt149.50–153.0079317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed534175.00/cwt175.00–175.0093528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569165.50/cwt165.50–165.5094220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577157.93/cwt154.50–160.50911202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580144.03/cwt141.00–146.0083518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned597152.00/cwt152.00–152.009076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607150.48/cwt147.00–156.00913277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626138.50/cwt138.50–138.508675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680138.32/cwt137.50–144.0094199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710136.82/cwt136.50–137.0097127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792134.75/cwt134.75–134.751,06724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,07210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2489159.00/cwt159.00–159.007787

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.