Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2020-10-10

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 10
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
2,316 head
▲ 497 vs last sale 1,819▼ 1,083 vs year ago 3,399 · −31.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 4.00-7.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher except 900 lbs. heifers sold 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 $154.77/cwt on 1,223 head.
Average price
$154.77
1,223 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,087
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$346
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.61
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496157.59781143
Medium and Large 1730154.401,1271,080
One grade step is worth $3.20/cwt here — about −$346 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 sale1,223 hd
154.77
—
NE average9 barns · 14,663 hd
157.38
−2.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 1-2341170.00/cwt170.00–170.0058011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424170.00/cwt170.00–170.0072143
Steers—Medium and Large 1431180.75/cwt180.00–181.0077975
Steers—Medium and Large 1472173.55/cwt169.00–177.25819102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475156.00/cwt156.00–156.0074110
Steers—Medium and Large 1511162.13/cwt159.50–168.00828122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530154.28/cwt149.00–156.0081834
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy532175.16/cwt173.25–179.00932105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572146.88/cwt141.50–149.5084039
Steers—Medium and Large 1592157.79/cwt152.50–160.5093494
Steers—Medium and Large 1633158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,00028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633137.00/cwt137.00–137.008676
Steers—Medium and Large 1673151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0168
Steers—Medium and Large 1770141.52/cwt140.00–144.001,09013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy879130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1439
Steers—Medium and Large 1890141.78/cwt138.00–143.251,262174
Steers—Medium and Large 1910144.33/cwt142.25–145.501,313168
Steers—Medium and Large 11,016137.38/cwt131.75–137.751,396176
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,021125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2766
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336160.00/cwt160.00–160.005385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355151.00/cwt151.00–151.005368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433165.50/cwt165.50–165.5071715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445151.00/cwt151.00–151.006726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474153.12/cwt149.00–160.00726115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy522160.00/cwt160.00–160.0083512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532142.97/cwt142.00–145.0076131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565148.63/cwt144.50–149.7584076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579136.00/cwt136.00–136.007876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612141.61/cwt137.50–142.5086735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660128.00/cwt128.00–128.0084517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673144.50/cwt144.50–144.5097227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722131.00/cwt131.00–131.009465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,08745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766145.08/cwt143.00–146.501,111206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816137.10/cwt133.00–138.501,119106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed862136.70/cwt135.50–137.101,17884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880134.50/cwt133.50–135.251,184121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,24429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy970123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,19356

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.