Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2020-11-21

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,502 head
▲ 291 vs last sale 3,211▲ 1,004 vs year ago 2,498 · +40.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 450-650 sold steady to 3.00 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 $168.76/cwt on 1,955 head.
Average price
$168.76
1,955 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.04
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562168.949501,944
Medium and Large 1-2624137.7085911thin
One grade step is worth $31.24/cwt here — about $91 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 sale1,955 hd
168.76
—
NE average10 barns · 13,205 hd
160.72
+8.04
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325202.00/cwt202.00–202.006577
Steers—Medium and Large 1370204.34/cwt200.00–208.0075643
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed419202.26/cwt200.00–203.0084748
Steers—Medium and Large 1437191.84/cwt186.00–196.0083834
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed458193.50/cwt193.50–193.5088635
Steers—Medium and Large 1475183.52/cwt177.00–189.00872243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504179.56/cwt178.50–181.5090573
Steers—Medium and Large 1535174.42/cwt166.00–177.00933418
Steers—Medium and Large 1580163.79/cwt159.00–170.75950419
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full589152.13/cwt152.00–153.0089637
Steers—Medium and Large 1618155.63/cwt149.50–158.50962209
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added621165.25/cwt165.25–165.251,02699
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624137.70/cwt137.00–138.5085911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full640145.00/cwt145.00–145.0092819
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full662141.55/cwt140.00–143.5093735
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed669159.25/cwt159.25–159.251,06520
Steers—Medium and Large 1673151.41/cwt147.00–155.001,01996
Steers—Medium and Large 1703151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,06281
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy718138.50/cwt138.50–138.5099413
Steers—Medium and Large 1859136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1689
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy888128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1376
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy372191.00/cwt191.00–191.0071115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed392185.00/cwt185.00–185.0072517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed416174.28/cwt173.00–176.0072541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434165.71/cwt163.00–170.0071935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed452167.30/cwt166.00–168.0075674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486153.32/cwt149.00–161.00745109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523141.58/cwt139.00–144.0074036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525151.19/cwt144.00–155.50794427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added560158.00/cwt158.00–158.0088518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full568136.28/cwt135.50–137.0077421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578145.83/cwt144.25–147.00843165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added607154.75/cwt154.75–154.7593960
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634135.82/cwt134.00–139.00861233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy778130.21/cwt130.00–130.501,01326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1897129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,15717

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.