Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2020-11-28

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 28
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
4,813 head
▲ 1,311 vs last sale 3,502▲ 974 vs year ago 3,839 · +25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 400-750 sold steady to 3.00 higher and heifers 400-650 sold steady to 5.00 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 $162.93/cwt on 3,303 head.
Average price
$162.93
3,303 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$316
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.22
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1661162.961,0773,275
Medium and Large 1-2479159.0076228
One grade step is worth $3.96/cwt here — about $316 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 sale3,303 hd
162.93
—
NE average5 barns · 9,431 hd
160.71
+2.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340206.00/cwt206.00–206.007005
Steers—Medium and Large 1417194.32/cwt192.00–198.0081034
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460196.00/cwt196.00–196.0090221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479159.00/cwt159.00–159.0076228
Steers—Medium and Large 1488186.41/cwt180.00–190.50910163
Steers—Medium and Large 1526175.61/cwt170.00–181.00924169
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full536167.50/cwt167.50–167.5089814
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed560173.36/cwt170.50–174.75971350
Steers—Medium and Large 1577165.61/cwt162.00–168.00956398
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full596152.50/cwt152.50–152.5090926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full624152.50/cwt152.50–152.5095221
Steers—Medium and Large 1629159.90/cwt155.00–161.751,006521
Steers—Medium and Large 1664158.83/cwt152.50–160.751,055399
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full672149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,00526
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added701158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,108139
Steers—Medium and Large 1719153.18/cwt146.00–156.001,101108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy729160.41/cwt160.00–160.501,16991
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added772160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,235362
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy848153.25/cwt153.25–153.251,300150
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added881150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,322128
Steers—Medium and Large 1897147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,32311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy916150.10/cwt150.10–150.101,37560
Steers—Medium and Large 1933143.99/cwt143.75–145.001,34379
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed360179.00/cwt176.00–180.0064428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437166.47/cwt165.50–171.0072741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446152.50/cwt152.50–152.5068038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural460168.50/cwt168.50–168.5077561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479156.99/cwt152.00–159.0075274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full521146.34/cwt145.00–147.0076219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529154.29/cwt150.50–158.00816152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy530160.62/cwt160.00–162.00851248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy558160.00/cwt160.00–160.0089316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571153.95/cwt152.00–155.50879262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy609155.50/cwt155.50–155.5094790
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616144.65/cwt140.50–150.00891174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full629136.70/cwt136.00–137.0086016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full655135.02/cwt130.50–139.0088415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732130.50/cwt130.50–130.5095515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed769137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,05413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,10415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy819142.75/cwt142.75–142.751,16957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,17766

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.