Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2021-01-30

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 30
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,771 head
▼ 278 vs last sale 4,049▲ 321 vs year ago 3,450 · +9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs sold 5.00-6.00 higher with steers over 650 lbs selling steady to 2.00 higher, heifers under 700 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 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 $165.01/cwt on 2,872 head.
Average price
$165.01
2,872 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.69
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622165.051,0272,837
Medium and Large 1-2559161.7490335
One grade step is worth $3.31/cwt here — about $123 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 sale2,872 hd
165.01
—
NE average9 barns · 17,218 hd
156.32
+8.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006705
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy411207.00/cwt207.00–207.0085121
Steers—Medium and Large 1429196.78/cwt196.50–198.0084452
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full457178.00/cwt178.00–178.0081315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed478171.00/cwt171.00–171.008179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy481201.00/cwt201.00–201.0096717
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed499191.00/cwt191.00–191.0095318
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy504194.96/cwt192.50–195.50983485
Steers—Medium and Large 1529179.37/cwt175.25–183.0094984
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed538184.50/cwt184.50–184.5099331
Steers—Medium and Large 1573171.55/cwt170.50–173.0098331
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed574176.98/cwt175.00–177.751,016266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574152.00/cwt152.00–152.008729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed593162.00/cwt162.00–162.0096117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full595160.50/cwt160.50–160.5095522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy601172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,034136
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,01037
Steers—Medium and Large 1626160.39/cwt156.00–163.501,004313
Steers—Medium and Large 1687148.79/cwt142.25–152.751,022893
Steers—Medium and Large 1722145.71/cwt142.25–147.751,052248
Steers—Medium and Large 1775142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,102158
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy850126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0715
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,05010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full414164.00/cwt164.00–164.006799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428169.00/cwt169.00–169.0072348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full463160.00/cwt160.00–160.0074122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469167.00/cwt167.00–167.007838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501166.00/cwt166.00–166.0083231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526161.32/cwt158.00–163.00849109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562153.78/cwt147.00–155.75864165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy591137.00/cwt137.00–137.0081010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613138.89/cwt135.00–141.0085148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement630139.50/cwt139.50–139.5087965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement665140.50/cwt140.50–140.5093464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667134.00/cwt131.50–135.25894161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1731127.50/cwt127.50–127.509326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1984116.25/cwt116.25–116.251,14415

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.