Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2021-02-27

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2021-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Feb 27

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Feb 20Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

4,819 head

▲ 415 vs last sale 4,404▲ 509 vs year ago 4,310 · +11.8%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-600 lbs sold steady and steers over 600 lbs sold 3.00-4.00 higher except 700-750 lbs selling 4.00 lower, heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.12/cwt on 3,294 head.

Average price

$165.12

3,294 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.05

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	628	165.65	1,040	3,147
Medium and Large 1-2	631	153.69	969	147

One grade step is worth $11.97/cwt here — about $71 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 sale3,294 hd

165.12

—

NE average10 barns · 18,794 hd

155.07

+10.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	404	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	784	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	771	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	424	202.22/cwt	202.00–202.50	857	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	186.56/cwt	183.00–189.00	866	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	492	196.02/cwt	194.00–196.25	964	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	506	186.44/cwt	186.00–187.00	943	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	191.13/cwt	191.00–192.00	998	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	178.33/cwt	176.25–182.00	938	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	527	171.33/cwt	169.00–173.00	903	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	566	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	1,043	224
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	162.66/cwt	161.00–164.00	930	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	175.32/cwt	172.50–178.00	1,029	688
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	1,069	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	151.61/cwt	149.50–152.00	922	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	614	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,050	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	163.74/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,017	292
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	623	156.14/cwt	155.50–157.00	973	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	155.12/cwt	152.50–159.00	1,036	560
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	681	144.76/cwt	144.00–148.00	986	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	729	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	955	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	142.59/cwt	140.50–145.50	1,041	294
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	145.55/cwt	145.50–145.60	1,099	155
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	984	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	136.39/cwt	136.00–137.00	1,128	108
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	840	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,100	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	866	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,126	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	879	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,108	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,193	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	921	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,163	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	339	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	627	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	393	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	652	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	394	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	674	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	692	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	157.70/cwt	156.00–159.00	744	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	151.53/cwt	150.00–153.00	727	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	146.74/cwt	146.00–147.00	767	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	529	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	862	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	853	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	149.13/cwt	145.50–154.00	855	212
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	140.01/cwt	139.50–141.00	819	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	611	138.58/cwt	138.00–139.50	847	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	614	147.34/cwt	147.00–147.50	905	148
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	659	137.46/cwt	137.00–138.00	906	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	133.80/cwt	133.00–134.00	882	144
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	129.57/cwt	129.25–130.00	885	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	683	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	854	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	133.31/cwt	131.50–135.00	952	121
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	717	127.66/cwt	127.00–128.50	915	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	763	124.95/cwt	123.50–126.25	953	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	122.73/cwt	122.50–123.25	994	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	875	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,054	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	916	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,021	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	999	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,169	5

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Feb 27, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 4,819Last week 4,404Year ago 4,310

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	480	150.00–153.00	151.53
37	—	523	146.00–147.00	146.74
20	—	720	124.00	124.00
64	—	585	139.50–141.00	140.01
6	—	916	111.50	111.50
6	—	683	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	810	122.50–123.25	122.73
18	—	423	163.50	163.50
6	—	394	171.00	171.00
5	—	999	117.00	117.00
212	—	573	145.50–154.00	149.13
120	—	472	156.00–159.00	157.70
144	—	659	133.00–134.00	133.80
121	—	714	131.50–135.00	133.31
35	—	545	156.50	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	659	137.00–138.00	137.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	614	147.00–147.50	147.34
5	—	339	185.00	185.00
40	—	529	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	875	120.50	120.50
14	—	683	129.25–130.00	129.57
132	—	763	123.50–126.25	124.95
61	—	717	127.00–128.50	127.66
29	—	611	138.00–139.50	138.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	393	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	827	136.00–137.00	136.39
90	—	526	176.25–182.00	178.33
33	—	417	185.00	185.00
155	—	755	145.50–145.60	145.55
688	—	587	172.50–178.00	175.32
560	—	668	152.50–159.00	155.12
292	—	621	160.00–167.00	163.74
24	—	914	130.50	130.50
294	—	730	140.50–145.50	142.59
31	—	464	183.00–189.00	186.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	492	194.00–196.25	196.02
80	—	506	186.00–187.00	186.44
23	—	614	171.00	171.00
13	—	404	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	566	184.25	184.25
151	—	522	191.00–192.00	191.13
49	—	608	175.75	175.75
25	—	424	202.00–202.50	202.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	527	169.00–173.00	171.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	775	127.00	127.00
34	—	608	149.50–152.00	151.61
28	—	572	161.00–164.00	162.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	879	126.00	126.00
6	—	729	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	866	130.00	130.00
15	—	921	126.25	126.25
12	—	840	131.00	131.00
82	—	681	144.00–148.00	144.76
57	—	623	155.50–157.00	156.14

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.