Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2021-05-01

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, May 1
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,937 head
▼ 1,063 vs last sale 3,000▲ 1,937 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 109▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.77/cwt on 1,112 head.
Average price
$140.77
1,112 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$232
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2436150.4165681
Medium and Large 1634140.018881,031
One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale1,112 hd
140.77
—
NE average7 barns · 4,747 hd
139.92
+0.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 1314203.00/cwt203.00–203.006379
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned390186.00/cwt186.00–186.0072512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed424192.01/cwt191.50–193.0081425
Steers—Medium and Large 1435184.12/cwt181.00–189.5080155
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed472191.59/cwt190.00–192.0090433
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned482184.00/cwt184.00–184.0088726
Steers—Medium and Large 1490180.85/cwt176.00–185.5088644
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528171.43/cwt169.00–175.0090517
Steers—Medium and Large 1529170.62/cwt165.00–172.0090364
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC537201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,08225
Steers—Medium and Large 1564167.49/cwt163.00–172.5094588
Steers—Medium and Large 1620158.90/cwt154.00–161.7598543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666139.37/cwt137.50–141.0092817
Steers—Medium and Large 1675152.08/cwt148.50–153.751,02796
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed705140.50/cwt140.50–140.5099111
Steers—Medium and Large 1721146.94/cwt144.00–150.001,05924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy737138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,01720
Steers—Medium and Large 1810132.24/cwt131.75–132.501,07152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2976115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1228
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed342161.00/cwt161.00–161.005519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366171.00/cwt171.00–171.0062614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned394161.00/cwt161.00–161.0063420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416160.61/cwt160.00–161.0066816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419151.73/cwt149.00–153.0063643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466149.12/cwt146.00–150.0069523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483155.91/cwt150.00–157.0075331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486154.66/cwt153.00–155.0075243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned503153.00/cwt153.00–153.0077023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509154.32/cwt153.00–154.5078596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522146.26/cwt144.00–148.0076392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568143.81/cwt141.50–146.00817191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587130.00/cwt130.00–130.007636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605138.70/cwt138.50–139.0083930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed621145.24/cwt145.00–145.7590240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650141.60/cwt141.60–141.6092078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658136.98/cwt135.50–138.0090122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721128.09/cwt125.00–129.7592447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775125.00/cwt125.00–125.0096968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816121.50/cwt121.50–121.5099128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854122.25/cwt122.25–122.251,044192
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed344181.00/cwt181.00–181.006239
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487157.00/cwt157.00–157.0076520
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy544136.00/cwt136.00–136.007407
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy652124.00/cwt124.00–124.0080810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2714119.50/cwt119.50–119.508537
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1412,072.82/cwt1,950.00–2,150.0023,65127

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.