Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2021-09-18

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Sep 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,295 head
▼ 2,022 vs last sale 4,317▼ 460 vs year ago 2,755 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 0▼ 13 vs year ago 41 · −31.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. 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 $157.64/cwt on 1,333 head.
Average price
$157.64
1,333 head · 869 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,371
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$497
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.34
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519172.9089874
Medium and Large 1890156.741,3951,259
One grade step is worth $16.16/cwt here — about −$497 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 sale1,333 hd
157.64
—
NE average6 barns · 8,584 hd
165.98
−8.34
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342187.00/cwt187.00–187.006406
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned347199.00/cwt199.00–199.0069111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2406177.00/cwt177.00–177.007198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478175.35/cwt175.00–177.0083828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned495182.50/cwt182.50–182.509035
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned507199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,00921
Steers—Medium and Large 1625169.64/cwt164.50–174.001,06050
Steers—Medium and Large 1665165.96/cwt163.00–168.001,10460
Steers—Medium and Large 1713162.77/cwt161.50–164.001,16122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned727151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,09812
Steers—Medium and Large 1758163.01/cwt159.50–164.001,236122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed815152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2395
Steers—Medium and Large 1816160.17/cwt156.00–161.251,307110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2852135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,15011
Steers—Medium and Large 1896158.99/cwt153.75–159.501,425111
Steers—Medium and Large 1933155.77/cwt155.50–156.001,453235
Steers—Medium and Large 1995150.32/cwt146.00–151.001,496516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned375181.00/cwt181.00–181.006799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390172.00/cwt172.00–172.006717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415167.00/cwt167.00–167.0069320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned500173.00/cwt173.00–173.0086521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564155.02/cwt153.00–159.0087456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed622151.00/cwt151.00–151.0093913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680157.35/cwt156.00–158.501,07035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned682141.00/cwt141.00–141.0096217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed713159.25/cwt158.50–160.001,13573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722150.51/cwt150.00–151.001,08723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774155.17/cwt153.50–156.751,201183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840150.79/cwt150.00–151.001,26764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873149.17/cwt146.00–152.001,302226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1932144.82/cwt138.00–146.251,35060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979138.49/cwt138.00–139.501,35627
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3741,618.97/cwt1,600.00–1,625.0022,24517

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.