Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2021-11-20

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 20
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
2,318 head
▼ 921 vs last sale 3,239▼ 1,184 vs year ago 3,502 · −33.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers calves under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers calves under 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steers calves over 600 lbs sold 2.00 higher and not enough heifers calves over 600 for a test. Preg checked open yearling heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the sale from in-house and internet buyers. Some loads heading to wheat grazing in Kansas. Most calves were in light to medium flesh with fall vaccination shots. Next Saturday, November 27, will be a Special yearling, weaned and bawling calf sale with start time at 8:30 sharp.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.76/cwt on 1,302 head.
Average price
$186.76
1,302 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.60
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561187.111,0491,223
Medium and Large 1-2508181.1992179
One grade step is worth $5.92/cwt here — about $128 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 sale1,302 hd
186.76
—
NE average10 barns · 12,883 hd
173.15
+13.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313214.00/cwt214.00–214.0067013
Steers—Medium and Large 1416209.05/cwt205.00–221.0087046
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425220.00/cwt220.00–220.0093533
Steers—Medium and Large 1478200.76/cwt189.00–203.50960113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491183.25/cwt178.00–185.0090038
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504206.36/cwt204.25–209.001,040111
Steers—Medium and Large 1519192.46/cwt185.00–197.00999211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,08346
Steers—Medium and Large 1588183.78/cwt175.50–188.001,081264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593167.50/cwt167.50–167.5099319
Steers—Medium and Large 1614173.65/cwt168.00–180.001,066308
Steers—Medium and Large 1654167.83/cwt164.50–170.001,09858
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0539
Steers—Medium and Large 1723157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,13928
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy961148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,4225
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312196.87/cwt195.00–200.0061421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387179.68/cwt178.00–181.006957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429186.21/cwt180.00–191.0079960
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481175.48/cwt170.00–181.00844128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed489190.00/cwt190.00–190.0092928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1502171.77/cwt171.00–173.5086256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513166.00/cwt166.00–166.008528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566166.48/cwt161.50–170.00942319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573156.23/cwt153.00–161.00895107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy592155.25/cwt155.25–155.2591923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605153.56/cwt152.00–157.0092932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667147.86/cwt147.00–149.0098651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884154.57/cwt154.00–155.001,36616
Heifers—Large 11,000137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,3709
Heifers—Large 11,063137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,46214
Heifers—Large 11,102130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4336

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.