Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2021-12-11

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Dec 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,818 head
▲ 534 vs last sale 3,284▲ 616 vs year ago 3,202 · +19.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $189.57/cwt on 2,302 head.
Average price
$189.57
2,302 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,118
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.32
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1596190.481,1352,079
Medium and Large 1-2535181.13970223
One grade step is worth $9.35/cwt here — about $165 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 sale2,302 hd
189.57
—
NE average9 barns · 14,575 hd
182.25
+7.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full335219.00/cwt219.00–219.0073415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed365213.00/cwt213.00–213.0077731
Steers—Medium and Large 1367219.34/cwt217.00–223.0080522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full367207.00/cwt207.00–207.0076023
Steers—Medium and Large 1424210.70/cwt206.50–214.0089373
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425219.46/cwt219.00–220.0093317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed455190.69/cwt190.00–191.0086845
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed469218.34/cwt217.00–219.501,02472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473183.00/cwt183.00–183.0086611
Steers—Medium and Large 1476208.42/cwt199.00–213.00992111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524180.39/cwt180.00–181.0094523
Steers—Medium and Large 1533192.26/cwt187.00–197.001,02594
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed534206.12/cwt205.50–210.001,101175
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed553200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,10614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553177.11/cwt176.00–183.0097945
Steers—Medium and Large 1578191.00/cwt187.00–192.501,104251
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy602193.54/cwt190.00–196.001,165149
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,04911
Steers—Medium and Large 1618184.29/cwt175.00–186.501,139388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,05328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,00411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669170.01/cwt166.00–173.501,137148
Steers—Medium and Large 1680181.31/cwt175.00–184.001,233330
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2702164.95/cwt161.00–166.001,15829
Steers—Medium and Large 1731178.71/cwt178.25–179.001,306176
Steers—Medium and Large 1771162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,24910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318190.00/cwt190.00–190.0060416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371187.70/cwt184.00–194.0069695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415187.56/cwt185.00–189.0077863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471169.58/cwt169.00–173.0079945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473177.91/cwt175.00–181.5084293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513169.56/cwt167.00–173.0087055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561169.62/cwt166.50–172.50952356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562178.04/cwt177.00–179.001,00143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy584161.56/cwt160.00–164.0094431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600164.50/cwt164.50–164.5098793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy621161.57/cwt156.00–163.501,003134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634170.40/cwt169.50–170.751,080121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650143.50/cwt143.50–143.509335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement661166.81/cwt165.75–169.001,103136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2747147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,22014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,34864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1976145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4156
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,034144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,4899

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.