Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2022-03-12

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Mar 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,321 head
▼ 642 vs last sale 3,963▼ 725 vs year ago 4,046 · −17.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 5.00 lower and heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to 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 $173.93/cwt on 2,143 head.
Average price
$173.93
2,143 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$250
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.51
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547179.3398140
Medium and Large 1708173.831,2312,103
One grade step is worth $5.49/cwt here — about −$250 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 sale2,143 hd
173.93
—
NE average5 barns · 6,388 hd
173.42
+0.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed356235.00/cwt235.00–235.008378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438202.00/cwt202.00–202.0088516
Steers—Medium and Large 1488210.98/cwt208.00–217.001,03049
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy496233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,15629
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned516197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0176
Steers—Medium and Large 1521215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,12324
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0396
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed565204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,15312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574167.00/cwt167.00–167.0095911
Steers—Medium and Large 1582194.04/cwt192.50–196.501,129342
Steers—Medium and Large 1634191.25/cwt185.00–198.001,213353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0406
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy643176.20/cwt175.25–180.001,133147
Steers—Medium and Large 1667171.68/cwt170.50–176.751,145180
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0907
Steers—Medium and Large 1700174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,21828
Steers—Medium and Large 1755166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,25359
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy788155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,22122
Steers—Medium and Large 1812157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,279338
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy812150.28/cwt147.00–152.251,22090
Steers—Medium and Large 1861150.49/cwt149.75–150.751,296330
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy907143.01/cwt139.00–144.001,29780
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed374196.00/cwt196.00–196.007337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425192.23/cwt191.00–194.0081737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484181.56/cwt180.00–184.0087926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned499167.00/cwt167.00–167.008339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534172.99/cwt170.00–177.00924206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy578157.00/cwt157.00–157.0090715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582167.73/cwt166.00–168.50976151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy611155.00/cwt155.00–155.009477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632163.15/cwt161.50–165.001,031162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2689145.00/cwt145.00–145.0099942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy691143.85/cwt143.50–145.0099446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement720147.14/cwt144.50–148.001,05978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement830143.02/cwt137.50–153.751,187362
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,0041,985.00/cwt1,985.00–1,985.0019,92915

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.