Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2022-03-26

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Mar 26
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,040 head
▼ 281 vs last sale 3,321▼ 227 vs year ago 3,267 · −6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher and steers 700-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. 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 $177.01/cwt on 1,897 head.
Average price
$177.01
1,897 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,239
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.89
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555182.471,013122
Medium and Large 1710176.631,2541,775
One grade step is worth $5.84/cwt here — about −$241 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 sale1,897 hd
177.01
—
NE average5 barns · 5,612 hd
171.12
+5.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed371208.00/cwt208.00–208.0077224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed428243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0408
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435202.00/cwt202.00–202.008799
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed438211.00/cwt211.00–211.009246
Steers—Medium and Large 1441229.41/cwt229.00–234.001,01272
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed452233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,05347
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned489197.00/cwt197.00–197.0096320
Steers—Medium and Large 1527213.65/cwt208.00–216.001,126109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527178.00/cwt178.00–178.009385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy535179.00/cwt179.00–179.009587
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,19997
Steers—Medium and Large 1566195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,10414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0506
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy584189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,10491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2602179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,07813
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy612185.72/cwt182.75–187.001,13728
Steers—Medium and Large 1616190.20/cwt186.50–195.001,17249
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned641185.25/cwt185.25–185.251,18764
Steers—Medium and Large 1676180.95/cwt180.00–185.001,223214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677166.46/cwt165.00–167.501,12727
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy687172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,18528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0595
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2702157.03/cwt155.50–158.001,10213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed712183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,30339
Steers—Medium and Large 1717174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2489
Steers—Medium and Large 1776162.13/cwt158.25–165.501,258319
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy783154.64/cwt154.00–155.001,21185
Steers—Medium and Large 1808156.60/cwt155.75–157.001,26592
Steers—Medium and Large 1868151.49/cwt148.50–153.251,315331
Steers—Medium and Large 1992140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,39459
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed369735.00/cwt735.00–735.002,71225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed421199.50/cwt199.50–199.5084079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427189.09/cwt186.00–192.0080717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442174.00/cwt174.00–174.0076934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480172.23/cwt170.00–177.5082716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487176.50/cwt176.50–176.5086037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed495192.00/cwt192.00–192.0095035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533170.00/cwt170.00–170.0090613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570176.80/cwt176.50–178.001,00861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned618163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,00736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620152.51/cwt150.00–155.0094610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed629170.11/cwt169.00–172.001,07070
Heifers—Medium and Large 1646161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,04027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653162.36/cwt161.50–163.501,06063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy683150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,02524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed702158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,10910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724152.21/cwt149.00–155.001,102148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement796151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,20220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,19143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882137.69/cwt137.00–138.251,214160
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy841120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0095

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.