Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2022-08-06

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Aug 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,242 head
▼ 238 vs last sale 3,480▲ 36 vs year ago 3,206 · +1.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $169.31/cwt on 1,674 head.
Average price
$169.31
1,674 head · 828 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,402
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.60
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1830170.111,4121,473
Medium and Large 1-2815163.411,331201
One grade step is worth $6.71/cwt here — about $80 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 sale1,674 hd
169.31
—
NE average8 barns · 8,103 hd
175.91
−6.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned454241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,09619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1415
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy722213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,541156
Steers—Medium and Large 1737187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,37865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy748175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,30918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy785168.13/cwt167.00–169.501,32011
Steers—Medium and Large 1817182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,48739
Steers—Medium and Large 1860183.03/cwt182.00–183.501,574213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy875174.25/cwt174.25–174.251,52575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy887164.38/cwt162.00–165.001,45838
Steers—Medium and Large 1923183.39/cwt178.00–187.101,693772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy978151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4775
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,004160.25/cwt160.25–160.251,60931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned426230.00/cwt230.00–230.0098019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,05610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673184.16/cwt184.00–184.251,23962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720185.43/cwt184.50–186.501,335197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2776167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,29646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy780173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,349280
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,422144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2843162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,366125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy843150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867165.27/cwt163.00–173.001,433464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy916155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,42089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,505120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,009150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,51498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,039143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,4865

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.