Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2022-10-01

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 1
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,924 head
▲ 634 vs last sale 3,290▲ 1,766 vs year ago 2,158 · +81.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 0▲ 85 vs year ago 35 · +242.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher and heifer calves 400-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower, the yearling heifers over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $190.45/cwt on 2,132 head.
Average price
$190.45
2,132 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,165
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.88
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1620191.781,1891,946
Medium and Large 1-2525176.60928186
One grade step is worth $15.17/cwt here — about $261 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 sale2,132 hd
190.45
—
NE average9 barns · 8,697 hd
185.57
+4.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,198$1,44520
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,385$1,229100

Every lot

49 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1344245.58/cwt245.00–246.0084524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed368225.76/cwt225.00–228.0083129
Steers—Medium and Large 1378241.00/cwt241.00–241.009118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy422231.00/cwt231.00–231.0097519
Steers—Medium and Large 1431242.27/cwt239.50–246.001,044114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467208.87/cwt204.00–217.0097538
Steers—Medium and Large 1468234.00/cwt225.00–238.001,095253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2501188.00/cwt188.00–188.009428
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy520225.57/cwt222.75–227.251,173372
Steers—Medium and Large 1526206.54/cwt199.50–213.501,086133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed546199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,08719
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562220.25/cwt220.25–220.251,23845
Steers—Medium and Large 1572208.24/cwt200.25–211.751,191183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573188.09/cwt187.00–191.001,07838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned600187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,12211
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned611206.31/cwt199.00–207.001,26184
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy670205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,37797
Steers—Medium and Large 1696190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,32622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2701184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,29310
Steers—Medium and Large 1765196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,49976
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342228.02/cwt226.00–230.0078032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371213.76/cwt209.00–217.0079344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381183.00/cwt183.00–183.0069713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433203.77/cwt196.00–208.00882238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441188.98/cwt188.00–192.0083324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470180.54/cwt179.00–181.0084934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471194.06/cwt188.00–199.00914190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy498212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,056102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy504218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,10120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,055104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513194.98/cwt185.00–199.001,000140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed538180.00/cwt180.00–180.0096827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538170.88/cwt168.00–173.0091921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568186.89/cwt181.50–192.001,062166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575168.09/cwt166.00–171.0096743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Spayed639175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,11815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed708186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,31772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy712174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,23945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,301184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy767170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,30823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed786185.25/cwt185.25–185.251,456234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed787184.83/cwt184.75–185.001,455204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,46270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909171.65/cwt168.50–172.001,56071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,6107
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1981,445.00/head1,400.00–1,550.001,44520
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3701,185.00/head1,185.00–1,185.001,18519
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3881,239.18/head1,210.00–1,260.001,23981

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.