Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2022-10-29

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 29
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,356 head
▲ 2,260 vs last sale 1,096▲ 1,855 vs year ago 1,501 · +123.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 450-550 lbs sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher with steers 550-700 lbs selling 6.00 lower, heifers 400-550 lbs sold steady. 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 $220.60/cwt on 1,957 head.
Average price
$220.60
1,957 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,189
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$328
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.51
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2374231.2786522
Medium and Large 1541220.471,1931,935
One grade step is worth $10.80/cwt here — about −$328 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 sale1,957 hd
220.60
—
NE average9 barns · 14,210 hd
211.09
+9.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed343265.00/cwt265.00–265.0090913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned344246.00/cwt246.00–246.008468
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed345237.00/cwt237.00–237.0081815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned383248.53/cwt245.00–256.0095241
Steers—Medium and Large 1393252.00/cwt252.00–252.0099011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy413269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,11152
Steers—Medium and Large 1420228.49/cwt225.00–231.0096012
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy423223.00/cwt223.00–223.009438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned436219.00/cwt219.00–219.009557
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443235.86/cwt233.00–237.001,04590
Steers—Medium and Large 1473236.89/cwt233.00–238.001,120167
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy475243.20/cwt242.00–245.001,155110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy475216.77/cwt216.00–220.001,03035
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486232.35/cwt225.00–236.001,12957
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy506234.11/cwt231.00–241.501,18592
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528220.66/cwt212.00–223.001,165167
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0917
Steers—Medium and Large 1538224.75/cwt221.00–225.501,209209
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy552218.70/cwt218.00–219.501,207160
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy576189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,08918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588209.37/cwt198.75–211.501,231189
Steers—Medium and Large 1588204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,20254
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610194.56/cwt190.00–200.501,18778
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy622214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,33190
Steers—Medium and Large 1627188.37/cwt187.00–191.001,18142
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1697
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned655187.05/cwt184.00–188.001,22569
Steers—Medium and Large 1677193.75/cwt193.75–193.751,31279
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy696196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,36470
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed300232.50/cwt232.50–232.506986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned343220.36/cwt217.00–223.0075649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned383210.73/cwt209.50–212.0080716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy419213.01/cwt210.00–215.0089387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned425206.59/cwt202.00–208.0087868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430200.00/cwt200.00–200.0086011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned444190.00/cwt190.00–190.008448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444189.00/cwt189.00–189.008395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476198.42/cwt193.50–200.00944232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490192.57/cwt188.00–195.0094467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy504183.00/cwt183.00–183.0092210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521192.47/cwt187.00–196.001,00327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy529201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,06375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1547188.21/cwt186.00–189.501,03062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy550202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,11439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1552176.00/cwt176.00–176.009727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy562179.12/cwt179.00–179.501,00726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573187.27/cwt180.50–191.001,073193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624179.33/cwt176.00–180.501,11954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625180.54/cwt176.50–181.251,128118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2982149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,4689

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.