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

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Dec 3
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
4,380 head
▼ 290 vs last sale 4,670▲ 1,096 vs year ago 3,284 · +33.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher and steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $210.14/cwt on 2,281 head.
Average price
$210.14
2,281 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,275
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.91
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1604212.301,2832,075
Medium and Large 1-2634188.421,195206
One grade step is worth $23.88/cwt here — about $88 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 sale2,281 hd
210.14
—
NE average7 barns · 11,793 hd
212.05
−1.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

64 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy340295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,00310
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy418261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed421221.00/cwt221.00–221.009307
Steers—Medium and Large 1429252.50/cwt249.00–255.501,08363
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full446229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,02413
Steers—Medium and Large 1475231.17/cwt226.00–234.001,09861
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy498241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,20037
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy513241.27/cwt237.25–242.751,23879
Steers—Medium and Large 1526226.77/cwt222.00–233.001,193236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed534206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,10014
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,23873
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568192.83/cwt192.00–196.001,09579
Steers—Medium and Large 1576212.35/cwt207.00–219.001,223178
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy593225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,334106
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy594201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,19423
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy610214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,305136
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned616203.99/cwt199.50–207.001,257229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned630185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,1697
Steers—Medium and Large 1634202.45/cwt199.00–206.001,284226
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full650193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,25832
Steers—Medium and Large 1660202.86/cwt202.50–203.501,339175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned667179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1945
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy681183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2467
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned683186.53/cwt186.00–187.501,274119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,22415
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy709189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,34020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,29872
Steers—Medium and Large 1719202.63/cwt201.00–204.251,457181
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned733178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,30826
Steers—Medium and Large 1767184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,41528
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned790178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,40611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4357
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2268575.00/head575.00–575.0057511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1286675.00/head675.00–675.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy348238.00/cwt238.00–238.0082815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed359222.00/cwt222.00–222.0079717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373214.86/cwt210.00–216.0080158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy414221.00/cwt221.00–221.0091514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417216.45/cwt216.00–218.0090322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full443200.00/cwt200.00–200.0088614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478203.00/cwt198.50–210.00970126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy490212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,03934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy514212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,09041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519175.76/cwt173.00–177.0091245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521194.30/cwt187.50–201.001,012225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579190.40/cwt185.50–197.001,102317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full593181.73/cwt181.50–183.001,07879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed606169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,02725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608180.54/cwt179.25–181.501,09853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619179.41/cwt177.50–180.001,111122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy619172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,06565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,16947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed693168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned721174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,25837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy790171.55/cwt170.00–172.001,35583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1893180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,60769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1901182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,642180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1958165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5815
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2254600.00/head600.00–600.0060011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332244.00/cwt244.00–244.0081012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416232.00/cwt232.00–232.0096528
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,02617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0718

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.