Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2023-01-14

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 14
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
6,830 head
▲ 3,185 vs last sale 3,645▲ 2,520 vs year ago 4,310 · +58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 600-750 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher with steers over 750 lbs selling 7.00 lower, heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $207.98/cwt on 4,511 head.
Average price
$207.98
4,511 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.39
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1651208.141,3554,471
Medium and Large 1-2592190.231,12640
One grade step is worth $17.91/cwt here — about $228 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 sale4,511 hd
207.98
—
NE average13 barns · 30,497 hd
200.58
+7.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1361245.00/cwt245.00–245.008847
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed368263.57/cwt261.00–264.0097044
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned403221.00/cwt221.00–221.008916
Steers—Medium and Large 1418244.66/cwt240.00–254.001,02337
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full430225.00/cwt225.00–225.0096811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy452271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,225244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460202.00/cwt202.00–202.009297
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full469220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0329
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added486247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,20349
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed494250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,23536
Steers—Medium and Large 1494236.92/cwt236.00–237.001,17071
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned503217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,09426
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full526207.20/cwt206.00–208.001,09028
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy530245.75/cwt245.75–245.751,302574
Steers—Medium and Large 1541215.91/cwt214.00–218.001,16833
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed545233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,27367
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed552228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,26122
Steers—Medium and Large 1573209.74/cwt205.00–211.501,202203
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned579197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,14154
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added590209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,233187
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed604215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,29966
Steers—Medium and Large 1607210.30/cwt198.00–211.751,277377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620187.73/cwt187.00–188.001,16433
Steers—Medium and Large 1656201.99/cwt198.00–206.501,325237
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy675189.73/cwt185.00–191.001,281150
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added682209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,429174
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned683187.89/cwt184.00–189.001,283103
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned715174.18/cwt171.00–178.001,24548
Steers—Medium and Large 1719189.35/cwt183.50–196.001,361415
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy724177.83/cwt175.00–180.501,287136
Steers—Medium and Large 1781179.04/cwt178.00–181.001,398250
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned800176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,41240
Steers—Medium and Large 1832180.00/cwt176.00–182.751,498380
Steers—Medium and Large 1857177.76/cwt175.00–182.251,523387
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397225.08/cwt223.00–230.0089420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412212.08/cwt211.00–213.0087418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned462194.00/cwt194.00–194.0089616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added464210.75/cwt210.50–211.0097844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483195.64/cwt194.00–197.0094560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508210.82/cwt207.00–214.001,071161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529188.43/cwt188.00–189.0099748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572192.67/cwt187.00–195.001,102271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned593178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,05958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618174.69/cwt172.50–176.001,080123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned637164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,04823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned652167.02/cwt164.00–171.001,08937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added659190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,255161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660172.50/cwt165.50–175.001,139184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715170.17/cwt165.00–172.251,217501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned758164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,24347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782176.06/cwt169.00–176.501,37781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805169.42/cwt165.00–172.001,364325

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.