Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2023-05-13

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, May 13
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,074 head
▼ 2,394 vs last sale 3,468▲ 1,074 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
218 head
▲ 188 vs last sale 30▼ 535 vs year ago 753 · −71.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers over 500 lbs sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very 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 $219.45/cwt on 400 head.
Average price
$219.45
400 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.53
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1640219.891,407391
Medium and Large 1-2671200.501,3459thin
One grade step is worth $19.39/cwt here — about $62 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 sale400 hd
219.45
—
NE average6 barns · 6,159 hd
228.99
−9.53
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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,457$1,6505
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,242$2,67940
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,409$1,81588
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,086$2,40262

Every lot

31 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 1-2387285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,10310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2404277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,12111
Steers—Medium and Large 1501272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,36539
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2855
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned562248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3946
Steers—Medium and Large 1591266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,57520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,32513
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy606263.50/cwt263.50–263.501,59727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed618233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4405
Steers—Medium and Large 1654251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,64237
Steers—Medium and Large 1714230.96/cwt230.00–240.501,649153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed725218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,58457
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4925
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345260.00/cwt260.00–260.008975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0409
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469233.56/cwt232.00–235.001,09513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,20914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy496262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,30014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577234.67/cwt230.00–236.501,35434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy579246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,42714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625224.16/cwt219.00–228.501,40154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655210.95/cwt208.50–215.001,382111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed671200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,3459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734204.75/cwt197.50–209.001,503112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement789209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,64911
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0362,378.83/head2,360.00–2,400.002,37938
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1642,437.98/head2,375.00–2,600.002,43824
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4571,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6505
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2422,678.95/head2,550.00–2,800.002,67940
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4061,845.83/head1,750.00–1,900.001,84668
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4201,708.45/head1,675.00–1,725.001,70820

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.