Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2023-08-05

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Aug 5

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Jul 15Aug 5Aug 26 →

Receipts

1,699 head

▼ 1,802 vs last sale 3,501▼ 1,543 vs year ago 3,242 · −47.6%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good for yearling cattle and fall yearlings coming off the summer grass with some lots coming out of grow yards showing extra flesh.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $249.85/cwt on 817 head.

Average price

$249.85

817 head · 845 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,332

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$94.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.67

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	885	254.54	2,252	625
Medium and Large 1-2	744	249.48	1,856	160
Medium and Large 2-3	575	160.00	920	32

One grade step is worth $94.54/cwt here — about $1,332 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 sale817 hd

249.85

—

NE average4 barns · 5,776 hd

256.52

−6.67

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	264	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,391	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,386	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,455	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	531	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,614	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	920	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,981	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	678	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,637	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	761	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,933	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	810	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,677	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	834	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,018	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,125	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	855	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,176	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,272	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	884	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,007	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	931	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,216	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	936	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,900	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	947	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,358	263
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,024	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,386	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,054	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	2,103	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	273.60/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,261	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,402	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	607	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,554	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	267.84/cwt	267.50–269.50	1,706	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,653	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,659	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	722	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,531	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,883	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	731	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,765	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	783	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,789	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	237.91/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,977	187
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	833	219.66/cwt	214.00–220.50	1,830	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	227.37/cwt	225.50–234.00	2,014	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	989	211.45/cwt	211.00–216.00	2,091	33

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Aug 5, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,699Last week 3,501Year ago 3,242

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	783	228.50	228.50
48	—	731	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	722	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	730	258.00	258.00
117	—	637	267.50–269.50	267.84
160	—	886	225.50–234.00	227.37
187	—	831	234.00–243.00	237.91
33	—	989	211.00–216.00	211.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	672	246.00	246.00
46	—	833	214.00–220.50	219.66
6	—	703	236.00	236.00
33	—	525	267.00	267.00
26	—	461	270.00–277.00	273.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	607	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	855	254.50	254.50
9	—	834	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	292.50	292.50
5	—	264	950.00	950.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	675	293.50	293.50
124	—	867	262.00	262.00
18	—	738	280.00	280.00
263	—	947	249.00	249.00
8	—	409	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	575	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	514	283.00	283.00
7	—	1,054	199.50	199.50
15	—	884	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	761	254.00	254.00
48	—	1,024	233.00	233.00
30	—	850	250.00	250.00
16	—	531	304.00	304.00
64	—	931	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	678	241.50	241.50
15	—	936	203.00	203.00
10	—	810	207.00	207.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.