Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2023-11-04

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2023-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 4

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 →

Receipts

3,637 head

▲ 1,562 vs last sale 2,075▲ 281 vs year ago 3,356 · +8.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves 500-700 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the larger than normal number of buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $293.71/cwt on 2,428 head.

Average price

$293.71

2,428 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$43.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.01

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	294.17	1,810	2,402
Medium and Large 1-2	725	250.71	1,817	26

One grade step is worth $43.46/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale2,428 hd

293.71

—

NE average11 barns · 17,642 hd

294.71

−1.01

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

Every lot

48 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	358	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,289	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	359	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,199	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	347.15/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,361	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	402	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,419	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	411	326.10/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,340	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	418	341.49/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,427	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	451	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,592	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	486	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,405	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	321.00/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,563	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	319.26/cwt	309.00–324.50	1,663	397
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	539	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,579	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	553	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,510	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	310.24/cwt	301.00–318.00	1,771	529
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,561	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	610	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,775	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	284.49/cwt	277.00–286.50	1,744	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	633	267.07/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,691	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	281.75/cwt	281.75–281.75	1,817	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	283.35/cwt	276.00–284.50	1,850	104
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	265.72/cwt	265.25–266.00	1,778	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	681	259.45/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,767	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	261.75/cwt	257.50–264.50	1,882	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	732	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,830	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,965	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,911	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,045	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	856	249.27/cwt	246.00–249.50	2,134	216
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	906	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,274	68
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	308.31/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,125	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	385	291.97/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,124	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	294.81/cwt	286.00–298.00	1,226	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	277.29/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,184	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	435	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,179	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	463	299.69/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,388	116
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,262	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	289.53/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,375	158
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	279.79/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,449	203
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	518	267.81/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,387	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	526	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,425	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	545	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,403	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	556	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,376	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,585	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	261.29/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,468	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	274.30/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,577	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,465	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,494	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	603	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,688	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,682	159

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 Nov 4, 2023

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

Receipts 3,637Last week 2,075Year ago 3,356

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	669	265.25–266.00	265.72
72	—	805	254.00	254.00
68	—	906	251.00	251.00
25	—	392	345.00–350.00	347.15
21	—	411	322.00–330.00	326.10
529	—	571	301.00–318.00	310.24
397	—	521	309.00–324.50	319.26
8	—	783	251.00	251.00
152	—	613	277.00–286.50	284.49
114	—	719	257.50–264.50	261.75
216	—	856	246.00–249.50	249.27
165	—	487	316.00–326.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	359	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	788	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	653	276.00–284.50	283.35
90	—	645	281.75	281.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	553	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	418	340.00–342.00	341.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	486	289.00	289.00
14	—	539	293.00	293.00
49	—	681	257.50–260.00	259.45
58	—	633	265.00–270.00	267.07
5	—	732	250.00	250.00
7	—	589	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	358	360.00	360.00
11	—	402	353.00	353.00
38	—	451	353.00	353.00
90	—	610	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	518	267.00–268.00	267.81
19	—	600	249.00	249.00
16	—	562	259.00–263.00	261.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	463	299.00–300.00	299.69
43	—	558	284.00	284.00
18	—	603	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	526	271.00	271.00
159	—	648	259.50	259.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	365	306.00–311.00	308.31
33	—	416	286.00–298.00	294.81
59	—	575	271.00–276.00	274.30
158	—	475	286.00–292.00	289.53
203	—	518	275.00–283.00	279.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	579	253.00	253.00
19	—	427	276.00–281.00	277.29
7	—	464	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	271.00	271.00
9	—	556	247.50	247.50
16	—	545	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	385	291.00–293.00	291.97

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.