Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2023-12-02

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Dec 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,620 head
▼ 835 vs last sale 4,455▼ 760 vs year ago 4,380 · −17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and steer calves 500-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifer calves over 600 lbs sold uneven. The run consisted of 50 percent weaned calves and yearlings and 50 percent bawling calves with all having fall vaccinations.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $264.24/cwt on 2,342 head.
Average price
$264.24
2,342 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.65
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1648264.661,7152,313
Medium and Large 1-2645230.661,48729
One grade step is worth $34.00/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 sale2,342 hd
264.24
—
NE average7 barns · 8,456 hd
257.59
+6.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1378345.49/cwt340.00–355.001,30624
Steers—Medium and Large 1443332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,4737
Steers—Medium and Large 1469323.82/cwt316.00–330.001,51965
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy483294.03/cwt288.00–300.001,42036
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508314.94/cwt311.50–319.001,60079
Steers—Medium and Large 1535297.08/cwt291.00–303.001,589186
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy541283.88/cwt283.00–286.001,53651
Steers—Medium and Large 1570286.13/cwt277.50–294.501,631237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy583235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,37015
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585267.35/cwt264.00–270.001,56488
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned618269.35/cwt263.75–277.001,665209
Steers—Medium and Large 1631265.28/cwt256.50–272.001,674284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4166
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639248.91/cwt248.00–250.001,59133
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned676245.43/cwt242.50–252.501,659261
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned702239.91/cwt235.00–243.001,684101
Steers—Medium and Large 1715248.26/cwt245.50–252.501,775191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7548
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned776220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,70729
Steers—Medium and Large 1782242.75/cwt242.75–242.751,898189
Steers—Medium and Large 1829231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,915243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1356298.59/cwt297.00–300.001,06315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420276.26/cwt274.00–279.001,16033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy475285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,35446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed480273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,31026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484263.50/cwt256.00–268.001,27593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed521265.17/cwt265.00–266.001,38268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524253.41/cwt248.00–259.001,328118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564245.14/cwt238.00–249.001,383225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy572265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,51645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy579231.34/cwt228.00–233.501,33946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610240.40/cwt235.00–243.001,46676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619230.12/cwt221.00–232.001,42488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned669226.66/cwt217.00–230.001,516197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned763212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,61815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy955187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7865

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.