Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-01-20

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 20

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Receipts

1,927 head

▼ 373 vs last sale 2,300▼ 4,903 vs year ago 6,830 · −71.8%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the 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 $276.25/cwt on 984 head.

Average price

$276.25

984 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,797

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$269

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

$5.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.09

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	281.63	1,535	24
Medium and Large 1	653	276.12	1,804	960

One grade step is worth $5.51/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale984 hd

276.25

—

NE average7 barns · 10,828 hd

273.17

+3.09

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	363.37/cwt	356.00–369.00	1,533	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	329.45/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,410	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,536	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,640	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	533	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,567	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	316.68/cwt	313.00–320.50	1,723	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	281.63/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,535	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	308.05/cwt	301.00–310.50	1,784	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	275.99/cwt	275.50–279.00	1,753	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	638	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,652	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,701	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	255.65/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,723	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	695	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,692	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	731	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,751	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	249.25/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,827	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,814	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,893	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,009	103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	304	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	980	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,122	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	407	303.49/cwt	301.00–307.00	1,235	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,260	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	459	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,304	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	283.46/cwt	282.00–286.00	1,380	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	277.17/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,458	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	554	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,479	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	563	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,588	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	253.73/cwt	249.00–258.50	1,474	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	255.47/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,602	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	629	263.26/cwt	263.00–264.00	1,656	107
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	235.83/cwt	231.50–241.00	1,587	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	227.58/cwt	227.50–229.00	1,677	111
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,715	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,806	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	990	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,886	6

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 Jan 20, 2024

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

Receipts 1,927Last week 2,300Year ago 6,830

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 450 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	629	263.00–264.00	263.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	990	190.50	190.50
14	—	371	302.50	302.50
18	—	407	301.00–307.00	303.49
34	—	627	251.00–257.00	255.47
10	—	304	322.50	322.50
63	—	854	211.50	211.50
38	—	487	282.00–286.00	283.46
38	—	783	219.00	219.00
111	—	737	227.50–229.00	227.58
85	—	581	249.00–258.50	253.73
107	—	526	275.00–281.00	277.17
70	—	673	231.50–241.00	235.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	459	284.00	284.00
17	—	430	293.00	293.00
56	—	554	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	563	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	579	301.00–310.50	308.05
142	—	635	275.50–279.00	275.99
6	—	759	239.00	239.00
17	—	477	322.00	322.00
73	—	544	313.00–320.50	316.68
103	—	905	222.00	222.00
57	—	422	356.00–369.00	363.37
100	—	674	251.00–259.00	255.65
126	—	733	244.00–255.00	249.25
38	—	832	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	529	310.00	310.00
78	—	643	264.50	264.50
24	—	428	329.00–330.00	329.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	638	259.00	259.00
7	—	731	239.50	239.50
8	—	533	294.00	294.00
19	—	695	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	545	280.00–283.00	281.63

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.