Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-04-06

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Apr 6
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
2,627 head
▼ 1,031 vs last sale 3,658▲ 123 vs year ago 2,504 · +4.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher and heifers over 650 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $332.48/cwt on 299 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −163.91 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.
Average price
$332.48
299 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.95
vs NE average
+21.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546340.571,860244
Medium and Large 1-2579296.631,71755
One grade step is worth $43.94/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale299 hd
332.48
—
NE average7 barns · 1,379 hd
324.53
+7.95
National average173 barns · 11,586 hd
310.76
+21.72
This barn, trailing median14 sales
496.39
−163.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
535490444399median 496.3902/2803/2805/3010/0310/31
Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $412.85, median $496.39 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,34214
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,39518
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned377355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3386
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,49844
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4587
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed463369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,7088
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy467333.51/cwt330.00–335.001,55721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy477384.02/cwt377.00–385.501,83282
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485338.20/cwt327.50–341.001,64024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506335.41/cwt332.50–340.001,69721
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy513357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,83192
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned544311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,69217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed547345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8876
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561310.91/cwt310.00–313.001,74427
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579296.63/cwt294.00–301.001,71755
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy590339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,00081
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610316.17/cwt311.25–319.501,92955
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy622294.13/cwt291.50–297.001,82974
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned642290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8629
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy644264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7007
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658271.66/cwt269.00–273.001,78849
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy671280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,87931
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1746280.32/cwt280.00–280.502,091189
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788236.72/cwt234.00–239.001,86533
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827254.76/cwt251.00–256.102,107254
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,164101
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,01336
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,16659
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1294382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1255
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,23412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437330.19/cwt330.00–331.001,44376
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3547
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,41811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467295.78/cwt295.00–296.001,38122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,3636
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,40726
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,47210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy543284.83/cwt280.00–287.001,54787
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561291.65/cwt291.00–293.001,63628
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy570264.30/cwt262.50–265.001,50718
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580272.94/cwt269.00–274.001,58337
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652263.02/cwt261.25–263.751,71572
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685249.70/cwt249.00–253.001,71085
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2702234.14/cwt228.00–237.001,64422
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy726234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,69917
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770241.25/cwt241.25–241.251,858138
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy773229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,77474
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825228.14/cwt223.00–229.001,882193
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,86224
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy955195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,86211

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.