Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-05-11

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-11

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, May 11

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Apr 20May 11Jun 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,524 head

▲ 793 vs last sale 1,731▲ 1,450 vs year ago 1,074 · +135.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

125 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 175▼ 93 vs year ago 218 · −42.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.25/cwt on 263 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −146.94 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$349.25

263 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$33.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.23

vs NE average

+39.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	350.26	1,929	255
Medium and Large 1-2	545	317.00	1,728	8thin

One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $201 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 sale263 hd

349.25

—

NE average8 barns · 807 hd

335.02

+14.23

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+39.54

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−146.94

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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $412.85, median $496.19 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,146	$2,600	28
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,333	$1,950	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,398	$3,550	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,528	$2,605	46
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,318	$3,800	19

Every lot

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	377.38/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,385	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	442	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,547	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	369.25/cwt	369.25–369.25	1,909	111
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,770	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	545	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,728	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	324.95/cwt	322.50–327.00	1,855	47
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	586	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,998	87
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,730	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	635	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,083	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	672	303.59/cwt	300.50–306.50	2,040	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	683	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,851	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	289.17/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,987	52
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	713	295.10/cwt	291.50–299.00	2,104	82
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	279.96/cwt	276.00–283.00	2,047	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,898	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	261.90/cwt	260.25–263.75	2,051	133
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	249.68/cwt	247.00–253.50	2,042	248
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	824	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,982	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	240.53/cwt	239.00–243.25	2,102	227
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	367	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,204	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	342.77/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,316	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	336.94/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,499	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	314.70/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,523	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	508	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,621	98
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	265.81/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,544	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	584	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,612	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,589	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,561	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,682	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,670	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	262.13/cwt	261.50–264.00	1,730	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	250.82/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,683	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	732	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,793	67
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	236.47/cwt	233.00–238.25	1,844	190
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	239.00/cwt	238.50–239.25	1,993	100
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	836	225.53/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,885	55
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,977	67
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,146	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	28
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,333	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,310	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,398	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,682	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	27
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,318	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	19

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 May 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,524Last week 1,731Year ago 1,074

Replacement CattleReceipts 125Last week 175Year ago 218

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	450	380.00	380.00
111	500–550	517	369.25	369.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	800–850	824	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	367	372.50–380.00	377.38
10	500–550	522	339.00	339.00
47	550–600	571	322.50–327.00	324.95
52	650–700	687	285.00–293.00	289.17
21	700–750	731	276.00–283.00	279.96
133	750–800	783	260.25–263.75	261.90
248	800–850	818	247.00–253.50	249.68
227	850–900	874	239.00–243.25	240.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	550–600	586	341.00	341.00
15	600–650	635	328.00	328.00
104	650–700	672	300.50–306.50	303.59
82	700–750	713	291.50–299.00	295.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	683	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	442	350.00	350.00
8	500–550	545	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	629	275.00	275.00
8	750–800	753	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	328.00	328.00
42	550–600	584	276.00	276.00
28	600–650	640	261.00	261.00
39	650–700	660	261.50–264.00	262.13
67	700–750	732	245.00	245.00
190	750–800	780	233.00–238.25	236.47
55	800–850	836	222.00–227.00	225.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	350–400	384	337.50–345.00	342.77
37	400–450	445	332.50–340.00	336.94
24	450–500	484	311.00–316.00	314.70
37	600–650	614	274.00	274.00
100	800–850	834	238.50–239.25	239.00
67	850–900	869	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
98	500–550	508	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	609	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	581	264.00–267.00	265.81
12	600–650	612	255.00	255.00
27	650–700	671	250.00–251.00	250.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,333	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	—	1,146	2,600.00	2,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,398	3,550.00	3,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,682	2,750.00	2,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,310	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,318	3,800.00	3,800.00

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.