Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-06-15

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jun 15
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,894 head
▼ 630 vs last sale 2,524▲ 454 vs year ago 1,440 · +31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 125▼ 81 vs year ago 104 · −77.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.25/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −140.63 against this barn's trailing median of $442.88.
Average price
$302.25
114 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.69
vs NE average
+36.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569302.251,718114
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale114 hd
302.25
—
NE average5 barns · 350 hd
295.56
+6.69
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
+36.88
This barn, trailing median15 sales
442.88
−140.63
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

15 sales
478439401362median 442.8803/0704/1106/2010/0310/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.00, low $376.33, median $442.88 across 15 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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,144$3,00014

Every lot

33 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,6888
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8626
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,8768
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed623326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,03140
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627310.50/cwt310.50–310.501,94712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,85319
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,02013
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed707300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,12165
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy734270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,98214
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,13249
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy784257.50/cwt256.00–262.002,01931
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,03729
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,14410
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2909230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,0957
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,014223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,26114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,4155
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542316.98/cwt314.00–319.501,71842
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy569290.50/cwt289.00–291.501,65323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1591295.15/cwt294.50–300.001,74449
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed611275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6809
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630280.83/cwt280.00–284.001,76943
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693266.20/cwt261.00–267.501,84570
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717262.46/cwt255.00–267.001,882277
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy745246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,83612
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed762264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,015164
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed828250.26/cwt246.75–252.002,072211
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1829239.49/cwt236.25–241.501,985188
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy865224.24/cwt222.00–227.001,94011
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1889230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,0498
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906233.13/cwt231.00–234.502,112295
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7249
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1443,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,00014

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.