Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-09-14

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Sep 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,164 head
▼ 715 vs last sale 2,879▼ 1,551 vs year ago 3,715 · −41.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 0▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to 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 $253.29/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −189.74 against this barn's trailing median of $443.03.
Average price
$253.29
31 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,414
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.05
vs NE average
+14.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519265.001,3758thin
Medium and Large 1-2572249.221,42623
One grade step is worth $15.78/cwt here — about −$50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale31 hd
253.29
—
NE average6 barns · 303 hd
260.34
−7.05
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
+14.68
This barn, trailing median16 sales
443.03
−189.74
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

16 sales
478439401362median 443.0302/2804/1106/2010/0310/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $464.00, low $376.33, median $443.03 across 16 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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,595$2,6506
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,502$2,5507

Every lot

34 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5435
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675263.93/cwt262.00–266.001,78226
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718255.72/cwt252.50–259.001,83670
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy776245.07/cwt239.00–249.001,90247
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782261.77/cwt261.00–264.002,047201
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy810238.62/cwt238.50–239.501,93359
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy861263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,269376
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888229.50/cwt229.50–229.502,03810
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1909240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,18234
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977235.75/cwt235.75–235.752,30358
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,048208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,1805
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned406261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0606
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3758
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3296
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,46017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5386
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,68359
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690238.80/cwt238.00–242.001,64840
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740248.70/cwt240.00–250.001,84095
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6148
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783242.56/cwt237.50–246.501,899214
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1803226.00/cwt225.00–234.001,81545
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy849247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,09750
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864227.91/cwt219.00–229.001,969157
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed867230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,99826
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed869236.07/cwt235.50–236.502,05119
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,84011
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927225.32/cwt224.50–226.502,08917
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed957217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,077113
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970213.82/cwt209.25–220.002,07478
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020208.83/cwt204.00–212.002,13081
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,056205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,1655
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,5022,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5507
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Large 11,5952,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6506

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.