Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-10-05

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 5
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,163 head
▲ 999 vs last sale 2,164▲ 862 vs year ago 2,301 · +37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in recent weeks a trend is not applicable. First offering of bawling spring calves of the fall season along with yearling feeders. Most of the bawling calves had received fall vaccinations and a few were weaned at least 60 plus days. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the seats 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 $304.19/cwt on 382 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −192.00 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.
Average price
$304.19
382 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.05
vs NE average
+17.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548309.601,695305
Medium and Large 1-2557282.781,57677
One grade step is worth $26.82/cwt here — about $120 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 sale382 hd
304.19
—
NE average6 barns · 2,817 hd
314.24
−10.05
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
+17.37
This barn, trailing median13 sales
496.19
−192.00
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
535490444399median 496.1903/0704/1105/3010/0310/31
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.

Every lot

55 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,21711
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385360.99/cwt355.00–370.001,39026
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428359.69/cwt355.50–362.501,53978
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432323.62/cwt322.50–325.001,39816
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy436337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,4729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482324.91/cwt323.00–327.501,56641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy483311.98/cwt311.00–313.001,50714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,51922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526321.95/cwt315.00–330.001,693176
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571279.77/cwt279.50–280.001,59748
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577292.75/cwt289.50–303.001,689129
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy595265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5777
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy619258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5976
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned621273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6959
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622289.26/cwt282.00–295.501,799138
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,78417
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned651261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6995
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679276.71/cwt274.00–278.501,87978
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned708253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,79111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728269.84/cwt264.50–276.001,96417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,83513
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785256.31/cwt250.00–260.002,01235
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy804229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8417
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823262.59/cwt253.00–266.002,16197
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886245.85/cwt242.75–252.502,178222
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924251.50/cwt251.25–251.752,324238
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2934233.70/cwt233.00–235.002,18320
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy304362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1029
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0326
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy393350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3765
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy418336.42/cwt332.50–337.501,40667
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429312.36/cwt307.50–317.501,34032
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,36422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy464286.45/cwt285.00–287.001,32921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1503297.91/cwt293.00–299.501,49882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy524278.08/cwt275.00–285.001,45797
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572283.86/cwt277.50–286.001,62436
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy573265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,51821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578251.35/cwt251.00–253.001,45334
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600262.19/cwt254.00–265.001,57347
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy618256.51/cwt254.00–257.001,58555
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625246.30/cwt246.00–247.001,53917
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned654241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,57618
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,77042
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy703232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6348
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737255.12/cwt250.50–256.001,880190
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773250.43/cwt246.00–251.251,936123
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy839225.07/cwt222.00–229.001,88826
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845234.19/cwt234.00–238.001,979266
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2852215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8325
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883241.15/cwt236.25–242.752,12982
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy933215.50/cwt215.50–215.502,01134
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1942236.29/cwt236.00–237.002,22617
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1991213.10/cwt212.85–215.502,112108
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,054209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,2036

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.