Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-10-26

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 26

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Oct 19Oct 26Nov 2 →

Receipts

3,475 head

▲ 544 vs last sale 2,931▲ 1,400 vs year ago 2,075 · +67.5%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of yearling feeders and bawling calves on offer, all of the bawling calves had received fall vaccinations. Steer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher and heifer calves over 500 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for the bawling calves and yearling feeders also.

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 $324.54/cwt on 564 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −171.65 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$324.54

564 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$33.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.62

vs NE average

+25.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	325.96	1,800	540
Medium and Large 1-2	543	292.66	1,588	24

One grade step is worth $33.30/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale564 hd

324.54

—

NE average12 barns · 7,422 hd

309.92

+14.62

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+25.50

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−171.65

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.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	371.79/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,428	56
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,340	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	354.20/cwt	345.00–361.00	1,495	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	346.16/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,648	163
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,789	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	298.28/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,584	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	330.51/cwt	317.00–341.00	1,768	310
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,855	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	564	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,794	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,593	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	317.87/cwt	304.00–323.50	1,847	188
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,003	90
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	619	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,783	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	626	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,963	181
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	310.90/cwt	302.00–318.00	1,946	250
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	653	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,933	83
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	664	276.71/cwt	270.50–280.00	1,837	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	692	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,737	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	709	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,914	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	854	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,084	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	898	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,357	39
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	904	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,409	18
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fancy	975	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,537	60
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,066	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,558	53
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,084	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	357	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,223	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	368	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,279	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	321.47/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,228	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	315.72/cwt	300.00–328.00	1,313	57
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	1,470	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	305.34/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,466	202
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,383	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	512	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,464	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	266.85/cwt	261.50–270.00	1,412	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	291.10/cwt	277.00–296.50	1,554	183
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,471	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	283.53/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,627	262
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Source/Aged	597	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,704	190
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	611	260.45/cwt	252.50–266.00	1,591	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	622	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,524	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,743	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	738	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,875	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	848	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,145	206
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	885	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	2,246	180
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,188	33
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,184	39

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 Oct 26, 2024

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

Receipts 3,475Last week 2,931Year ago 2,075

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	350–400	384	360.00–380.00	371.79
46	400–450	422	345.00–361.00	354.20
163	450–500	476	335.00–350.00	346.16
310	500–550	535	317.00–341.00	330.51
188	550–600	581	304.00–323.50	317.87
39	850–900	898	262.50	262.50
18	900–950	904	266.50	266.50
53	1050–1100	1,066	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	394	340.00	340.00
17	500–550	531	295.00–303.00	298.28
7	550–600	571	279.00	279.00
5	850–900	854	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	511	350.00	350.00
13	550–600	562	330.00	330.00
90	600–650	607	330.00	330.00
83	650–700	653	296.00	296.00
60	950–1000	975	260.25	260.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	564	318.00	318.00
181	600–650	626	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	692	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
250	600–650	626	302.00–318.00	310.90
21	650–700	664	270.50–280.00	276.71
10	700–750	709	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	619	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	312	347.50	347.50
42	350–400	382	320.00–327.50	321.47
57	400–450	416	300.00–328.00	315.72
202	450–500	480	293.00–313.00	305.34
183	500–550	534	277.00–296.50	291.10
262	550–600	574	270.00–286.00	283.53
33	900–950	935	234.00	234.00
39	950–1000	962	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	492	281.00	281.00
25	500–550	529	261.50–270.00	266.85
12	550–600	570	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	368	347.50	347.50
21	450–500	460	319.50	319.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	611	252.50–266.00	260.45
5	650–700	677	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	700–750	738	254.00	254.00
206	800–850	848	253.00	253.00
180	850–900	885	253.75	253.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	512	286.00	286.00
190	550–600	597	285.50	285.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	622	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	357	342.50	342.50

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.