Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-11-02

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 2
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
2,971 head
▼ 504 vs last sale 3,475▼ 666 vs year ago 3,637 · −18.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of weaned and bawling spring calves on offer, nearly all of which had received fall vaccinations. Compared to last week steer calves 450-650 lbs sold steady to 7.00 lower and heifers calves 450-600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet buying noticed.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $317.62/cwt on 823 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −178.57 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.
Average price
$317.62
823 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.99
vs NE average
+16.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542318.821,728801
Medium and Large 1-2573274.271,57222
One grade step is worth $44.54/cwt here — about $156 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 sale823 hd
317.62
—
NE average10 barns · 8,003 hd
311.63
+5.99
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
+16.93
This barn, trailing median13 sales
496.19
−178.57
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed304463.78/cwt460.00–467.501,41016
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed383390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,49412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1392367.64/cwt360.00–370.001,44135
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410318.18/cwt317.50–320.001,30523
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed411369.34/cwt361.00–375.001,51840
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437345.41/cwt340.00–353.001,509203
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Source/Aged453330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,49541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4647
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477335.77/cwt330.00–348.001,602269
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full487315.46/cwt310.00–320.001,53645
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Source/Aged508331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,68153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523323.44/cwt314.25–333.001,692279
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full524302.35/cwt296.00–308.001,58493
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5486
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Source/Aged553326.50/cwt326.50–326.501,806102
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy561295.02/cwt294.00–296.001,65550
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572318.82/cwt307.50–323.001,824224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,58016
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy608319.50/cwt319.50–319.501,943125
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610304.61/cwt292.00–311.501,858143
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Source/Aged617308.50/cwt308.50–308.501,90396
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy618272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,68122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy623250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5586
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8689
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,74913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned676250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6905
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1286
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed328395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2967
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full354316.17/cwt315.00–317.001,11919
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390333.20/cwt327.50–337.501,29937
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416318.92/cwt312.50–327.501,327109
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed424337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,43127
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480300.24/cwt288.00–310.001,441226
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full484283.00/cwt282.00–285.001,37023
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Source/Aged515288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,486104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full535268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4348
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538275.43/cwt274.00–277.001,48255
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy551290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,59844
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564282.14/cwt273.00–284.501,59155
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,44416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Source/Aged574287.68/cwt283.50–289.001,651121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,58125
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned614268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,64931
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,21214

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.