Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2024-11-30

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 30
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
4,096 head
▲ 1,844 vs last sale 2,252▲ 476 vs year ago 3,620 · +13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of weaned and bawling spring calves along with yearling feeders on offer. Compared to last weeks comparable offerings steers and heifers over 450 lbs sold sharply higher. Demand was very good from the buyers in house and on the internet who participated in the active market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.03/cwt on 960 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −144.16 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.
Average price
$352.03
960 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,971
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs NE average
+28.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559353.761,979913
Medium and Large 1-2567318.361,80547
One grade step is worth $35.40/cwt here — about $174 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 sale960 hd
352.03
—
NE average3 barns · 1,870 hd
349.35
+2.68
National average38 barns · 6,986 hd
323.78
+28.25
This barn, trailing median13 sales
496.19
−144.16
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

59 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned356428.58/cwt427.50–430.001,52630
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6388
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434403.56/cwt395.00–422.501,75130
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,7357
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy443380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,80448
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy472367.63/cwt362.50–372.501,73566
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481396.36/cwt380.00–399.001,90676
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6716
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned529365.84/cwt350.00–372.001,935263
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7326
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy532337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,79618
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539361.19/cwt355.00–362.501,947115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,9279
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy576356.85/cwt352.50–360.002,055215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582316.09/cwt315.00–318.001,84035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584339.24/cwt330.00–344.251,981293
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned601292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7585
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy611307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,87914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620339.33/cwt322.50–347.502,104145
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625333.40/cwt322.50–340.002,084356
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy631354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,23480
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,04120
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy655336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,20184
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy678294.98/cwt292.50–298.002,00085
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,201155
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned706262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8505
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711307.71/cwt300.00–311.002,188142
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned735271.66/cwt271.00–272.001,99726
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,14571
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy800266.58/cwt265.00–269.002,13343
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905262.25/cwt262.25–262.252,373121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373365.47/cwt363.00–370.001,36316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380365.44/cwt360.00–368.001,38937
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned408355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4487
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411350.48/cwt341.00–357.501,44024
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned432322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,3936
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468332.04/cwt332.00–332.501,55476
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485321.82/cwt319.00–329.001,561101
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485312.81/cwt310.00–315.001,51718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510317.51/cwt311.00–323.001,619218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,68162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy529306.73/cwt305.00–310.001,62317
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy566288.68/cwt287.00–290.001,63483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569303.54/cwt300.00–306.001,72740
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6246
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5849
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned583301.00/cwt297.00–307.501,755227
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641276.38/cwt272.00–279.501,77285
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,92478
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,78062
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy676241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6298
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,79017
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,82513
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1784246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,93375
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy826237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9588
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9006
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1894240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,14669
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1948232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,1998

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.