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Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Mar 15

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

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Feeder Cattle receipts

4,429 head

▲ 698 vs last sale 3,731▲ 4,429 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 0▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the comparable offerings from last week steers over 550 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 500 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. The consignment sheet consisted of long time weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers with fall bred cows selling in the mix.

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 $387.27/cwt on 376 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −108.92 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$387.27

376 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$28.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.38

vs NE average

+28.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	388.01	2,171	366
Medium and Large 1-2	517	360.00	1,861	10thin

One grade step is worth $28.01/cwt here — about $310 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale376 hd

387.27

—

NE average8 barns · 1,971 hd

384.89

+2.38

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+28.60

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−108.92

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.

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,174	$2,800	20
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,220	$2,050	17
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,249	$1,891	25

Every lot

52 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	269	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,291	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,461	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,646	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	401	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,764	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	407.12/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,690	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	430	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,699	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,573	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,809	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,677	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	506	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,100	72
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	517	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,861	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	381.17/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,070	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	574	385.57/cwt	384.00–386.00	2,213	215
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	362.10/cwt	357.50–367.00	2,129	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,262	161
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	638	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,035	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	669	344.44/cwt	342.00–347.50	2,304	302
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	326.18/cwt	318.00–331.00	2,215	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	317.16/cwt	313.00–322.00	2,249	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	761	307.08/cwt	306.35–307.50	2,337	201
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	285.06/cwt	283.50–287.00	2,201	110
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	281.59/cwt	279.50–284.50	2,337	142
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	275.76/cwt	272.00–282.50	2,402	472
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fancy	875	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,538	413
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,349	64
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	260.59/cwt	258.50–268.00	2,530	325
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	996	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,490	14
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,059	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	2,671	122
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,386	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	405	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,610	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	381.08/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,551	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	358.50/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,628	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	327.80/cwt	325.00–329.00	1,665	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	346.80/cwt	336.00–351.50	1,796	76
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,691	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	326.28/cwt	321.00–334.00	1,853	64
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	312.17/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,948	104
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	689	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,909	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	697	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,077	126
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	274.07/cwt	269.00–279.00	2,012	157
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,081	32
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	797	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,399	73
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	807	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,187	384
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,293	62
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	238.64/cwt	238.50–239.00	2,274	40
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,270	8
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,174	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,220	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,239	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,253	1,985.00/head	1,985.00–1,985.00	1,985	18

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 Mar 15, 2025

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Feeder CattleReceipts 4,429Last week 3,731Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	385	427.50	427.50
25	400–450	415	400.00–415.00	407.12
9	450–500	458	395.00	395.00
33	500–550	543	379.00–385.00	381.17
46	550–600	588	357.50–367.00	362.10
84	650–700	679	318.00–331.00	326.18
45	700–750	709	313.00–322.00	317.16
110	750–800	772	283.50–287.00	285.06
142	800–850	830	279.50–284.50	281.59
472	850–900	871	272.00–282.50	275.76
64	900–950	900	261.00	261.00
325	950–1000	971	258.50–268.00	260.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	269	480.00	480.00
5	350–400	382	382.50	382.50
5	400–450	437	360.00	360.00
5	450–500	486	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	950–1000	996	250.00	250.00
122	1050–1100	1,059	252.25	252.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	430	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	401	440.00	440.00
215	550–600	574	384.00–386.00	385.57
302	650–700	669	342.00–347.50	344.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	360.00	360.00
18	600–650	638	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	500–550	506	415.00	415.00
161	600–650	600	377.00	377.00
201	750–800	761	306.35–307.50	307.08
413	850–900	875	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	350.00	350.00
33	500–550	508	325.00–329.00	327.80
7	550–600	550	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	286	1,375.00	1,375.00
39	400–450	407	375.00–385.00	381.08
43	450–500	454	357.50–360.00	358.50
76	500–550	518	336.00–351.50	346.80
64	550–600	568	321.00–334.00	326.28
104	600–650	624	305.00–324.00	312.17
157	700–750	734	269.00–279.00	274.07
32	750–800	768	271.00	271.00
62	900–950	901	254.50	254.50
40	950–1000	953	238.50–239.00	238.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	689	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
126	650–700	697	298.00	298.00
384	800–850	807	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	405	397.50	397.50
16	450–500	450	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
73	750–800	797	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	950–1000	970	234.00	234.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	17	—	1,220	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	20	—	1,174	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	—	1,253	1,985.00	1,985.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,239	1,650.00	1,650.00

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.