Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2025-05-03

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-03

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, May 3

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Apr 26May 3May 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,313 head

▲ 398 vs last sale 1,915▲ 2,313 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 60▲ 11 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 700 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

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 $402.78/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −93.62 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.

Average price

$402.78

156 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$324

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

$20.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.63

vs NE average

+28.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	405.24	2,249	137
Medium and Large 1-2	500	385.00	1,925	19thin

One grade step is worth $20.24/cwt here — about $324 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 sale156 hd

402.78

—

NE average6 barns · 515 hd

392.15

+10.63

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+28.35

This barn, trailing median14 sales

496.39

−93.62

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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.41, low $412.85, median $496.39 across 14 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,437	$3,175	8

Every lot

24 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,877	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,096	67
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	400.67/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,087	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,278	109
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	594	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,213	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,030	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	329.31/cwt	321.00–339.50	2,404	258
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,464	34
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	300.96/cwt	297.75–305.75	2,510	416
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,431	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	294.92/cwt	294.25–297.00	2,569	555
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,573	125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,599	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	366.16/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,695	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,997	103
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,749	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,781	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	295.57/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,980	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	292.14/cwt	291.00–293.00	2,127	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	284.90/cwt	273.50–294.50	2,199	145
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	277.31/cwt	276.00–278.00	2,274	106
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,437	3,175.00/head	3,175.00–3,175.00	3,175	8

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 May 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,313Last week 1,915Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 60Year ago 0

Compared to the comparable offerings from last week, steers over 700 lbs sold unevenly steady and heifers over 550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the seats.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	450–500	463	362.50–375.00	366.16
103	550–600	551	362.50	362.50
43	600–650	600	325.00	325.00
61	650–700	670	294.00–296.00	295.57
28	700–750	728	291.00–293.00	292.14
145	750–800	772	273.50–294.50	284.90
106	800–850	820	276.00–278.00	277.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	367.50	367.50
14	550–600	551	317.50	317.50
11	600–650	609	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	450–500	470	446.00	446.00
18	500–550	521	400.00–401.00	400.67
109	550–600	557	409.00	409.00
258	700–750	730	321.00–339.50	329.31
34	750–800	757	325.50	325.50
416	800–850	834	297.75–305.75	300.96
555	850–900	871	294.25–297.00	294.92
125	900–950	906	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	437.50	437.50
19	500–550	500	385.00	385.00
12	650–700	671	302.50	302.50
5	850–900	856	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	594	372.50	372.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,437	3,175.00	3,175.00

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.