Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2025-06-07

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-07

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jun 7

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← May 17Jun 7Jul 12 →

Receipts

1,037 head

▼ 693 vs last sale 1,730▲ 1,037 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

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 $419.60/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −76.59 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$419.60

63 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,309

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$53.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.93

vs NE average

+41.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	423.87	2,329	58
Medium and Large 1-2	559	370.00	2,068	5thin

One grade step is worth $53.87/cwt here — about $261 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 sale63 hd

419.60

—

NE average4 barns · 475 hd

410.67

+8.93

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+41.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−76.59

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

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,790	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,011	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	463	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,236	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	420.92/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,218	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	558	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,372	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	381.46/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,415	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	633	370.38/cwt	367.00–374.00	2,345	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,461	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,653	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,718	50
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	861	310.21/cwt	306.00–313.00	2,671	295
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,817	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,842	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	472	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,065	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	391.39/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,012	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,870	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	358.72/cwt	357.50–362.00	2,095	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	622	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,236	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,161	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	694	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,117	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	306.41/cwt	301.00–310.00	2,182	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	748	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,184	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,417	15

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 Jun 7, 2025

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

Receipts 1,037Last week 1,730Year ago 0

First reported sale in three weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was good to very good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	425	427.50	427.50
13	450–500	457	403.00	403.00
38	500–550	514	388.00–400.00	391.39
44	550–600	584	357.50–362.00	358.72
17	650–700	653	331.00	331.00
15	700–750	712	301.00–310.00	306.41
15	850–900	851	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	622	359.50	359.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	523	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	450–500	472	437.50	437.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	694	305.00	305.00
8	700–750	748	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	371	482.50	482.50
10	400–450	419	480.00	480.00
16	500–550	527	420.00–422.50	420.92
37	600–650	633	380.00–385.00	381.46
10	650–700	665	370.00	370.00
39	750–800	785	338.00	338.00
50	800–850	804	338.00	338.00
295	850–900	861	306.00–313.00	310.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	463	483.00	483.00
42	550–600	558	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	559	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	633	367.00–374.00	370.38

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.