Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2025-08-02

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Aug 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,971 head
▼ 1,544 vs last sale 3,515▼ 818 vs year ago 2,789 · −29.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 174 vs year ago 189 · −92.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $440.00/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −56.19 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.
Average price
$440.00
12 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.13
vs NE average
+58.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519440.002,28412thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
440.00
—
NE average2 barns · 30 hd
438.87
+1.13
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
+58.32
This barn, trailing median13 sales
496.19
−56.19
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.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,425$3,12515

Every lot

32 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned471431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,03019
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,19527
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,28412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,4298
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,55016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720358.69/cwt352.00–365.002,583139
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,71116
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828342.31/cwt334.50–349.002,834343
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2857312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,67421
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888328.74/cwt324.75–334.002,919396
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,994231
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1957320.97/cwt314.00–335.503,072163
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3009
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0839
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed473475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,24731
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9205
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0987
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,04511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613379.42/cwt370.00–386.002,32617
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660355.89/cwt355.00–357.502,34926
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,3667
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement770325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,50360
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,35512
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843306.25/cwt306.25–306.252,58262
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1894299.25/cwt299.25–299.252,675119
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1909301.59/cwt296.00–305.502,741117
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,6355
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 12261,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4008
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7205
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1457450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0577
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1587387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,2757
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4253,125.00/head3,125.00–3,125.003,12515

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.