Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2025-09-13

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-13

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Sep 13

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Aug 23Sep 13Oct 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,690 head

▲ 678 vs last sale 2,012▲ 526 vs year ago 2,164 · +24.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

193 head

▲ 193 vs last sale 0▲ 180 vs year ago 13 · +1,384.6%

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 moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Nice offering of yearling steers and heifers on offer, the bulk of which came off the summer grass with some coming out of the grow yards. A consignment of "AI" bred heifers along with packages of bawling spring calves also sold 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 $440.32/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −55.87 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$440.32

48 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$46.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.35

vs NE average

+26.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	449.05	2,411	39
Medium and Large 1-2	574	402.50	2,310	9thin

One grade step is worth $46.55/cwt here — about $101 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 sale48 hd

440.32

—

NE average7 barns · 547 hd

432.97

+7.35

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+26.80

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−55.87

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,007	$3,918	186
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	862	$3,200	7

Every lot

39 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,852	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,251	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,246	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	449.05/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,411	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,310	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	388.40/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,439	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	386.97/cwt	386.00–387.50	2,566	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,716	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	364.25/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,856	97
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	364.25/cwt	364.25–364.25	3,045	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	368.93/cwt	363.25–370.00	3,143	170
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	884	350.19/cwt	349.50–353.75	3,096	151
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	348.22/cwt	338.00–351.25	3,221	454
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	341.58/cwt	333.00–344.50	3,262	286
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,441	283
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,052	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	3,035	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,781	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,070	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,176	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,287	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,179	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	394.76/cwt	393.00–397.00	2,278	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,087	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,588	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	710	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,556	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	365.08/cwt	358.50–370.00	2,636	188
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	349.10/cwt	344.00–353.00	2,681	44
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	345.39/cwt	341.00–346.25	2,815	72
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	819	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,912	148
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	341.33/cwt	339.00–342.75	2,993	164
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	894	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,941	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	896	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	3,087	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,098	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	944	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,955	23
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	335.28/cwt	335.00–335.50	3,266	40
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,200	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,041	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,144	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	7
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,007	3,918.14/head	3,750.00–4,025.00	3,918	186

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 Sep 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,690Last week 2,012Year ago 2,164

Replacement CattleReceipts 193Last week 0Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	1050–1100	1,052	288.50	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
151	850–900	884	349.50–353.75	350.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	415	542.50	542.50
13	450–500	456	492.50	492.50
39	500–550	537	445.00–457.50	449.05
18	700–750	745	364.50	364.50
97	750–800	784	360.00–368.00	364.25
14	800–850	836	364.25	364.25
170	850–900	852	363.25–370.00	368.93
454	900–950	925	338.00–351.25	348.22
286	950–1000	955	333.00–344.50	341.58
283	1000–1050	1,015	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	407	455.00	455.00
9	550–600	574	402.50	402.50
36	600–650	628	385.00–392.50	388.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	663	386.00–387.50	386.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	894	329.00	329.00
23	900–950	944	313.00	313.00
6	1000–1050	1,041	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	402	515.00	515.00
16	450–500	458	475.00	475.00
17	500–550	514	445.00	445.00
28	550–600	577	393.00–397.00	394.76
188	700–750	722	358.50–370.00	365.08
44	750–800	768	344.00–353.00	349.10
72	800–850	815	341.00–346.25	345.39
164	850–900	877	339.00–342.75	341.33
27	900–950	914	339.00	339.00
40	950–1000	974	335.00–335.50	335.28
5	1000–1050	1,000	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	710	360.00	360.00
148	800–850	819	355.50	355.50
65	850–900	896	344.50	344.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	639	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	480.00	480.00
7	550–600	572	381.00	381.00
6	600–650	605	345.00	345.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	862	3,200.00	3,200.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	186	—	1,007	3,750.00–4,025.00	3,918.14

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.