Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2025-10-25

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2025-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 25

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 2 →

Receipts

2,171 head

▼ 904 vs last sale 3,075▼ 1,304 vs year ago 3,475 · −37.5%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 lower, the six weight steer calves sold steady to 10.00 higher. Yearling steers sold 20.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd with internet activity noticed. Nearly all the calves had received at least one round of pre-weaning vaccinations.

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 $457.32/cwt on 427 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −38.87 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$457.32

427 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$56.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.88

vs NE average

−0.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	471.07	2,540	324
Medium and Large 1-2	584	414.08	2,418	103

One grade step is worth $56.99/cwt here — about $122 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 sale427 hd

457.32

—

NE average11 barns · 6,484 hd

477.20

−19.88

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−0.82

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−38.87

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.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	587.76/cwt	585.00–590.00	2,233	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,337	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	504.07/cwt	485.00–517.50	2,394	82
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	483.92/cwt	472.50–500.00	2,526	197
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	451.13/cwt	439.00–462.50	2,553	127
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	414.08/cwt	410.00–422.75	2,418	103
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	390.17/cwt	382.50–409.00	2,439	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	442.37/cwt	439.50–446.50	2,769	286
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,776	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,559	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	719	366.92/cwt	362.50–371.00	2,638	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,906	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	879	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,989	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	888	358.53/cwt	354.00–359.25	3,184	457
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,813	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,905	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	503.57/cwt	492.50–517.50	2,130	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	450.92/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,164	122
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	418.65/cwt	415.00–424.00	2,219	135
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	573	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,579	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	393.06/cwt	387.00–407.50	2,264	188
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	368.91/cwt	363.00–377.00	2,328	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,768	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	6

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 Oct 25, 2025

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

Receipts 2,171Last week 3,075Year ago 3,475

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	573	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	530.00	530.00
7	300–350	339	1,850.00	1,850.00
65	400–450	423	492.50–517.50	503.57
122	450–500	480	440.00–465.00	450.92
135	500–550	530	415.00–424.00	418.65
188	550–600	576	387.00–407.50	393.06
21	750–800	793	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	631	363.00–377.00	368.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	401	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	687	372.50	372.50
19	850–900	879	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
286	600–650	626	439.50–446.50	442.37
80	650–700	661	420.00	420.00
15	700–750	719	362.50–371.00	366.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	380	585.00–590.00	587.76
6	400–450	421	555.00	555.00
82	450–500	475	485.00–517.50	504.07
197	500–550	522	472.50–500.00	483.92
127	550–600	566	439.00–462.50	451.13
15	800–850	813	357.50	357.50
457	850–900	888	354.00–359.25	358.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	625	382.50–409.00	390.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	584	410.00–422.75	414.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	375.00	375.00

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.