Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2026-01-10

Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-10

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Jan 10

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Dec 20Jan 10Jan 17 →

Receipts

3,499 head

▼ 1,121 vs last sale 4,620▲ 3,499 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 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 $502.08/cwt on 405 head. That ranks 9 of 14 comparable sales and sits +5.69 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.

Average price

$502.08

405 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,770

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.40

vs NE average

+35.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	502.08	2,770	405

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 sale405 hd

502.08

—

NE average11 barns · 4,611 hd

495.68

+6.40

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+35.75

This barn, trailing median14 sales

496.39

+5.69

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.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	342	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,915	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,242	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	571.36/cwt	565.00–580.00	2,417	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	549.44/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,648	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	506	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,631	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	527	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,503	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	520.79/cwt	500.00–537.50	2,750	165
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,548	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	490.38/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,800	219
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,910	96
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	416.69/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,629	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	443.77/cwt	436.00–467.50	2,805	302
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	428.14/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,732	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	651	458.41/cwt	458.00–460.00	2,984	116
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	429.78/cwt	420.00–446.00	2,871	207
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	404.61/cwt	400.00–408.00	2,763	63
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	398.22/cwt	387.50–408.00	2,891	261
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	739	382.78/cwt	381.00–383.00	2,829	70
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	755	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	3,118	77
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	376.70/cwt	368.00–381.50	2,968	131
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	373.93/cwt	362.00–376.00	3,074	160
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	343.73/cwt	342.50–353.00	3,045	74
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,159	130
Steers	950–1000	Large 1Thin Fleshed	971	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,263	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,034	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	492.58/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,177	80
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	475.27/cwt	460.00–482.50	2,243	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	450.53/cwt	450.00–451.00	2,370	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	446.60/cwt	437.50–452.50	2,380	171
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	575	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,602	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	420.74/cwt	411.00–436.00	2,444	117
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,234	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	417.82/cwt	409.00–420.00	2,545	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	645	433.50/cwt	433.50–433.50	2,796	85
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,551	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	395.00/cwt	390.00–396.00	2,662	77
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	684	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,859	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	368.95/cwt	363.00–370.00	2,608	89
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	712	414.50/cwt	414.50–414.50	2,951	57
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	734	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,587	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	763	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,823	51
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	984	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,834	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,067	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,998	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,273	7

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 Jan 10, 2026

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

Receipts 3,499Last week 4,620Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	600–650	600	485.00	485.00
116	650–700	651	458.00–460.00	458.41
77	750–800	755	413.00	413.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	590.00	590.00
36	400–450	423	565.00–580.00	571.36
94	450–500	482	535.00–560.00	549.44
165	500–550	528	500.00–537.50	520.79
219	550–600	571	480.00–510.00	490.38
302	600–650	632	436.00–467.50	443.77
207	650–700	668	420.00–446.00	429.78
261	700–750	726	387.50–408.00	398.22
131	750–800	788	368.00–381.50	376.70
160	800–850	822	362.00–376.00	373.93
74	850–900	886	342.50–353.00	343.73
130	900–950	936	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	950–1000	971	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	560.00	560.00
5	500–550	506	520.00	520.00
9	550–600	560	455.00	455.00
21	600–650	638	425.00–430.00	428.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	527	475.00	475.00
19	600–650	631	415.00–417.50	416.69
63	650–700	683	400.00–408.00	404.61
70	700–750	739	381.00–383.00	382.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	515.00	515.00
80	400–450	442	485.00–497.50	492.58
68	450–500	472	460.00–482.50	475.27
171	500–550	533	437.50–452.50	446.60
117	550–600	581	411.00–436.00	420.74
62	600–650	609	409.00–420.00	417.82
77	650–700	674	390.00–396.00	395.00
89	700–750	707	363.00–370.00	368.95
10	1050–1100	1,067	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	734	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	575	452.50	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	526	450.00–451.00	450.53
15	650–700	667	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
85	600–650	645	433.50	433.50
31	650–700	684	418.00	418.00
57	700–750	712	414.50	414.50
51	750–800	763	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	588	380.00	380.00
5	950–1000	984	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	433	525.00	525.00

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.