Sale reports / Nebraska / Ericson / 2026-03-07

Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Mar 7
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853
Receipts
3,541 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 3,465▼ 190 vs year ago 3,731 · −5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers 500-700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 lower and steers over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, heifers 500-700 lbs sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good from 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 $507.65/cwt on 318 head. That ranks 9 of 13 comparable sales and sits +11.46 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.
Average price
$507.65
318 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.89
vs NE average
+32.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565507.652,867318
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 sale318 hd
507.65
—
NE average7 barns · 1,176 hd
499.76
+7.89
National average177 barns · 11,580 hd
475.56
+32.09
This barn, trailing median13 sales
496.19
+11.46
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.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed476587.50/cwt587.50–587.502,7977
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478555.21/cwt530.00–570.002,65489
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539533.85/cwt510.00–540.002,87769
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed569513.97/cwt506.00–522.002,924143
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576482.08/cwt465.00–500.002,777106
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629471.20/cwt455.00–486.002,964401
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684412.99/cwt409.50–418.502,825122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724418.12/cwt402.00–423.003,027234
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy733385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,82211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785372.35/cwt371.00–374.002,92358
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,98642
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,7625
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884345.14/cwt343.00–353.003,051693
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928349.29/cwt347.25–352.003,241329
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy935331.00/cwt331.00–331.003,0956
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,94511
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,002326.85/cwt326.85–326.853,275224
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,2316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,34623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2746
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed503497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,50242
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536450.13/cwt434.00–460.002,41373
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586437.21/cwt424.00–451.002,562283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588405.16/cwt402.50–408.002,38229
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,42412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed649421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,73287
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement670411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,75482
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678388.96/cwt382.00–402.502,63780
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement701392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,74840
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,5987
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement779364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,83635
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782342.23/cwt338.50–352.002,67649
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1914309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,8246
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,5595

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.