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Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Apr 11

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Mar 28Apr 11May 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,289 head

▲ 295 vs last sale 2,994▼ 1,374 vs year ago 4,663 · −29.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 0▼ 157 vs year ago 202 · −77.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers 450-800 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

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 $521.41/cwt on 116 head, up $25.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 14 comparable sales and sits +25.02 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.

Average price

$521.41

▲ 25.22 vs prior sale

116 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.56

vs NE average

+30.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	521.41	2,878	116

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 sale116 hd

521.41

—

NE average4 barns · 1,042 hd

518.85

+2.56

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+30.58

This barn, trailing median14 sales

496.39

+25.02

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.

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
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,052	$4,924	36

Every lot

55 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,311	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	582.69/cwt	580.00–595.00	2,424	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,453	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	485	585.49/cwt	575.00–592.50	2,840	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	543.85/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,692	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,918	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,764	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	555	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,864	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	509.85/cwt	500.00–513.00	2,906	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	629	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	3,007	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	459.74/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,924	140
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	637	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,771	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	658	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	3,014	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	439.04/cwt	425.00–450.50	2,942	107
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	411.21/cwt	405.00–414.00	2,804	29
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,813	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	423.05/cwt	407.00–425.00	3,071	91
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	742	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,953	89
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,983	47
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	774	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,903	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,858	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	374.94/cwt	365.00–377.50	3,146	552
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	868	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	3,238	30
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	362.92/cwt	347.00–364.50	3,208	78
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	903	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,039	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	354.77/cwt	345.00–358.00	3,282	143
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	974	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,175	46
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	339.82/cwt	335.00–342.50	3,320	254
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,061	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,427	159
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,759	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,876	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	436	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,365	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	511.69/cwt	507.50–515.00	2,231	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	509.12/cwt	503.00–510.00	2,505	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	512	485.45/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,486	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	458.00/cwt	445.00–469.00	2,391	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,451	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	570	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,645	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	445.07/cwt	440.00–447.00	2,568	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,433	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	422.34/cwt	415.00–432.00	2,661	133
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	398.15/cwt	392.00–401.00	2,727	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	383.89/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,703	154
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,741	150
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	790	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,694	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	812	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,704	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	846	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,800	18
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	324.26/cwt	324.00–325.00	2,785	110
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	887	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,776	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	3,057	14
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	322.45/cwt	311.50–327.00	3,108	31
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	966	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,908	70
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,048	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,961	15
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	807	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	9
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,134	5,165.89/head	5,050.00–5,200.00	5,166	27

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 Apr 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,289Last week 2,994Year ago 4,663

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 0Year ago 202

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 600-800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers 450-800 lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good from the buyers in the crowd and on the internet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	485	575.00–592.50	585.49
18	600–650	629	478.00	478.00
18	650–700	658	458.00	458.00
30	850–900	868	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	605.00	605.00
30	400–450	416	580.00–595.00	582.69
13	450–500	495	540.00–550.00	543.85
30	500–550	533	547.50	547.50
35	550–600	570	500.00–513.00	509.85
140	600–650	636	450.00–465.00	459.74
107	650–700	670	425.00–450.50	439.04
91	700–750	726	407.00–425.00	423.05
47	750–800	763	391.00	391.00
552	800–850	839	365.00–377.50	374.94
78	850–900	884	347.00–364.50	362.92
143	900–950	925	345.00–358.00	354.77
254	950–1000	977	335.00–342.50	339.82
159	1050–1100	1,061	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	682	405.00–414.00	411.21
6	700–750	714	394.00	394.00
5	800–850	838	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	700–750	742	398.00	398.00
11	750–800	774	375.00	375.00
7	900–950	903	336.50	336.50
46	950–1000	974	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	560.00	560.00
17	500–550	542	510.00	510.00
34	550–600	555	516.00	516.00
7	600–650	637	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	750–800	790	341.00	341.00
11	800–850	812	333.00	333.00
6	850–900	887	313.00	313.00
70	950–1000	966	301.00	301.00
15	1000–1050	1,048	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	436	542.50	542.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	525.00	525.00
11	600–650	612	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	341	550.00	550.00
14	400–450	436	507.50–515.00	511.69
61	450–500	492	503.00–510.00	509.12
19	500–550	527	465.00	465.00
67	550–600	577	440.00–447.00	445.07
133	600–650	630	415.00–432.00	422.34
34	650–700	685	392.00–401.00	398.15
154	700–750	704	377.50–385.00	383.89
150	750–800	770	356.00	356.00
110	850–900	859	324.00–325.00	324.26
14	900–950	948	322.50	322.50
31	950–1000	964	311.50–327.00	322.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	512	480.00–490.00	485.45
26	550–600	570	464.00	464.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	846	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	522	445.00–469.00	458.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,134	5,050.00–5,200.00	5,165.89

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	807	4,200.00	4,200.00

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.