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Ericson

Name: Ericson livestock auction prices — 2026-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Sep 12

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Aug 29Sep 12Oct 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,010 head

▼ 776 vs last sale 2,786▼ 680 vs year ago 2,690 · −25.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

91 head

▲ 91 vs last sale 0▼ 102 vs year ago 193 · −52.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, 650-950 lbs steers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher and 650-1000 lbs heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good from the larger than normal number of buyers in the crowd and the internet bidding was also very active. The bulk of the offering consisted of yearling steers and heifers coming off the summer grass and out of the grow yards. Also selling was packages of fall and spring calves along with packages of fall pairs and bred cows.

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 $422.50/cwt on 6 head, up $6.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −73.89 against this barn's trailing median of $496.39.

Average price

$422.50

▲ 6.44 vs prior sale

6 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,493

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−43.50

vs NE average

+31.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	422.50	2,493	6thin

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 sale6 hd

422.50

—

NE average4 barns · 690 hd

466.00

−43.50

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

+31.91

This barn, trailing median14 sales

496.39

−73.89

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
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,390	$3,300	18
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,301	$3,300	11
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,344	$3,000	10
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	898	$3,200	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$3,800	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,388	$3,567	27

Every lot

40 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,242	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,493	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,471	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,359	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	389.61/cwt	387.00–393.00	2,610	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,792	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	363.80/cwt	356.50–366.00	2,776	84
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	802	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	3,192	297
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	351.69/cwt	348.00–357.00	2,856	55
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,904	25
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	901	359.75/cwt	359.75–359.75	3,241	381
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	3,000	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	311.17/cwt	307.50–312.00	3,062	57
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,038	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,124	7
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,083	299.82/cwt	291.00–302.25	3,247	121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,183	69
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	661	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,360	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,228	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,238	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	350.23/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,364	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	345.72/cwt	335.00–352.00	2,565	183
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,481	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	775	350.30/cwt	341.00–352.00	2,715	117
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	843	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,786	61
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,783	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,821	84
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	876	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,724	22
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,895	38
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	907	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,639	19
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	947	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,718	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	976	308.46/cwt	303.50–309.25	3,011	67
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	994	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,823	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,005	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,864	25
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,301	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,344	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,390	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	18
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,364	3,712.17/head	3,700.00–3,725.00	3,712	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,407	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,430	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	898	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	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 Sep 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,010Last week 2,786Year ago 2,690

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 0Year ago 193

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	667	334.00	334.00
8	750–800	773	321.00	321.00
19	900–950	907	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	672	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	550–600	573	381.00	381.00
22	650–700	675	350.00–351.00	350.23
183	700–750	742	335.00–352.00	345.72
21	800–850	846	329.00	329.00
84	850–900	876	322.00	322.00
38	900–950	906	319.50	319.50
67	950–1000	976	303.50–309.25	308.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	947	287.00	287.00
11	950–1000	994	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	661	357.00	357.00
117	750–800	775	341.00–352.00	350.30
61	800–850	843	330.50	330.50
22	850–900	876	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1000–1050	1,005	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	590	422.50	422.50
8	600–650	632	391.00	391.00
16	650–700	670	387.00–393.00	389.61
19	700–750	727	384.00	384.00
84	750–800	763	356.50–366.00	363.80
55	800–850	812	348.00–357.00	351.69
25	850–900	876	331.50	331.50
8	900–950	916	327.50	327.50
57	950–1000	984	307.50–312.00	311.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	452.00	452.00
17	650–700	657	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
297	800–850	802	398.00	398.00
381	900–950	901	359.75	359.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,038	301.00	301.00
121	1050–1100	1,083	291.00–302.25	299.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,344	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,390	3,300.00	3,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,301	3,300.00	3,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,407	3,450.00	3,450.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,364	3,700.00–3,725.00	3,712.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,430	3,800.00	3,800.00

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)	6	—	898	3,200.00	3,200.00

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.