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Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Apr 9

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Mar 26Apr 9Apr 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,390 head

▲ 350 vs last sale 3,040▲ 390 vs year ago 3,000 · +13.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

53 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 0▼ 56 vs year ago 109 · −51.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers 450-600 lbs sold 5.00 higher and steers 700-900 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 400-600 lbs sold 6.00 lower and heifers 650-750 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good from the buyers in the crowd.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.80/cwt on 1,583 head.

Average price

$157.80

1,583 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$260

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

$10.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.61

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	467	168.22	785	75
Medium and Large 1	664	157.28	1,045	1,508

One grade step is worth $10.94/cwt here — about −$260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,583 hd

157.80

—

NE average7 barns · 10,686 hd

159.41

−1.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	768	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	716	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	216.06/cwt	214.00–219.00	825	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	229.57/cwt	223.00–234.00	895	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	407	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	944	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	419	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	897	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	966	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	202.67/cwt	200.00–203.00	944	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	191.54/cwt	189.00–193.00	929	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	1,154	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,083	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	527	199.68/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,052	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,011	6
Steers	—	Large 1	550	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,029	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,177	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	200.58/cwt	194.00–203.50	1,175	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	611	182.15/cwt	179.00–184.00	1,113	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	199.66/cwt	198.50–202.50	1,228	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,129	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	642	195.88/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,258	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	176.69/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,217	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	702	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,278	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	174.93/cwt	170.50–178.10	1,246	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	716	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,346	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,217	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	771	154.57/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,192	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,298	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	817	150.48/cwt	147.00–152.25	1,229	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,180	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,326	258
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	919	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,250	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,538	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	187.97/cwt	186.00–192.00	726	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	657	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	401	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	730	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	408	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	702	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	182.95/cwt	180.00–185.00	809	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	783	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	181.43/cwt	181.00–183.00	865	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	811	8
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,074	1,950.00/cwt	1,950.00–1,950.00	20,943	25
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,241	2,126.04/cwt	2,025.00–2,200.00	26,384	23
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,267	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	16,281	5

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 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,390Last week 3,040Year ago 3,000

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 0Year ago 109

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	527	199.00–200.00	199.68
212	—	817	147.00–152.25	150.48
19	—	919	136.00	136.00
17	—	419	214.00	214.00
16	—	611	179.00–184.00	182.15
43	—	771	151.00–157.00	154.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	615	198.50–202.50	199.66
44	—	501	230.25

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Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Apr 9

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Mar 26Apr 9Apr 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,390 head

▲ 350 vs last sale 3,040▲ 390 vs year ago 3,000 · +13.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

53 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 0▼ 56 vs year ago 109 · −51.4%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.80/cwt on 1,583 head.

Average price

$157.80

1,583 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$260

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

$10.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.61

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	467	168.22	785	75
Medium and Large 1	664	157.28	1,045	1,508

One grade step is worth $10.94/cwt here — about −$260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,583 hd

157.80

—

NE average7 barns · 10,686 hd

159.41

−1.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	768	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	716	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	216.06/cwt	214.00–219.00	825	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	229.57/cwt	223.00–234.00	895	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	407	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	944	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	419	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	897	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	966	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	202.67/cwt	200.00–203.00	944	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	191.54/cwt	189.00–193.00	929	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	1,154	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,083	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	527	199.68/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,052	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,011	6
Steers	—	Large 1	550	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,029	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,177	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	200.58/cwt	194.00–203.50	1,175	94
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	611	182.15/cwt	179.00–184.00	1,113	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	199.66/cwt	198.50–202.50	1,228	91
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,129	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	642	195.88/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,258	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	176.69/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,217	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	702	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,278	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	174.93/cwt	170.50–178.10	1,246	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	716	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,346	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,217	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	771	154.57/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,192	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,298	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	817	150.48/cwt	147.00–152.25	1,229	212
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,180	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,326	258
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	919	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,250	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,538	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	187.97/cwt	186.00–192.00	726	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	657	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	395	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	715	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	401	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	730	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	408	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	702	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	182.95/cwt	180.00–185.00	809	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	783	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	181.43/cwt	181.00–183.00	865	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	811	8
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,074	1,950.00/cwt	1,950.00–1,950.00	20,943	25
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,241	2,126.04/cwt	2,025.00–2,200.00	26,384	23
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,267	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	16,281	5

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 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,390Last week 3,040Year ago 3,000

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 0Year ago 109

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	527	199.00–200.00	199.68
212	—	817	147.00–152.25	150.48
19	—	919	136.00	136.00
17	—	419	214.00	214.00
16	—	611	179.00–184.00	182.15
43	—	771	151.00–157.00	154.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	615	198.50–202.50	199.66
44	—	501	230.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	751	162.00	162.00
14	—	334	230.00	230.00
9	—	522	207.50	207.50
94	—	586	194.00–203.50	200.58
17	—	390	223.00–234.00	229.57
258	—	857	154.75	154.75
148	—	712	170.50–178.10	174.93
57	—	689	174.00–183.50	176.69
52	—	810	160.25	160.25
20	—	441	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	550	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	837	141.00	141.00
6	—	538	188.00	188.00
6	—	377	190.00	190.00
45	—	485	189.00–193.00	191.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	642	195.00–197.00	195.88
7	—	702	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	466	200.00–203.00	202.67
17	—	382	214.00–219.00	216.06
12	—	617	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	530	170.00	170.00
43	—	578	151.00–160.00	156.22
7	—	969	126.00	126.00
7	—	647	151.00	151.00
138	—	847	134.00–135.50	135.39
10	—	734	141.00	141.00
133	—	789	134.50–138.00	137.35
17	—	904	125.00–127.00	125.71
6	—	450	174.00	174.00
41	—	680	146.25–149.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
297	—	670	156.00–163.75	160.49
120	—	571	167.00–175.00	171.17
36	—	442	180.00–185.00	182.95
209	—	710	149.00–155.00	151.51
66	—	612	158.50–166.00	163.31
49	—	477	181.00–183.00	181.43
50	—	386	186.00–192.00	187.97
32	—	539	175.00–179.00	177.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	602	174.50	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	530	158.00–162.00	160.17
15	—	392	167.50	167.50
5	—	293	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	839	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	395	181.00	181.00
28	—	401	182.00	182.00
19	—	503	164.00–170.00	165.61
6	—	606	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	408	172.00	172.00
6	—	554	166.00	166.00
26	—	492	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	685	165.00–166.50	165.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	429	189.00	189.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,074	1,950.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,241	2,025.00–2,200.00	2,126.04

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,267	1,285.00	1,285.00