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Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Mar 23

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Mar 9Mar 23Apr 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,658 head

▲ 1,538 vs last sale 2,120▲ 324 vs year ago 3,334 · +9.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

90 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 126▼ 53 vs year ago 143 · −37.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers over 600 lbs sold steady to 6.00 higher and heifers over 550 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. 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 $335.52/cwt on 391 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −160.67 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$335.52

391 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$38.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs NE average

+17.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	338.36	1,917	362
Medium and Large 1-2	553	300.11	1,658	29

One grade step is worth $38.26/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale391 hd

335.52

—

NE average6 barns · 1,028 hd

332.59

+2.93

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+17.23

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−160.67

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

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.

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,111	$2,400	47
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,144	$2,160	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,367	$2,350	11

Every lot

56 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	376.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,733	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	469	402.77/cwt	399.00–411.00	1,889	40

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Mar 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,658Last week 2,120Year ago 3,334

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 126Year ago 143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
17	450–500	470	341.00	341.00
25	500–550	523	322.00	322.00
14	550–600	575	306.00	306.00
38	600–650	634	281.00–292.00	286.98
45	650–700	672	276.00–278.00	277.73
66	700–750	739	267.25	267.25
5	750–800	762	253.00	253.00
73	800–850	830	244.00–244.50	244.12
28	850–900	874	235.50	235.50
60	900–950	925

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Ericson

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ericson, Nebraska · Sat, Mar 23

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1853

← Mar 9Mar 23Apr 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,658 head

▲ 1,538 vs last sale 2,120▲ 324 vs year ago 3,334 · +9.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

90 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 126▼ 53 vs year ago 143 · −37.1%

Also sold hereFeeder/Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $335.52/cwt on 391 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −160.67 against this barn's trailing median of $496.19.

Average price

$335.52

391 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$38.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.93

vs NE average

+17.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	338.36	1,917	362
Medium and Large 1-2	553	300.11	1,658	29

One grade step is worth $38.26/cwt here — about $258 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale391 hd

335.52

—

NE average6 barns · 1,028 hd

332.59

+2.93

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+17.23

This barn, trailing median13 sales

496.19

−160.67

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

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.

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,111	$2,400	47
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,144	$2,160	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,367	$2,350	11

Every lot

56 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	376.67/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,733	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	469	402.77/cwt	399.00–411.00	1,889	40

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Sat Mar 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,658Last week 2,120Year ago 3,334

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 126Year ago 143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	440	355.00	355.00
17	450–500	470	341.00	341.00
25	500–550	523	322.00	322.00
14	550–600	575	306.00	306.00
38	600–650	634	281.00–292.00	286.98
45	650–700	672	276.00–278.00	277.73
66	700–750	739	267.25	267.25
5	750–800	762	253.00	253.00
73	800–850	830	244.00–244.50	244.12
28	850–900	874	235.50	235.50
60	900–950	925

Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	348.44/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,355	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	332.49/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,423	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	462	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,548	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	322.54/cwt	316.00–326.50	1,551	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	485	303.33/cwt	297.00–306.00	1,471	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	305.37/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,606	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	576	277.23/cwt	271.00–281.50	1,597	111
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	295.24/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,712	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	276.18/cwt	271.00–284.50	1,721	103
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	263.41/cwt	255.00–269.50	1,757	99
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	673	252.85/cwt	252.00–253.50	1,702	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	679	261.94/cwt	259.00–267.00	1,779	56
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	723	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,750	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	256.86/cwt	251.00–262.75	1,860	325
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	733	254.01/cwt	252.00–255.50	1,862	92
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	243.28/cwt	237.00–247.50	1,905	283
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,921	137
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	816	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,999	82
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,005	86

Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	844	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,848	5

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	460	370.00–385.00	376.67
13	500–550	504	331.00	331.00
47	550–600	591	326.50	326.50
34	600–650	631	305.00–312.00	307.07
76	650–700	690	292.50–296.00	293.13
40	700–750	700	280.00–284.00	281.70
272	750–800	755	265.00–276.00	269.64
63	800–850	826	254.75	254.75
48	850–900	863	242.75	242.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	480	398.00	398.00
107	550–600	598	332.00	332.00
91	650–700	680	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	389	347.50–350.00	348.44
37	400–450	428	330.00–337.50	332.49
27	450–500	481	316.00–326.50	322.54
57	500–550	526	300.00–307.00	305.37
35	550–600	580	292.00–297.00	295.24
103	600–650	623	271.00–284.50	276.18
99	650–700	667	255.00–269.50	263.41
325	700–750	724	251.00–262.75	256.86
283	750–800	783	237.00–247.50	243.28
137	800–850	814	236.00	236.00
86	850–900	887	226.00	226.00

Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,111	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	47
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,144	2,160.00/head	2,160.00–2,160.00	2,160	21

Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,367	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	450–500	469	399.00–411.00	402.77
117	500–550	537	357.00–357.50	357.42
279	600–650	626	328.50–331.00	330.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	536	305.00	305.00
16	550–600	566	294.00–297.50	296.13
10	650–700	672	264.00	264.00
20	700–750	734	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	684	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	584	337.50	337.50
19	600–650	602	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	485	297.00–306.00	303.33
111	550–600	576	271.00–281.50	277.23
50	650–700	673	252.00–253.50	252.85
28	700–750	723	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
56	650–700	679	259.00–267.00	261.94
92	700–750	733	252.00–255.50	254.01
82	800–850	816	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	462	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	844	219.00	219.00

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	21	—	1,144	2,160.00	2,160.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	47	—	1,111	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,367	2,350.00	2,350.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Feeder Cattle

Ericson

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot

Ericson Livestock Market - Ericson, NE

Feeder Cattle

This sale against other markets

Replacement Cattle