Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2019-10-15

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Feeder Cattle receipts
784 head
▲ 784 vs last sale 0▲ 784 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
238 head
▲ 238 vs last sale 0▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today was Gordon's first feeder calf sale of the year so no trend will be given. There was a good crowd on hand today for a few strings as well as packages of mainly preconditioned calves coming strait off of the cow. Trade was moderate with demand being moderate to good throughout the sale. Gordon's next sale will be a feeder calf special October 22.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.15/cwt on 578 head.
Average price
$160.15
578 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$111
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.47
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2479162.2677819thin
Medium and Large 1555160.08889559
One grade step is worth $2.18/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale578 hd
160.15
—
NE average11 barns · 17,986 hd
158.68
+1.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,81971.231,2969thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28255.81716101
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10547.2852275

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375173.00/cwt173.00–173.006496
Steers—Medium and Large 1379180.98/cwt180.00–182.0068610
Steers—Medium and Large 1410182.62/cwt180.00–186.0074918
Steers—Medium and Large 1466176.36/cwt168.50–182.0082280
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489165.50/cwt165.50–165.508097
Steers—Medium and Large 1523167.18/cwt164.00–168.00874143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572147.75/cwt147.75–147.758456
Steers—Medium and Large 1573155.44/cwt152.00–157.25891181
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633147.61/cwt145.50–148.0093488
Steers—Medium and Large 1635144.50/cwt144.50–144.509189
Steers—Medium and Large 1723132.50/cwt132.50–132.5095823
Steers—Medium and Large 1770128.50/cwt128.50–128.509897
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379153.27/cwt150.00–156.0058125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432147.00/cwt147.00–147.006356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468142.31/cwt140.00–143.5066648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497132.00/cwt132.00–132.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541132.00/cwt132.00–132.007149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561130.00/cwt130.00–130.007297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575135.50/cwt135.50–135.5077916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned639123.44/cwt121.00–124.5078916
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,008125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,2656
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59565.98/cwt64.00–69.001,0525
Bulls——2,09977.80/cwt72.50–80.001,6334
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08845.49/cwt42.50–49.0049551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14151.09/cwt49.50–55.0058324
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,22562.03/cwt57.00–70.0076036
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,28353.26/cwt48.50–56.5068350
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40947.58/cwt44.50–50.0067012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45056.74/cwt56.00–58.008233
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 198173.16/cwt69.00–79.507189

How this sale compares

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.