Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2019-10-22

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,339 head
▲ 555 vs last sale 784▲ 1,339 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 238▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500-550 lbs steers sold 3.00-5.00 lower while slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower with no other comparisons. There was a moderate crowd on hand today for a few strings and packages of mainly preconditioned calves coming strait off of the cow. Trade today was moderate with demand being moderate throughout the sale. Gordon's next sale will be a feeder calf special October 29.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.08/cwt on 842 head.
Average price
$155.08
842 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$889
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.68
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572156.06893776
Medium and Large 1-2581143.5583466
One grade step is worth $12.52/cwt here — about $59 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 sale842 hd
155.08
—
NE average12 barns · 20,637 hd
158.77
−3.68
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—Low1,69468.731,1648thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71866.301,1394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27049.1562429
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14042.2248139

Every lot, as filed

34 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1421171.00/cwt171.00–171.007207
Steers—Medium and Large 1470166.14/cwt159.00–172.00781107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472155.38/cwt150.00–161.0073310
Steers—Medium and Large 1526162.04/cwt157.50–167.50852153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563141.26/cwt140.50–141.5079521
Steers—Medium and Large 1575152.68/cwt150.00–155.00878246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608142.75/cwt142.75–142.7586822
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned617152.51/cwt148.00–157.25941167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned618139.50/cwt139.50–139.508625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668139.50/cwt139.50–139.509328
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned673150.47/cwt149.00–152.251,01379
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned708149.25/cwt147.50–151.001,0576
Steers—Medium and Large 1769139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,06911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339159.00/cwt159.00–159.0053912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388152.72/cwt151.50–157.5059334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406148.00/cwt148.00–148.006017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470148.82/cwt143.50–151.00699165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2500130.00/cwt130.00–130.0065017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1542137.37/cwt136.50–138.2574534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570135.58/cwt131.00–140.0077350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned606131.20/cwt127.00–132.0079520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned670131.00/cwt131.00–131.008785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1892128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,1466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,19916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,2355
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58873.89/cwt70.50–78.001,1734
Bulls——1,80063.57/cwt61.50–67.001,1444
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14042.22/cwt39.50–49.0048139
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,22347.75/cwt45.50–52.5058419
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,30160.11/cwt56.50–64.007825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42043.50/cwt43.50–43.506185
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71866.30/cwt62.00–69.001,1394
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,09972.15/cwt71.00–73.007934
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14564.50/cwt64.50–64.507391

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.