Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2021-08-03

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 3
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
1,252 head
▼ 1,589 vs last sale 2,841▲ 1,252 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sales from this auction. Prices where good for the quality of the cattle. A market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good on feeders and yearlings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.43/cwt on 827 head.
Average price
$152.43
827 head · 787 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,199
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$334
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.37
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2571153.7587932
Medium and Large 1796152.381,212795
One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about −$334 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 sale827 hd
152.43
—
NE average5 barns · 2,952 hd
149.06
+3.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2451165.00/cwt165.00–165.007447
Steers—Medium and Large 1567185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,04913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571157.00/cwt157.00–157.008965
Steers—Medium and Large 1612175.05/cwt174.50–176.001,07125
Steers—Medium and Large 1688159.04/cwt156.00–168.001,09428
Steers—Medium and Large 1719168.47/cwt163.50–170.001,21161
Steers—Medium and Large 1761164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,25242
Steers—Medium and Large 1829153.12/cwt151.00–156.001,26914
Steers—Medium and Large 1896152.55/cwt149.50–153.251,36732
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC991155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,536120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432165.50/cwt165.50–165.5071510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493158.50/cwt158.50–158.5078110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529165.79/cwt164.00–169.5087725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed578169.00/cwt169.00–169.009776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587168.83/cwt165.50–175.00991104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666162.06/cwt160.50–162.251,07990
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672146.00/cwt146.00–146.009816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed693155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,07830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750158.10/cwt158.10–158.101,186150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834153.10/cwt153.10–153.101,27765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2834134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1899141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,27027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935140.60/cwt138.75–141.001,315226
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,036134.79/cwt131.50–135.251,39665

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.