Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2021-08-17

Gordon

Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-17

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Aug 17

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858

← Aug 3Aug 17Sep 7 →

Receipts

1,746 head

▲ 494 vs last sale 1,252▲ 1,746 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of yearling heifers, yearling steers, and feeder calves. Some changes in prices from sale of two weeks ago. Demand was good to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.57/cwt on 890 head.

Average price

$164.57

890 head · 827 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,361

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$13.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.66

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	827	164.76	1,363	878
Medium and Large 1-2	778	150.79	1,174	12thin

One grade step is worth $13.97/cwt here — about $190 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 sale890 hd

164.57

—

NE average6 barns · 6,661 hd

158.91

+5.66

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

29 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,023	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,110	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	685	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	1,252	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	160.00/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,128	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,121	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	752	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,275	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,264	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	802	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,211	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	164.67/cwt	163.50–165.00	1,362	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	829	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,401	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	884	154.81/cwt	150.00–157.75	1,369	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	917	160.10/cwt	160.10–160.10	1,468	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	156.62/cwt	146.50–157.25	1,446	188
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	956	148.82/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,423	73
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	891	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	967	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	168.31/cwt	165.00–168.50	1,062	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	160.65/cwt	160.50–162.00	1,120	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	155.76/cwt	155.25–157.50	1,129	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	789	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,243	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	154.37/cwt	145.00–155.75	1,218	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	152.79/cwt	151.75–154.25	1,256	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	825	149.87/cwt	145.00–150.50	1,236	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	865	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,317	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	148.83/cwt	148.00–150.75	1,308	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	915	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,299	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	921	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,349	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1NHTC	931	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,364	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,064	136.10/cwt	135.00–136.50	1,448	37

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE

Tue Aug 17, 2021

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

Receipts 1,746Last week 1,252Year ago 0

Good run of yearling heifers, yearling steers, and feeder calves. Some changes in prices from sale of two weeks ago. Demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	917	160.10	160.10
76	—	752	169.50	169.50
102	—	829	169.00	169.00
151	—	685	182.75	182.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	923	146.50–157.25	156.62
11	—	565	181.00	181.00
18	—	705	158.00–162.00	160.00
22	—	620	179.00	179.00
73	—	956	142.00–150.00	148.82
21	—	764	165.50	165.50
96	—	884	150.00–157.75	154.81
61	—	827	163.50–165.00	164.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	745	150.50	150.50
7	—	802	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	163.00	163.00
8	—	921	146.50	146.50
52	—	789	145.00–155.75	154.37
93	—	631	165.00–168.50	168.31
63	—	822	151.75–154.25	152.79
69	—	697	160.50–162.00	160.65
37	—	1,064	135.00–136.50	136.10
11	—	521	171.00	171.00
48	—	725	155.25–157.50	155.76
72	—	879	148.00–150.75	148.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	915	142.00	142.00
53	—	825	145.00–150.50	149.87
131	—	789	157.50	157.50
58	—	865	152.25	152.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	931	146.50	146.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.