Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2021-11-02

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 2
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
1,554 head
▼ 261 vs last sale 1,815▲ 1,554 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder calves with a good attendance at sale. Prices little lower on lighter weights and a little higher on heavy weights. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.08/cwt on 1,003 head.
Average price
$170.08
1,003 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.18
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578170.57986945
Medium and Large 1-2444162.2272058
One grade step is worth $8.34/cwt here — about $265 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 sale1,003 hd
170.08
—
NE average11 barns · 17,781 hd
175.27
−5.18
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

16 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342181.00/cwt181.00–181.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 1373202.00/cwt202.00–202.007535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397182.00/cwt182.00–182.007239
Steers—Medium and Large 1427189.48/cwt188.00–191.0080923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437150.00/cwt150.00–150.0065612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476158.31/cwt150.00–162.0075432
Steers—Medium and Large 1484181.36/cwt175.00–184.5087887
Steers—Medium and Large 1533173.19/cwt170.00–174.75923109
Steers—Medium and Large 1562171.94/cwt164.50–176.00966340
Steers—Medium and Large 1625164.69/cwt158.50–173.501,029268
Steers—Medium and Large 1670164.28/cwt152.50–168.501,101113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387161.46/cwt160.00–163.0062510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469147.79/cwt141.00–150.0069366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533148.03/cwt144.00–153.50789108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586145.50/cwt145.50–145.5085390
Heifers—Medium and Large 1604146.91/cwt138.50–148.0088771

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.