Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2022-03-15

Gordon

Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 15

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858

← Feb 8Mar 15May 3 →

Receipts

1,412 head

▼ 347 vs last sale 1,759▲ 1,412 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers, steers, and a few bulls. Been over a month since last feeder sale. Steers on the higher side and lower on the heifers. Demand moderate to good.

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 $186.63/cwt on 844 head.

Average price

$186.63

844 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$134

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

$0.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.21

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	592	187.50	1,110	28
Medium and Large 1	667	186.60	1,244	816

One grade step is worth $0.90/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale844 hd

186.63

—

NE average6 barns · 6,391 hd

176.42

+10.21

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

22 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	717	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	402	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	844	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	220.03/cwt	218.00–220.25	1,063	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,104	99
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	204.73/cwt	199.50–208.00	1,200	132
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,110	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	1,172	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,202	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	168.57/cwt	159.00–169.10	1,247	114
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,243	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	157.81/cwt	144.50–158.25	1,373	231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	187.59/cwt	187.50–188.00	786	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	188.65/cwt	181.00–190.25	930	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	170.58/cwt	169.75–171.50	979	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	161.14/cwt	153.75–162.50	1,068	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,070	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	127.16/cwt	124.50–128.50	1,153	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	357	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	682	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	407	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	733	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	462	193.30/cwt	191.00–205.50	893	44
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	658	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,053	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,001	15

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 Mar 15, 2022

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

Receipts 1,412Last week 1,759Year ago 0

Quality run of feeder heifers, steers, and a few bulls. Been over a month since last feeder sale. Steers on the higher side and lower on the heifers. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	357	191.00	191.00
8	—	407	180.00	180.00
15	—	723	138.50	138.50
27	—	658	160.00	160.00
44	—	462	191.00–205.50	193.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	738	145.00	145.00
15	—	907	124.50–128.50	127.16
46	—	574	169.75–171.50	170.58
58	—	419	187.50–188.00	187.59
69	—	493	181.00–190.25	188.65
74	—	663	153.75–162.50	161.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	657	183.00	183.00
6	—	751	165.50	165.50
99	—	510	216.50	216.50
101	—	643	182.25	182.25
231	—	870	144.50–158.25	157.81
5	—	326	220.00	220.00
34	—	402	210.00	210.00
89	—	483	218.00–220.25	220.03
114	—	740	159.00–169.10	168.57
132	—	586	199.50–208.00	204.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	592	187.50	187.50

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.