Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2023-10-21

Gordon

Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2023-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 21

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858

← Apr 25Oct 21Nov 4 →

Receipts

1,743 head

▲ 1,005 vs last sale 738▼ 821 vs year ago 2,564 · −32.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of yearlings, feeder heifers, and feeder steers. No trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good. Warm weather in the area for this time of year.

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 $299.07/cwt on 1,051 head.

Average price

$299.07

1,051 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$55.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.30

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	307.00	1,622	900
Medium and Large 1-2	643	251.76	1,618	151

One grade step is worth $55.25/cwt here — about $3 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 sale1,051 hd

299.07

—

NE average11 barns · 16,537 hd

300.36

−1.30

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	346.10/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,094	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	321.68/cwt	316.00–337.50	1,258	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,128	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	329.81/cwt	328.00–331.00	1,421	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	325.01/cwt	314.50–344.00	1,544	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,391	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,369	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	311.47/cwt	289.00–320.00	1,651	293
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	299.86/cwt	281.00–310.50	1,688	320
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	270.03/cwt	263.25–279.00	1,593	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	272.00/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,733	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,540	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	249.52/cwt	235.00–254.50	1,634	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	796	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,827	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	896	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,976	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,029	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	915	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,048	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	263.66/cwt	262.00–267.50	1,152	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	263.33/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,238	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	259.91/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,375	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	247.57/cwt	243.00–250.50	1,394	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	239.27/cwt	235.50–247.00	1,517	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,617	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,789	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,081	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	2,232	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	996	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,204	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	867	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,366	12

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

Sat Oct 21, 2023

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

Receipts 1,743Last week 738Year ago 2,564

Quality sale of yearlings, feeder heifers, and feeder steers. No trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good. Warm weather in the area for this time of year.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	867	157.50	157.50
7	—	486	205.00	205.00
29	—	680	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,081	206.50	206.50
10	—	342	301.00	301.00
13	—	697	232.00	232.00
26	—	470	261.00–264.00	263.33
62	—	529	252.00–267.00	259.91
35	—	747	239.50	239.50
56	—	563	243.00–250.50	247.57
58	—	634	235.50–247.00	239.27
19	—	437	262.00–267.50	263.66
28	—	388	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	489	284.50	284.50
7	—	403	280.00	280.00
7	—	507	270.00	270.00
11	—	896	220.50	220.50
21	—	796	229.50	229.50
53	—	590	263.25–279.00	270.03
47	—	647	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	655	235.00–254.50	249.52
18	—	431	328.00–331.00	329.81
23	—	637	269.00–281.00	272.00
320	—	563	281.00–310.50	299.86
55	—	391	316.00–337.50	321.68
293	—	530	289.00–320.00	311.47
14	—	316	337.50–355.00	346.10
135	—	475	314.50–344.00	325.01

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.