Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2023-11-04

Gordon

Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2023-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Sat, Nov 4

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858

← Oct 21Nov 4Nov 28 →

Receipts

2,763 head

▲ 1,020 vs last sale 1,743▲ 23 vs year ago 2,740 · +0.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steer and heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand on cattle moderate to good. Bulk of the offering was bawling calves with a handful of weaned calves in the mix. A little rain in the area.

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 $297.12/cwt on 1,527 head.

Average price

$297.12

1,527 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$15.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.41

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	298.11	1,602	1,431
Medium and Large 1-2	468	282.42	1,322	96

One grade step is worth $15.69/cwt here — about $280 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 sale1,527 hd

297.12

—

NE average11 barns · 17,642 hd

294.71

+2.41

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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,125	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	273.82/cwt	263.00–277.50	1,065	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	344.73/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,365	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	415	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,291	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	334.80/cwt	326.00–350.00	1,406	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	444	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,321	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	337.48/cwt	326.00–350.00	1,590	289
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	303.27/cwt	288.00–316.00	1,462	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	274.11/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,420	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	520	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,414	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	303.38/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,620	227
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	283.30/cwt	268.00–295.25	1,618	356
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	591	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,537	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	265.75/cwt	260.00–273.50	1,645	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	249.56/cwt	241.50–253.50	1,685	123
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,925	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	349	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,005	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	293.29/cwt	291.00–302.00	1,132	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	275.54/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,064	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,023	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	269.23/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,120	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	476	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,142	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	280.08/cwt	268.00–287.50	1,336	266
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	256.50/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,254	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	245.14/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,248	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	260.74/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,361	151
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	551	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,278	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	258.75/cwt	249.50–264.00	1,465	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	240.78/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,476	176
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,538	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 Nov 4, 2023

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

Receipts 2,763Last week 1,743Year ago 2,740

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	663	232.00	232.00
18	—	325	330.00	330.00
54	—	416	264.00–276.00	269.23
61	—	386	291.00–302.00	293.29
94	—	566	249.50–264.00	258.75
151	—	522	245.00–269.00	260.74
176	—	613	230.00–249.00	240.78
266	—	477	268.00–287.50	280.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	411	249.00	249.00
12	—	489	255.00–258.00	256.50
6	—	349	288.00	288.00
65	—	509	244.00–246.00	245.14
8	—	551	232.00	232.00
11	—	386	275.00–276.00	275.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	476	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	471	326.00–350.00	337.48
5	—	814	236.50	236.50
356	—	571	268.00–295.25	283.30
46	—	396	342.50–345.00	344.73
98	—	420	326.00–350.00	334.80
13	—	317	355.00	355.00
123	—	675	241.50–253.50	249.56
227	—	534	297.00–311.00	303.38
171	—	619	260.00–273.50	265.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	415	311.00	311.00
74	—	520	272.00	272.00
8	—	591	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	389	263.00–277.50	273.82
7	—	444	297.50	297.50
22	—	482	288.00–316.00	303.27
40	—	518	270.00–280.00	274.11

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.