Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2024-01-23

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 23
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
866 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 829▼ 1,589 vs year ago 2,455 · −64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand on quality weaned heifers and steers was moderate to good. With weather in low 40's prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $285.29/cwt on 503 head.
Average price
$285.29
503 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,800
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$272
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.83
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633285.731,808489
Medium and Large 1-2570269.751,53614thin
One grade step is worth $15.98/cwt here — about $272 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 sale503 hd
285.29
—
NE average11 barns · 17,817 hd
271.46
+13.83
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

18 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1425311.07/cwt305.00–321.001,32219
Steers—Medium and Large 1474316.50/cwt316.50–316.501,50019
Steers—Medium and Large 1534312.82/cwt307.00–315.001,67076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4857
Steers—Medium and Large 1572306.62/cwt293.00–311.001,754102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2599264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,5847
Steers—Medium and Large 1634274.05/cwt272.50–275.001,73716
Steers—Medium and Large 1664275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,82663
Steers—Medium and Large 1700271.50/cwt271.50–271.501,901122
Steers—Medium and Large 1779248.85/cwt248.85–248.851,93972
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,25914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463280.45/cwt275.00–292.001,29873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528280.79/cwt265.00–285.501,48344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567272.65/cwt260.00–275.501,54678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,55317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,62432

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.