Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2024-11-12

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 12
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Feeder Cattle receipts
550 head
▼ 571 vs last sale 1,121▼ 2,213 vs year ago 2,763 · −80.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 0▲ 167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale packages of bawler heifers and steers. Prices about the same as their weekend sale about 10 days ago. Nice groups of bred cows along with the sale will be calving in April and May. Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $317.06/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −149.29 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.
Average price
$317.06
154 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$47.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.36
vs NE average
+11.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557322.631,797136
Medium and Large 1-2551275.001,51518thin
One grade step is worth $47.63/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale154 hd
317.06
—
NE average10 barns · 3,361 hd
311.71
+5.36
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
+11.62
This barn, trailing median4 sales
466.36
−149.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
495471446421median 466.3603/1004/1410/1310/2710/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.43, low $434.85, median $466.36 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,106$2,28520
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,425$2,27333
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,288$1,862109

Every lot, as filed

21 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1314391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,2286
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,1405
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381348.59/cwt335.00–368.001,32856
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1444339.81/cwt339.50–341.001,50969
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458328.52/cwt321.00–336.001,50569
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,73638
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,51518
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,81898
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613298.45/cwt283.00–307.001,82923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,2507
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy355376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,3357
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1976
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362356.86/cwt347.00–362.001,29228
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,30123
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518269.11/cwt267.00–271.001,39421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,47415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,5036
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1062,284.90/head2,225.00–2,350.002,28520
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2581,680.59/head1,650.00–1,700.001,68115
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,2931,890.58/head1,635.00–2,035.001,89194
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4252,272.69/head2,125.00–2,350.002,27333

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.