Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2025-04-15

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
980 head
▼ 611 vs last sale 1,591▲ 980 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads with mostly packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will applicable it's been awhile since last sale. Demand moderate to good on calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.73/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −86.82 against this barn's trailing median of $423.55.
Average price
$336.73
111 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,892
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.01
vs NE average
+15.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562338.831,904105
Medium and Large 1-2558300.001,6746thin
One grade step is worth $38.83/cwt here — about $230 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 sale111 hd
336.73
—
NE average6 barns · 1,199 hd
339.74
−3.01
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
+15.55
This barn, trailing median4 sales
423.55
−86.82
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
464431398365median 423.5503/1004/1410/1310/2710/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.45, low $379.34, median $423.55 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,4045
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1349412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,4407
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,73912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470389.50/cwt382.50–403.001,83134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524366.96/cwt355.00–384.001,92331
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570347.64/cwt335.00–351.001,98229
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,09657
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679318.78/cwt313.00–321.002,16561
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780319.50/cwt319.50–319.502,49285
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,53418
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360414.05/cwt412.50–415.001,49113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,73412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511345.35/cwt345.00–346.001,76520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6746
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574337.29/cwt325.00–341.001,93685
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9345
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688300.56/cwt289.00–302.002,068221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733282.51/cwt281.00–283.502,071118
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1787269.50/cwt269.50–269.502,1219
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1525
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1679290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9697

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.