Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2025-10-28

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 28
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
1,706 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 1,609▲ 1,706 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads mostly made up of packages of bawling heifers and steers. Some weaned not very long, most had preconditioned shots. Prices on the lower side compared to a week ago. 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 $440.45/cwt on 515 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −25.91 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.
Average price
$440.45
515 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,423
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$60.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.14
vs NE average
+10.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549441.992,426502
Medium and Large 1-2596381.002,27113thin
One grade step is worth $60.99/cwt here — about $155 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 sale515 hd
440.45
—
NE average8 barns · 5,438 hd
471.59
−31.14
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
+10.73
This barn, trailing median4 sales
466.36
−25.91
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.

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,75942
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374489.03/cwt475.00–500.001,82934
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413472.13/cwt452.50–492.501,95083
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492467.26/cwt430.00–475.002,299168
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy503490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,46597
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533431.99/cwt421.00–440.002,30392
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy551454.50/cwt454.50–454.502,50495
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575419.40/cwt409.00–426.002,412218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,27113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620365.83/cwt363.00–371.002,26861
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680340.66/cwt329.00–353.002,31610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy407508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,06823
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419446.42/cwt430.00–450.001,87028
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Replacement474453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,14787
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482399.48/cwt390.00–420.001,92535
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,85513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement509436.50/cwt436.50–436.502,222186
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527379.48/cwt371.00–392.502,00082
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578347.23/cwt336.00–355.002,00727
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1604332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0085

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.