Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2025-12-09

Gordon

Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 9

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858

← Nov 11Dec 9Jan 13 →

Receipts

392 head

▼ 393 vs last sale 785▲ 392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of weaned and bawling calves. Most heifers and steers had spring and fall shots. No trend will be applicable since been over a month from last sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $460.60/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −5.76 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$460.60

98 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,485

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.24

vs NE average

+29.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	460.60	2,485	98

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale98 hd

460.60

—

NE average8 barns · 3,522 hd

471.84

−11.24

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+29.97

This barn, trailing median4 sales

466.36

−5.76

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

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

13 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	530.20/cwt	527.50–532.00	1,999	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,226	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,232	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	467.20/cwt	465.00–468.00	2,471	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	443.26/cwt	440.00–444.00	2,513	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,496	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,567	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,424	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,727	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	431.42/cwt	422.50–440.00	1,864	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,124	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	414.09/cwt	413.50–418.00	2,244	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	406.50/cwt	406.50–406.50	2,264	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

Tue Dec 9, 2025

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

Receipts 392Last week 785Year ago 0

Packages of weaned and bawling calves. Most heifers and steers had spring and fall shots. No trend will be applicable since been over a month from last sale. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	377	527.50–532.00	530.20
16	400–450	426	522.50	522.50
6	450–500	451	495.00	495.00
71	500–550	529	465.00–468.00	467.20
27	550–600	567	440.00–444.00	443.26
19	600–650	620	402.50	402.50
16	650–700	692	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	365	390.00	390.00
5	400–450	429	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	432	422.50–440.00	431.42
12	450–500	485	438.00	438.00
52	500–550	542	413.50–418.00	414.09
12	550–600	557	406.50	406.50

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.