Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-01-13

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 13
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Feeder Cattle receipts
404 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 392▲ 404 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 0▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few packages of pairs, bred cows, and bred heifers. Plus a few packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable been awhile since last sale. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $454.57/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 5 of 4 comparable sales and sits +31.02 against this barn's trailing median of $423.55.
Average price
$454.57
169 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$274
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.36
vs NE average
+41.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546455.472,488164
Medium and Large 1-2521425.002,2145thin
One grade step is worth $30.47/cwt here — about $274 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 sale169 hd
454.57
—
NE average11 barns · 3,686 hd
450.20
+4.36
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
+41.09
This barn, trailing median4 sales
423.55
+31.02
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.

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$3,45032
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$2,88520
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,051$4,42433
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,376$4,20010

Every lot, as filed

16 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2925
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417548.82/cwt540.00–560.002,28911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464524.29/cwt517.50–530.002,43334
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533471.37/cwt445.00–485.002,51225
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,8556
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,95635
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437493.06/cwt485.00–500.002,15513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474473.29/cwt462.50–484.002,24376
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2145
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528464.33/cwt442.50–485.002,452103
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577440.50/cwt440.50–440.502,54261
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,4487
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0514,423.59/head4,050.00–4,510.004,42433
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,2402,885.00/head2,885.00–2,885.002,88520
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2653,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,45032
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3764,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,20010

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.