Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-01-27

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 27
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
761 head
▲ 357 vs last sale 404▲ 761 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of weaned heifers and steers. Few lots of bangs vaccinated heifers. Prices on the mix side compared to two weeks 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 $459.82/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits −6.54 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.
Average price
$459.82
51 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−45.78
vs NE average
−24.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564459.822,59351
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 sale51 hd
459.82
—
NE average8 barns · 2,037 hd
505.60
−45.78
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
−24.28
This barn, trailing median4 sales
466.36
−6.54
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

15 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
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,49110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575454.90/cwt430.00–466.002,61641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4526
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618439.61/cwt412.50–449.002,71723
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670418.53/cwt389.50–426.502,804103
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713404.38/cwt394.75–408.002,88377
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,96662
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783350.50/cwt350.50–350.502,7447
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1847354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,99813
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875360.00/cwt360.00–360.003,15016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1658
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,35922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1589416.98/cwt413.00–426.002,45619
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631394.03/cwt387.50–397.002,48693
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690374.34/cwt361.00–381.002,58373

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.