Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-04-14

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
1,205 head
▲ 505 vs last sale 700▲ 225 vs year ago 980 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads of steers. Most made up of packages of weaned, a few bawlers of heifers and steers. Some heifers bangs vaccinated for replacement purposes. No trend will be applicable been over a month since last reported sale. 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 $481.43/cwt on 52 head, up $0.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +15.07 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.
Average price
$481.43
▲ 0.32 vs prior sale
52 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−33.70
vs NE average
−6.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563481.432,71052
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 sale52 hd
481.43
—
NE average7 barns · 1,392 hd
515.14
−33.70
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
−6.92
This barn, trailing median4 sales
466.36
+15.07
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

18 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487507.50/cwt490.00–525.002,47218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,6735
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568477.33/cwt476.50–480.002,71147
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,7747
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1693423.41/cwt423.00–429.502,93479
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,5457
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775393.77/cwt389.00–400.503,05252
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816386.44/cwt363.00–389.503,153277
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887375.69/cwt374.75–378.003,332237
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,18716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461493.45/cwt492.50–495.002,27513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532450.45/cwt445.00–460.002,39630
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630392.66/cwt391.00–397.002,47418
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,41120
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736366.49/cwt351.00–372.502,697136
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779364.37/cwt360.00–368.002,83887
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813335.42/cwt333.00–336.502,72723
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1969316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,0625

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.