Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-10-13

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Oct 13
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
727 head
▼ 478 vs last sale 1,205▲ 727 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of just weaned heifers and steers with a few preg. open heifers. Most calves had preconditioned shots. First feeder sale in awhile so no trend will be applicable. 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 $451.61/cwt on 117 head, down $29.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −14.75 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.
Average price
$451.61
▼ 29.83 vs prior sale
117 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$298
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.76
vs NE average
+19.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553452.772,504111
Medium and Large 1-2513430.002,2066thin
One grade step is worth $22.77/cwt here — about $298 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale117 hd
451.61
—
NE average9 barns · 4,769 hd
460.36
−8.76
National average190 barns · 30,929 hd
432.29
+19.32
This barn, trailing median4 sales
466.36
−14.75
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

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1392575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,2548
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413537.45/cwt530.00–545.002,22010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482505.55/cwt491.00–537.502,43776
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,41013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2066
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531471.75/cwt467.50–481.002,50550
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571437.22/cwt425.00–445.502,49761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618415.87/cwt397.00–424.002,57051
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670369.83/cwt368.00–372.002,47846
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435454.75/cwt445.00–465.001,97839
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470430.25/cwt407.50–435.002,02261
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1539387.22/cwt371.00–400.002,08759
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572372.70/cwt363.00–380.002,13270
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,20110
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811308.10/cwt300.00–314.002,49912
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,85728

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.