Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2024-10-12

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 12
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3801
← earliestOct 12Oct 26
Receipts
867 head
867 vs last sale 0 867 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in awhile with a few yearlings and bawler calves. Demand moderate to good with cattle coming off short dry grass. Few lot loads while others made up in packages.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.39/cwt on 342 head.
Average price
$306.39
342 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.14
vs NE average
+12.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539310.831,674307
Medium and Large 1-2553267.461,47835
One grade step is worth $43.37/cwt here — about $196 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 sale342 hd
306.39
NE average11 barns · 5,567 hd
311.53
−5.14
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
+12.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · Gordon Livestock Auction - Feeder Cattle Special (Seasonal) - Gordon, NE
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550538258.69/cwt256.00–268.001,39248
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475279.68/cwt270.00–292.001,32830
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524319.98/cwt301.00–326.001,677225
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624284.13/cwt267.00–288.001,77390
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579285.72/cwt270.00–297.001,65482
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,41166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600557262.09/cwt257.00–268.001,46025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550542280.89/cwt272.00–290.001,52210
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500491327.60/cwt301.00–330.001,60960
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,89243
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400352391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,37615
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750701254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,78112
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650639243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,55314
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560252.27/cwt251.00–254.001,41314
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900865230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,99013
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350311330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0268
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6307
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,2507

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.