Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale of mostly bawler calves with a few yearlings coming of short dry grass. A few lot loads with the rest in packages. Prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.96/cwt on 648 head.

Average price

$311.96

648 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$37.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.04

vs NE average

+12.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	314.15	1,720	610
Medium and Large 1-2	580	276.72	1,604	38

One grade step is worth $37.44/cwt here — about $116 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 sale648 hd

311.96

—

NE average12 barns · 7,422 hd

309.92

+2.04

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+12.92

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

23 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	309.65/cwt	291.00–316.00	1,753	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	284.98/cwt	265.00–293.00	1,496	385
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	310.63/cwt	308.00–317.00	1,354	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	337.85/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,625	487
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	320.59/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,670	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	381.85/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,413	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	281.55/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,763	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	351.43/cwt	345.00–363.00	1,469	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,724	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,241	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	527	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,726	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	345.05/cwt	337.50–353.00	1,301	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	276.10/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,621	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	269.71/cwt	262.50–277.00	1,246	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	296.97/cwt	281.00–308.50	1,422	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	330.60/cwt	317.50–342.00	1,088	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	347.25/cwt	335.00–367.00	1,309	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,551	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,310	10

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Gordon Livestock Auction - Feeder Cattle Special (Seasonal) - Gordon, NE

Sat Oct 26, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,678Last week 867Year ago 0

Sale of mostly bawler calves with a few yearlings coming of short dry grass. A few lot loads with the rest in packages. Prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	331	375.00	375.00
91	350–400	370	370.00–392.50	381.85
80	400–450	418	345.00–363.00	351.43
487	450–500	481	315.00–347.00	337.85
251	500–550	521	305.00–327.00	320.59
359	550–600	566	291.00–316.00	309.65
67	600–650	626	267.50–290.00	281.55
19	650–700	653	264.00	264.00
6	800–850	827	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	377	337.50–353.00	345.05
16	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
6	500–550	541	280.00	280.00
32	550–600	587	265.00–282.00	276.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	300–350	329	317.50–342.00	330.60
55	350–400	377	335.00–367.00	347.25
230	400–450	436	308.00–317.00	310.63
155	450–500	479	281.00–308.50	296.97
385	500–550	525	265.00–293.00	284.98
18	550–600	599	259.00	259.00
11	600–650	612	253.00	253.00
10	1050–1100	1,050	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	500–550	527	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	462	262.50–277.00	269.71

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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