Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice packages of bawler heifers and steers. Prices on the mix side mostly on the lower side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.39/cwt on 593 head.

Average price

$311.39

593 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$18.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs NE average

+10.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	311.79	1,689	580
Medium and Large 1-2	537	293.25	1,575	13thin

One grade step is worth $18.54/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale593 hd

311.39

—

NE average10 barns · 8,003 hd

311.63

−0.24

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

+10.70

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

21 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 1-2	300–350	318	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,387	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	327.39/cwt	307.00–336.50	1,680	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	273.40/cwt	261.00–280.50	1,452	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	295.89/cwt	283.00–303.00	1,414	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	329.31/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,429	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	293.25/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,575	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	337.72/cwt	327.00–342.00	1,624	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	365.90/cwt	349.00–375.00	1,529	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,724	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	257.93/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,757	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,380	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	298.58/cwt	284.00–308.25	1,690	314
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	309.09/cwt	294.00–312.00	1,311	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	338.00/cwt	321.00–340.00	1,308	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,247	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	255.34/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,588	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,591	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,446	5

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 Nov 2, 2024

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

Receipts 1,656Last week 2,678Year ago 0

Nice packages of bawler heifers and steers. Prices on the mix side mostly on the lower side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	375.00	375.00
26	400–450	434	320.00–337.00	329.31
13	500–550	537	289.00–300.00	293.25
5	650–700	681	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	339	407.00	407.00
141	400–450	418	349.00–375.00	365.90
164	450–500	481	327.00–342.00	337.72
266	500–550	513	307.00–336.50	327.39
314	550–600	566	284.00–308.25	298.58
19	600–650	620	278.00	278.00
17	650–700	681	253.00–267.00	257.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	420	270.00	270.00
13	600–650	611	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	337	370.00	370.00
48	350–400	387	321.00–340.00	338.00
61	400–450	424	294.00–312.00	309.09
127	450–500	478	283.00–303.00	295.89
177	500–550	531	261.00–280.50	273.40
5	550–600	565	256.00	256.00
11	600–650	622	250.00–262.00	255.34
6	650–700	652	244.00	244.00

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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