Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2019-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market comparison is not applicable . Demand was good for yearlings off of summer grass from a short list of buyers. Unseasonably cool august temperatures prevailing in the trade area on Tuesday with highs only in the 70's.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.96/cwt on 308 head.

Average price

$139.96

308 head · 910 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$25.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	890	143.32	1,276	250
Medium and Large 1-2	785	140.70	1,104	20
Large 1	1,104	117.50	1,297	38

One grade step is worth $25.82/cwt here — about −$21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale308 hd

139.96

—

NE average8 barns · 7,124 hd

145.96

−6.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,772	80.74	1,431	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,367	62.06	848	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,662	62.02	1,031	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,209	57.25	692	21

Every lot, as filed

26 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	140.05/cwt	137.75–140.60	1,291	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,002	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,117	8
Bulls	—	—	1,945	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,721	1
Bulls	—	—	1,814	81.24/cwt	78.50–84.50	1,474	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,345	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	942	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	66.35/cwt	63.50–70.00	866	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	57.92/cwt	53.00–63.50	818	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,362	65.75/cwt	62.00–70.00	896	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,184	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	57.06/cwt	55.50–58.50	932	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,674	62.01/cwt	60.00–64.50	1,038	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	53.13/cwt	48.00–55.50	653	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	61.00/cwt	56.50–64.50	725	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	148.52/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,280	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	136.24/cwt	135.50–137.00	869	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,169	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,159	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	138.90/cwt	136.50–140.75	1,007	65
Steers	Large 1	—	1,104	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,297	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,096	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,043	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,220	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,052	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 Market - Gordon, NE

Tue Aug 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 615Last week 620Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 90Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	922	137.75–140.60	140.05
78	—	862	141.00–150.00	148.52
7	—	819	142.00	142.00
13	—	726	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	716	140.00	140.00
7	—	819	142.00	142.00
8	—	798	140.00	140.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,104	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	638	135.50–137.00	136.24
29	—	917	127.50	127.50
64	—	880	131.75	131.75
65	—	725	136.50–140.75	138.90
10	—	764	136.50	136.50
9	—	968	126.00	126.00
5	—	819	128.50	128.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	88.50	88.50
6	—	1,814	78.50–84.50	81.24
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,305	63.50–70.00	66.35
19	—	1,413	53.00–63.50	57.92
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,362	62.00–70.00	65.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	72.00	72.00
2	—	1,633	55.50–58.50	57.06
6	—	1,674	60.00–64.50	62.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,230	48.00–55.50	53.13
11	—	1,189	56.50–64.50	61.00

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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