Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 lbs steers and 500 lbs heifers sold sharply higher while 550 lbs steers sold 6.00 higher and 500 and 600 lbs steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Harvest cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. There was a good crowd on hand today for good strings and packages of mainly preconditioned calves coming strait off the cow. Trade today was moderate with demand being moderate to good throughout the sale. Gordons next sale will be a feeder calf special November 5.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.60/cwt on 794 head.

Average price

$162.60

794 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$14.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.30

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	163.25	907	759
Medium and Large 1-2	584	148.52	868	35

One grade step is worth $14.74/cwt here — about $39 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 sale794 hd

162.60

—

NE average10 barns · 18,187 hd

160.30

+2.30

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	—	Average	1,730	64.33	1,113	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,685	53.45	901	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	49.54	610	221
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	38.84	444	94

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	606	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	498	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,102	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,284	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.69/cwt	142.00–146.50	684	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	788	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	144.93/cwt	140.00–147.00	625	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	148.84/cwt	142.00–151.10	774	314
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	757	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	137.72/cwt	137.00–138.00	730	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	175.79/cwt	170.00–180.00	754	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	178.10/cwt	169.00–179.00	867	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	164.19/cwt	160.00–173.00	878	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	158.53/cwt	155.00–160.50	900	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	155.36/cwt	155.25–155.50	987	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	838	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	661	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	929	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	611	146.26/cwt	146.00–147.00	894	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	882	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	996	75.19/cwt	70.00–79.00	749	4
Bulls	—	—	1,772	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,276	1
Bulls	—	—	1,724	63.23/cwt	60.50–65.00	1,090	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	44.29/cwt	41.00–47.50	604	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,352	62.34/cwt	56.50–68.50	843	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,213	48.28/cwt	39.00–55.50	586	191
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	53.45/cwt	49.50–57.50	901	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	46.19/cwt	44.00–48.50	559	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	37.77/cwt	30.50–43.50	428	82

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 Oct 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,659Last week 1,339Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 343Last week 96Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	332	150.00	150.00
10	—	1,102	116.50	116.50
42	—	473	142.00–146.50	144.69
67	—	553	142.50	142.50
82	—	431	140.00–147.00	144.93
314	—	520	142.00–151.10	148.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	600	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	136.00	136.00
7	—	561	135.00	135.00
10	—	530	137.00–138.00	137.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	429	170.00–180.00	175.79
134	—	487	169.00–179.00	178.10
167	—	535	160.00–173.00	164.19
251	—	568	155.00–160.50	158.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	659	147.25	147.25
167	—	635	155.25–155.50	155.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	160.00	160.00
9	—	555	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	661	140.50	140.50
12	—	611	146.00–147.00	146.26

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	86.00	86.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	996	70.00–79.00	75.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,772	72.00	72.00
7	—	1,724	60.50–65.00	63.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,363	41.00–47.50	44.29
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,352	56.50–68.50	62.34
191	—	1,213	39.00–55.50	48.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,685	49.50–57.50	53.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,210	44.00–48.50	46.19
82	—	1,133	30.50–43.50	37.77

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle