Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2019-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers sold unevenly steady with 500 lbs heifers selling 6.00 lower and harvest cows and bulls selling steady to 2.00 higher. There was a good crowd on hand today for big strings and packages of mainly preconditioned bawling calves. Trade today was good with demand being moderate to good throughout the sale. Gordon's next sale will be a feeder calf special November 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.87/cwt on 1,607 head.

Average price

$162.87

1,607 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$19.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.46

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	163.31	854	1,571
Medium and Large 1-2	582	143.47	834	36

One grade step is worth $19.84/cwt here — about $20 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 sale1,607 hd

162.87

—

NE average12 barns · 21,347 hd

160.41

+2.46

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	—	Low	1,585	78.90	1,251	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,571	69.09	1,085	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	54.68	717	150
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,190	43.09	513	39

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,703	65.35/cwt	64.00–66.50	1,113	2
Bulls	—	—	1,862	74.00/cwt	70.50–78.50	1,378	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	69.09/cwt	65.50–71.00	1,085	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	48.50/cwt	46.00–51.00	573	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	40.96/cwt	32.50–45.00	489	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	53.79/cwt	52.50–56.00	729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	170.17/cwt	160.00–174.00	822	416
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	68.60/cwt	65.50–70.00	815	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	81.40/cwt	75.00–87.00	838	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	166.53/cwt	164.00–170.25	849	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	155.53/cwt	153.50–161.50	883	603
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	514	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	181.71/cwt	172.50–183.50	752	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	179.11/cwt	179.00–181.00	682	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	142.55/cwt	130.00–145.00	748	239
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	144.09/cwt	137.50–145.00	683	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	874	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	47.47/cwt	35.00–51.00	623	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	264	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	160.16/cwt	160.00–161.00	546	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	138.20/cwt	136.00–138.50	786	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	152.83/cwt	147.50–154.50	657	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	153.36/cwt	153.00–157.00	580	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	491	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	835	319
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	637	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	863	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,006	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	708	141.14/cwt	141.00–141.50	999	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	153.82/cwt	147.00–154.75	944	106
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,053	99.79/cwt	97.50–102.00	1,051	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,352	61.54/cwt	57.00–72.50	832	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,271	52.47/cwt	45.00–56.50	667	61

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 Nov 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,841Last week 1,659Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 216Last week 343Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 6Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	64.00–66.50	65.35
3	—	1,862	70.50–78.50	74.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	97.50–102.00	99.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,571	65.50–71.00	69.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,182	46.00–51.00	48.50
28	—	1,193	32.50–45.00	40.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,356	52.50–56.00	53.79
30	—	1,313	35.00–51.00	47.47
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,352	57.00–72.50	61.54
61	—	1,271	45.00–56.50	52.47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
416	—	483	160.00–174.00	170.17
269	—	510	164.00–170.25	166.53
603	—	568	153.50–161.50	155.53
13	—	278	185.00	185.00
31	—	414	172.50–183.50	181.71
105	—	381	179.00–181.00	179.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	411	150.00	150.00
5	—	540	155.00	155.00
6	—	676	140.00	140.00
8	—	580	140.00	140.00
12	—	624	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	654	153.75	153.75
21	—	708	141.00–141.50	141.14
106	—	614	147.00–154.75	153.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	525	130.00–145.00	142.55
329	—	474	137.50–145.00	144.09
9	—	264	160.00	160.00
32	—	341	160.00–161.00	160.16
52	—	569	136.00–138.50	138.20
58	—	430	147.50–154.50	152.83
65	—	378	153.00–157.00	153.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
319	—	491	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	637	135.50	135.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,188	65.50–70.00	68.60
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	73	—	1,029	75.00–87.00	81.40

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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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

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Replacement Cattle