Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sales from this auction. Prices where good for the quality of the cattle. A market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good on feeders and yearlings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.43/cwt on 827 head.

Average price

$152.43

827 head · 787 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$334

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

$1.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.37

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	153.75	879	32
Medium and Large 1	796	152.38	1,212	795

One grade step is worth $1.37/cwt here — about −$334 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 sale827 hd

152.43

—

NE average5 barns · 2,952 hd

149.06

+3.37

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

25 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	—	612	175.05/cwt	174.50–176.00	1,071	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,049	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	781	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,252	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,118	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	168.47/cwt	163.50–170.00	1,211	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	981	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	578	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	977	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	991	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,536	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	165.79/cwt	164.00–169.50	877	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	693	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,078	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,270	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	153.12/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,269	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	152.55/cwt	149.50–153.25	1,367	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	159.04/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,094	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	140.60/cwt	138.75–141.00	1,315	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	158.10/cwt	158.10–158.10	1,186	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	168.83/cwt	165.50–175.00	991	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	162.06/cwt	160.50–162.25	1,079	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	134.79/cwt	131.50–135.25	1,396	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	153.10/cwt	153.10–153.10	1,277	65

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 3, 2021

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

Receipts 1,252Last week 2,841Year ago 0

First reported sales from this auction. Prices where good for the quality of the cattle. A market trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good on feeders and yearlings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	612	174.50–176.00	175.05
13	—	567	185.00	185.00
42	—	761	164.50	164.50
61	—	719	163.50–170.00	168.47
14	—	829	151.00–156.00	153.12
32	—	896	149.50–153.25	152.55
28	—	688	156.00–168.00	159.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	451	165.00	165.00
5	—	571	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	991	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	165.00	165.00
25	—	529	164.00–169.50	165.79
27	—	899	141.25	141.25
226	—	935	138.75–141.00	140.60
150	—	750	158.10	158.10
104	—	587	165.50–175.00	168.83
90	—	666	160.50–162.25	162.06
65	—	1,036	131.50–135.25	134.79
65	—	834	153.10	153.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	493	158.50	158.50
6	—	834	134.00	134.00
6	—	672	146.00	146.00
10	—	432	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	169.00	169.00
30	—	693	155.50	155.50

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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