Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a market trend not applicable. Demand good to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.65/cwt on 342 head.

Average price

$163.65

342 head · 757 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$299

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

$7.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

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	570	169.97	968	34
Medium and Large 1	778	162.95	1,267	308

One grade step is worth $7.02/cwt here — about −$299 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 sale342 hd

163.65

—

NE average4 barns · 3,833 hd

162.60

+1.05

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

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,068	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	149.46/cwt	148.75–150.00	1,094	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	150.47/cwt	148.50–151.75	1,147	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	147.45/cwt	147.10–148.00	1,214	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	151.04/cwt	151.00–151.25	1,311	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	158.48/cwt	156.00–166.50	1,238	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	164.56/cwt	161.00–166.00	1,004	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,318	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	970	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	946	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,176	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,058	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	153.66/cwt	146.50–154.50	1,412	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	968	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,384	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.

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Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE

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First reported sale in several weeks a market trend not applicable. Demand good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	698	153.00	153.00
16	—	732	148.75–150.00	149.46
25	—	762	148.50–151.75	150.47
90	—	823	147.10–148.00	147.45
5	—	596	163.00	163.00
5	—	968	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	868	151.00–151.25	151.04
37	—	781	156.00–166.50	158.48
72	—	849	155.25	155.25
6	—	433	196.00	196.00
14	—	490	193.00	193.00
33	—	677	173.75	173.75
45	—	588	180.00	180.00
69	—	919	146.50–154.50	153.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	610	161.00–166.00	164.56
5	—	470	176.00	176.00
6	—	548	177.00	177.00
5	—	550	175.00	175.00

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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