Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Light run of yearlings and spring feeder calves. Trend not applicable been several weeks. Demand was moderate to good. Received a little rain in the area. Next spring feeder calf sale Oct. 19.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.55/cwt on 671 head.

Average price

$178.55

671 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$8.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.20

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	178.79	984	652
Medium and Large 1-2	467	170.51	797	19thin

One grade step is worth $8.28/cwt here — about $187 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 sale671 hd

178.55

—

NE average12 barns · 16,966 hd

171.35

+7.20

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

17 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	—	582	172.65/cwt	163.00–178.50	1,005	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	160.32/cwt	151.50–163.00	1,060	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	178.97/cwt	176.00–179.50	873	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	892	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	532	183.70/cwt	183.50–184.25	977	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	468	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	917	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	158.89/cwt	157.00–160.50	763	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	176.76/cwt	173.50–181.00	780	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	836	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,288	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	146.40/cwt	142.50–147.25	848	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	151.01/cwt	144.50–152.50	785	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,282	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,368	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	145.40/cwt	142.50–147.50	1,130	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	980	6

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 12, 2021

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

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Light run of yearlings and spring feeder calves. Trend not applicable been several weeks. Demand was moderate to good. Received a little rain in the area. Next spring feeder calf sale Oct. 19.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	582	163.00–178.50	172.65
66	—	661	151.50–163.00	160.32
39	—	488	176.00–179.50	178.97
21	—	549	162.50	162.50
12	—	418	200.00	200.00
6	—	888	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
285	—	532	183.50–184.25	183.70
63	—	468	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	441	173.50–181.00	176.76
5	—	541	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	480	157.00–160.50	158.89
94	—	579	142.50–147.25	146.40
32	—	520	144.50–152.50	151.01
16	—	919	139.50	139.50
13	—	988	138.50	138.50
12	—	777	142.50–147.50	145.40
6	—	695	141.00	141.00

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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