Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of feeder cattle. Market steady to a few dollars lower. Large attendance demand moderate to good. Little rain in the area. Next feeder calf sale Oct 26.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.49/cwt on 1,142 head.

Average price

$166.49

1,142 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$13.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.17

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	168.88	989	947
Medium and Large 1-2	571	154.90	884	195

One grade step is worth $13.99/cwt here — about $104 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 sale1,142 hd

166.49

—

NE average10 barns · 15,141 hd

172.67

−6.17

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

24 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 1-2	—	611	150.15/cwt	142.50–153.00	917	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	167.95/cwt	165.50–170.50	878	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	156.88/cwt	150.00–163.00	802	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	147.54/cwt	145.00–148.00	794	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	137.59/cwt	135.00–139.00	816	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	146.61/cwt	142.50–152.00	856	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	140.57/cwt	135.00–145.00	959	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	166.40/cwt	159.75–171.00	1,020	432
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	182.82/cwt	174.00–188.50	951	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	165.33/cwt	157.50–173.50	944	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	152.71/cwt	149.00–155.00	881	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	158.16/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,049	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	171.25/cwt	169.00–180.00	800	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	137.77/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,069	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	192.38/cwt	191.00–195.00	783	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	761	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	162.15/cwt	160.00–170.00	692	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	157.33/cwt	155.00–159.00	741	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	910	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	869	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	176.54/cwt	176.00–177.00	671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	424	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	757	27

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 19, 2021

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

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Good run of feeder cattle. Market steady to a few dollars lower. Large attendance demand moderate to good. Little rain in the area. Next feeder calf sale Oct 26.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	611	142.50–153.00	150.15
20	—	523	165.50–170.50	167.95
11	—	682	135.00–145.00	140.57
6	—	434	176.00	176.00
88	—	577	149.00–155.00	152.71
18	—	457	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
432	—	613	159.75–171.00	166.40
179	—	520	174.00–188.50	182.82
128	—	571	157.50–173.50	165.33
107	—	663	150.00–163.00	158.16
52	—	467	169.00–180.00	171.25
23	—	776	130.00–140.00	137.77
20	—	407	191.00–195.00	192.38
6	—	388	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	511	150.00–163.00	156.88
57	—	584	142.50–152.00	146.61
41	—	427	160.00–170.00	162.15
20	—	471	155.00–159.00	157.33
15	—	667	136.50	136.50
15	—	610	142.50	142.50
13	—	380	176.00–177.00	176.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	538	145.00–148.00	147.54
14	—	593	135.00–139.00	137.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	424	178.50	178.50

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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