Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of feeder calves. Prices steady to a few dollars lower. Demand was moderate to good with a good attendance for sale. Next feeder calf sale Nov. 2.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.78/cwt on 938 head.

Average price

$172.78

938 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$19.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	174.08	950	877
Medium and Large 1-2	599	154.10	924	61

One grade step is worth $19.98/cwt here — about $26 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 sale938 hd

172.78

—

NE average11 barns · 17,463 hd

173.27

−0.49

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

21 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	—	1,075	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	892	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	160.97/cwt	159.00–163.00	687	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	132.00/cwt	130.00–135.50	812	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	172.12/cwt	164.50–175.50	651	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	141.53/cwt	135.00–147.00	800	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	911	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	146.89/cwt	140.50–150.00	925	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	168.41/cwt	159.00–173.25	960	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	136.39/cwt	135.50–136.50	720	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	185.87/cwt	175.00–190.50	905	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	158.48/cwt	155.00–167.00	997	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	180.99/cwt	170.00–184.25	963	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	148.75/cwt	140.50–150.50	769	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	159.80/cwt	150.50–161.00	754	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	191.81/cwt	189.50–193.00	827	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	151.17/cwt	145.00–153.50	1,017	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	196.34/cwt	190.00–200.00	772	51

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 26, 2021

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

Receipts 1,815Last week 1,831Year ago 0

Good run of feeder calves. Prices steady to a few dollars lower. Demand was moderate to good with a good attendance for sale. Next feeder calf sale Nov. 2.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,075	131.00	131.00
26	—	652	136.75	136.75
32	—	427	159.00–163.00	160.97
36	—	615	130.00–135.50	132.00
70	—	378	164.50–175.50	172.12
133	—	565	135.00–147.00	141.53
157	—	517	140.50–150.50	148.75
178	—	472	150.50–161.00	159.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	390	140.00	140.00
14	—	494	145.00	145.00
45	—	528	135.50–136.50	136.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	549	166.00	166.00
38	—	630	140.50–150.00	146.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	570	159.00–173.25	168.41
102	—	487	175.00–190.50	185.87
160	—	629	155.00–167.00	158.48
180	—	532	170.00–184.25	180.99
88	—	431	189.50–193.00	191.81
5	—	759	140.00	140.00
48	—	673	145.00–153.50	151.17
51	—	393	190.00–200.00	196.34

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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