Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder calves with a good attendance at sale. Prices little lower on lighter weights and a little higher on heavy weights. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.08/cwt on 1,003 head.

Average price

$170.08

1,003 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$8.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.18

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	170.57	986	945
Medium and Large 1-2	444	162.22	720	58

One grade step is worth $8.34/cwt here — about $265 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 sale1,003 hd

170.08

—

NE average11 barns · 17,781 hd

175.27

−5.18

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

16 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	—	387	161.46/cwt	160.00–163.00	625	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	147.79/cwt	141.00–150.00	693	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	146.91/cwt	138.50–148.00	887	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	853	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	148.03/cwt	144.00–153.50	789	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	753	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	173.19/cwt	170.00–174.75	923	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	164.28/cwt	152.50–168.50	1,101	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	164.69/cwt	158.50–173.50	1,029	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	171.94/cwt	164.50–176.00	966	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	619	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	723	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	656	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	158.31/cwt	150.00–162.00	754	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	189.48/cwt	188.00–191.00	809	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	181.36/cwt	175.00–184.50	878	87

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 Nov 2, 2021

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

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Quality run of feeder calves with a good attendance at sale. Prices little lower on lighter weights and a little higher on heavy weights. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	387	160.00–163.00	161.46
66	—	469	141.00–150.00	147.79
71	—	604	138.50–148.00	146.91
90	—	586	145.50	145.50
108	—	533	144.00–153.50	148.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	373	202.00	202.00
109	—	533	170.00–174.75	173.19
113	—	670	152.50–168.50	164.28
268	—	625	158.50–173.50	164.69
340	—	562	164.50–176.00	171.94
23	—	427	188.00–191.00	189.48
87	—	484	175.00–184.50	181.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	342	181.00	181.00
9	—	397	182.00	182.00
12	—	437	150.00	150.00
32	—	476	150.00–162.00	158.31

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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