Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of quality feeder cattle some not weaned. Been several weeks since last feeder calf sale. No trend will be applicable. Good attendance with demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.46/cwt on 1,148 head.

Average price

$185.46

1,148 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$12.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.89

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	626	185.82	1,164	1,116
Medium and Large 1-2	583	172.98	1,008	32

One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $156 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 sale1,148 hd

185.46

—

NE average10 barns · 15,694 hd

182.57

+2.89

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

25 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 1Unweaned	—	616	146.11/cwt	142.00–149.00	900	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	598	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	888	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	866	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	210.78/cwt	210.00–213.00	955	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	173.50/cwt	171.00–176.00	906	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	730	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,325	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	171.21/cwt	164.00–171.75	1,241	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,244	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	959	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	939	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	179.27/cwt	174.00–181.75	1,217	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	663	185.75/cwt	185.75–185.75	1,232	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	172.74/cwt	169.50–174.00	1,054	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	196.75/cwt	187.00–200.75	1,047	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,065	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	187.43/cwt	180.50–193.50	1,089	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	663	160.75/cwt	159.00–163.50	1,066	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	176.32/cwt	175.00–178.75	929	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	165.00/cwt	155.50–167.50	970	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	178.31/cwt	173.00–182.00	859	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,025	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	162.00/cwt	159.50–164.00	1,013	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,130	7

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 Dec 14, 2021

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

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Nice run of quality feeder cattle some not weaned. Been several weeks since last feeder calf sale. No trend will be applicable. Good attendance with demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	616	142.00–149.00	146.11
15	—	598	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	541	160.00	160.00
5	—	480	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	527	175.00–178.75	176.32
150	—	588	155.50–167.50	165.00
120	—	482	173.00–182.00	178.31
37	—	669	153.25	153.25
11	—	625	159.50–164.00	162.00
7	—	766	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	453	210.00–213.00	210.78
70	—	725	164.00–171.75	171.21
8	—	763	163.00	163.00
24	—	446	215.00	215.00
172	—	679	174.00–181.75	179.27
7	—	399	214.00	214.00
271	—	532	187.00–200.75	196.75
119	—	581	180.50–193.50	187.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	522	171.00–176.00	173.50
22	—	610	169.50–174.00	172.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	730	181.50	181.50
179	—	663	185.75	185.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	494	190.00	190.00
17	—	623	171.00	171.00
55	—	663	159.00–163.50	160.75

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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