Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder calves. Been several weeks since last feeder sale so no trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good with good attendance with snow in the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.15/cwt on 779 head.

Average price

$172.15

779 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,186

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$285

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

$1.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	173.18	905	11thin
Medium and Large 1	691	172.14	1,190	768

One grade step is worth $1.05/cwt here — about −$285 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 sale779 hd

172.15

—

NE average4 barns · 4,449 hd

173.84

−1.69

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	986	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	163.89/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,252	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	993	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	169.29/cwt	163.50–171.00	1,229	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	181.77/cwt	178.75–183.75	1,131	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	165.42/cwt	164.00–169.50	1,120	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,326	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	183.94/cwt	175.00–189.00	1,043	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	194.18/cwt	191.00–197.50	936	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	170.37/cwt	160.00–174.00	975	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	158.66/cwt	157.25–160.00	998	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	180.35/cwt	179.50–182.00	858	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	173.64/cwt	171.50–179.00	929	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,090	37

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 Jan 4, 2022

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

Receipts 1,475Last week 1,924Year ago 0

Quality run of feeder calves. Been several weeks since last feeder sale so no trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good with good attendance with snow in the area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	516	191.00	191.00
239	—	764	162.00–168.00	163.89
221	—	726	163.50–171.00	169.29
166	—	622	178.75–183.75	181.77
46	—	677	164.00–169.50	165.42
8	—	881	150.50	150.50
41	—	567	175.00–189.00	183.94
35	—	482	191.00–197.50	194.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	602	165.00	165.00
5	—	427	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
272	—	572	160.00–174.00	170.37
147	—	629	157.25–160.00	158.66
67	—	476	179.50–182.00	180.35
65	—	535	171.50–179.00	173.64
37	—	711	153.25	153.25

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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