Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2022-03-15

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 15
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
1,412 head
347 vs last sale 1,759 1,412 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers, steers, and a few bulls. Been over a month since last feeder sale. Steers on the higher side and lower on the heifers. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.63/cwt on 844 head.
Average price
$186.63
844 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,240
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$134
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.21
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592187.501,11028
Medium and Large 1667186.601,244816
One grade step is worth $0.90/cwt here — about −$134 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 sale844 hd
186.63
NE average6 barns · 6,391 hd
176.42
+10.21
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

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1357191.00/cwt191.00–191.006828
BullsMedium and Large 1407180.00/cwt180.00–180.007338
BullsMedium and Large 1723138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,00115
BullsMedium and Large 1658160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,05327
BullsMedium and Large 1462193.30/cwt191.00–205.5089344
HeifersMedium and Large 1738145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0709
SteersMedium and Large 1657183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2025
SteersMedium and Large 1751165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,2436
SteersMedium and Large 1510216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,10499
SteersMedium and Large 1643182.25/cwt182.25–182.251,172101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,11028
SteersMedium and Large 1870157.81/cwt144.50–158.251,373231
HeifersMedium and Large 1907127.16/cwt124.50–128.501,15315
HeifersMedium and Large 1574170.58/cwt169.75–171.5097946
SteersMedium and Large 1326220.00/cwt220.00–220.007175
SteersMedium and Large 1402210.00/cwt210.00–210.0084434
HeifersMedium and Large 1419187.59/cwt187.50–188.0078658
HeifersMedium and Large 1493188.65/cwt181.00–190.2593069
HeifersMedium and Large 1663161.14/cwt153.75–162.501,06874
SteersMedium and Large 1483220.03/cwt218.00–220.251,06389
SteersMedium and Large 1740168.57/cwt159.00–169.101,247114
SteersMedium and Large 1586204.73/cwt199.50–208.001,200132

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.