Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers, steers, and bulls. Been several weeks since last sale no trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good. A little moisture in the area the last two weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.26/cwt on 741 head.

Average price

$164.26

741 head · 815 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$285

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

$28.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.58

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	551	192.19	1,058	16thin
Medium and Large 1	821	163.64	1,343	725

One grade step is worth $28.55/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 sale741 hd

164.26

—

NE average7 barns · 10,480 hd

178.84

−14.58

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

24 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	819	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,134	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	630	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	885	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	770	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,159	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,142	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,298	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	172.55/cwt	163.00–178.50	1,161	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,081	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	163.49/cwt	162.00–163.75	1,346	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,442	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	171.46/cwt	163.00–172.50	1,269	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	155.21/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,372	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	155.68/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,407	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,047	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,139	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	859	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	1,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	978	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	166.83/cwt	159.50–169.00	1,028	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	154.53/cwt	152.75–159.25	1,062	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	157.35/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,237	120

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 May 3, 2022

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

Receipts 1,370Last week 1,412Year ago 0

Quality run of feeder heifers, steers, and bulls. Been several weeks since last sale no trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good. A little moisture in the area the last two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	819	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	337	187.00	187.00
48	—	640	138.25	138.25
93	—	474	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	407	191.00	191.00
7	—	483	177.00	177.00
7	—	724	151.25	151.25
31	—	536	182.50	182.50
36	—	616	159.50–169.00	166.83
82	—	687	152.75–159.25	154.53
120	—	786	152.00–165.00	157.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	642	180.50	180.50
12	—	524	218.00	218.00
37	—	758	171.25	171.25
38	—	673	163.00–178.50	172.55
309	—	823	162.00–163.75	163.49
70	—	981	147.00	147.00
90	—	740	163.00–172.50	171.46
96	—	884	145.00–159.00	155.21
55	—	904	145.00–157.00	155.68
7	—	553	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	581	186.00	186.00
11	—	537	195.00	195.00

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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