Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2022-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. With a few yearling cattle. No trend will be applicable been several weeks since last sale. Demand was moderate to good. Next feeder sale will be Saturday October 22nd.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $210.13/cwt on 1,050 head.

Average price

$210.13

1,050 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$25.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.29

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	212.14	1,138	968
Medium and Large 1-2	531	186.45	990	82

One grade step is worth $25.69/cwt here — about $149 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 sale1,050 hd

210.13

—

NE average9 barns · 14,902 hd

205.84

+4.29

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

23 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	—	602	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,147	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	712	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	768	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	887	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	181.32/cwt	176.50–184.00	1,034	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	240.79/cwt	240.50–242.00	828	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	230.52/cwt	217.00–236.00	1,095	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	657	177.39/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,165	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,113	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	239.42/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,008	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	957	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	181.20/cwt	181.00–183.00	973	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,265	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,317	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	181.06/cwt	175.00–188.00	945	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	890	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	201.62/cwt	192.00–206.50	855	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	538	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,189	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,307	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	209.94/cwt	206.00–214.50	1,092	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	196.50/cwt	194.00–199.00	1,116	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	187.49/cwt	181.50–199.00	1,172	144

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

Sat Oct 8, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	602	190.50	190.50
28	—	343	207.50	207.50
30	—	385	199.50	199.50
36	—	477	186.00	186.00
122	—	570	176.50–184.00	181.32
163	—	522	175.00–188.00	181.06
185	—	424	192.00–206.50	201.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	621	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	344	240.50–242.00	240.79
130	—	475	217.00–236.00	230.52
109	—	421	233.00–246.00	239.42
12	—	654	193.50	193.50
18	—	796	165.50	165.50
27	—	374	238.00	238.00
38	—	712	183.50	183.50
96	—	520	206.00–214.50	209.94
138	—	568	194.00–199.00	196.50
144	—	625	181.50–199.00	187.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	657	175.00–179.00	177.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	636	175.00	175.00
14	—	444	215.50	215.50
60	—	537	181.00–183.00	181.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	538	221.00	221.00

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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