Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2022-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Prices higher and lower on certain weights. Demand moderate to good with good attendance at sale. Next sale November 5th with a feeder calf.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $201.80/cwt on 1,351 head.

Average price

$201.80

1,351 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$8.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.23

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	202.63	1,168	1,225
Medium and Large 1-2	544	193.75	1,053	126

One grade step is worth $8.88/cwt here — about $115 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 sale1,351 hd

201.80

—

NE average11 barns · 13,945 hd

206.03

−4.23

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

26 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	—	389	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	951	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,323	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	174.61/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,207	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	210.28/cwt	210.00–211.00	791	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	191.25/cwt	183.00–200.00	912	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	616	201.75/cwt	201.75–201.75	1,243	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	175.40/cwt	174.50–176.50	1,235	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	234.77/cwt	231.00–238.50	1,106	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,105	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	182.85/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,126	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	184.23/cwt	172.50–189.85	1,242	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	194.64/cwt	188.00–207.00	1,209	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	201.88/cwt	193.00–211.00	1,155	434
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,321	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,053	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	177.40/cwt	174.00–179.50	866	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	230.76/cwt	220.00–235.00	967	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	207.80/cwt	196.00–215.00	1,076	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	177.57/cwt	172.50–183.00	1,007	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	216.99/cwt	216.75–217.50	1,204	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	185.78/cwt	175.00–193.00	983	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	188.91/cwt	185.00–197.50	826	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,113	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	988	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	514	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,056	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	178.94/cwt	172.50–184.00	1,095	86

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 22, 2022

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

Receipts 2,564Last week 1,943Year ago 1,831

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Prices higher and lower on certain weights. Demand moderate to good with good attendance at sale. Next sale November 5th with a feeder calf.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	389	244.50	244.50
9	—	469	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	691	171.00–178.00	174.61
28	—	376	210.00–211.00	210.28
77	—	477	183.00–200.00	191.25
133	—	567	172.50–183.00	177.57
205	—	529	175.00–193.00	185.78
129	—	437	185.00–197.50	188.91
86	—	612	172.50–184.00	178.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	616	201.75	201.75
225	—	514	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	638	165.00	165.00
13	—	488	174.00–179.50	177.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	704	174.50–176.50	175.40
60	—	471	231.00–238.50	234.77
167	—	674	172.50–189.85	184.23
206	—	621	188.00–207.00	194.64
434	—	572	193.00–211.00	201.88
13	—	777	170.00	170.00
84	—	419	220.00–235.00	230.76
149	—	518	196.00–215.00	207.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	591	187.00	187.00
20	—	616	180.00–186.00	182.85
22	—	653	170.50	170.50
72	—	482	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	555	216.75–217.50	216.99

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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