Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2022-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Quality sale of feeder heifer and steers. With the offering of weaned, not weaned, fancy, and natural calves. Demand was moderate to good. There was good attendance at the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $201.62/cwt on 1,786 head.

Average price

$201.62

1,786 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.39

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	203.01	1,171	1,668
Medium and Large 1-2	534	182.02	973	118

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,786 hd

201.62

—

NE average10 barns · 16,750 hd

208.02

−6.39

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

47 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	—	436	195.68/cwt	193.00–198.00	853	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	981	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	221.34/cwt	212.00–229.00	930	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	679	182.65/cwt	174.00–184.25	1,240	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,033	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	188.81/cwt	185.00–192.00	697	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	175.22/cwt	172.00–177.00	1,100	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	598	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,121	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	980	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	507	176.31/cwt	175.00–177.00	894	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	354	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	210.98/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,089	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	187.11/cwt	182.00–190.00	1,169	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	202.08/cwt	190.00–208.00	1,174	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	598	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,076	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	222.35/cwt	209.00–227.00	1,052	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	188.40/cwt	183.50–193.00	1,228	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	453	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	911	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	430	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	847	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	385	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	751	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	1,307	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	701	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,269	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	217.92/cwt	215.00–222.00	911	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,068	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	614	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,173	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	186.08/cwt	182.50–198.00	983	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	518	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,067	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	198.53/cwt	180.00–199.10	1,286	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	168.92/cwt	164.00–170.00	981	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,128	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	462	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	850	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	210.16/cwt	193.00–213.00	1,200	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	199.01/cwt	193.50–201.00	965	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	429	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	691	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	497	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	551	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	964	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	356	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	708	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	216.75/cwt	216.75–216.75	1,205	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	428	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	745	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	520	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	900	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	192.73/cwt	191.00–196.00	833	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	174.00/cwt	172.00–176.50	1,074	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,081	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	756	22

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 Nov 5, 2022

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

Receipts 2,740Last week 2,564Year ago 1,554

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	436	193.00–198.00	195.68
71	—	503	195.00	195.00
9	—	577	179.00	179.00
14	—	369	185.00–192.00	188.81
19	—	628	172.00–177.00	175.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	437	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	528	182.50–198.00	186.08
62	—	485	193.50–201.00	199.01
24	—	432	191.00–196.00	192.73
29	—	617	172.00–176.50	174.00
88	—	560	193.00	193.00
22	—	378	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	462	184.00	184.00
9	—	356	199.00	199.00
26	—	428	174.00	174.00
27	—	520	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	429	161.00	161.00
5	—	497	171.00	171.00
6	—	551	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	420	212.00–229.00	221.34
77	—	679	174.00–184.25	182.65
64	—	516	200.00–216.00	210.98
89	—	625	182.00–190.00	187.11
351	—	581	190.00–208.00	202.08
94	—	473	209.00–227.00	222.35
78	—	701	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	598	187.50	187.50
5	—	485	202.00	202.00
29	—	507	175.00–177.00	176.31
12	—	385	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	354	202.50	202.50
37	—	598	180.00	180.00
23	—	430	197.00	197.00
20	—	614	191.00	191.00
69	—	518	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	652	183.50–193.00	188.40
41	—	727	179.75	179.75
34	—	418	215.00–222.00	217.92
35	—	479	223.00	223.00
8	—	392	220.00	220.00
165	—	648	180.00–199.10	198.53
6	—	520	217.00	217.00
276	—	571	193.00–213.00	210.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	453	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	698	161.00	161.00
27	—	581	164.00–170.00	168.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	556	216.75	216.75

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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