Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2023-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers, steers, and a few bulls. Good attendance with moderate to good demand. Snow in the area. No trend will be applicable been several weeks since last sale..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $202.19/cwt on 1,489 head.

Average price

$202.19

1,489 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$9.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	202.83	1,334	1,391
Medium and Large 1-2	566	193.08	1,093	98

One grade step is worth $9.75/cwt here — about $241 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 sale1,489 hd

202.19

—

NE average13 barns · 24,339 hd

201.56

+0.63

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

32 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 1-2Natural	—	551	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	964	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	837	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,090	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	162.35/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,148	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	187.07/cwt	181.00–195.00	1,001	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,010	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	175.57/cwt	172.00–176.50	1,417	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,154	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	203.09/cwt	197.00–210.50	1,387	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	205.33/cwt	198.50–216.75	1,285	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	185.92/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,006	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	188.52/cwt	180.00–189.50	1,469	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	201.23/cwt	201.00–202.00	1,036	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,213	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	219.31/cwt	211.50–221.00	1,283	330
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	187.91/cwt	183.00–192.00	1,080	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	184.28/cwt	175.50–187.50	1,336	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	178.05/cwt	172.00–184.00	1,081	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	952	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	178.73/cwt	177.50–186.00	1,142	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,048	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	592	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	473	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	160.21/cwt	151.00–164.00	889	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	164.59/cwt	161.00–166.50	969	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	197.81/cwt	181.50–199.50	1,128	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,288	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	173.63/cwt	173.00–174.00	849	21

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 Jan 10, 2023

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

Receipts 2,455Last week 2,740Year ago 1,475

Quality sale of feeder heifers, steers, and a few bulls. Good attendance with moderate to good demand. Snow in the area. No trend will be applicable been several weeks since last sale..

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	551	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	438	191.00	191.00
27	—	690	158.00	158.00
31	—	707	161.00–164.00	162.35
40	—	535	181.00–195.00	187.07
94	—	482	209.50	209.50
209	—	639	177.50–186.00	178.73
199	—	570	181.50–199.50	197.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	161.00	161.00
33	—	589	161.00–166.50	164.59
6	—	619	156.00	156.00
21	—	489	173.00–174.00	173.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	473	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	555	151.00–164.00	160.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	807	172.00–176.50	175.57
112	—	515	224.00	224.00
344	—	683	197.00–210.50	203.09
49	—	626	198.50–216.75	205.33
86	—	779	180.00–189.50	188.52
330	—	585	211.50–221.00	219.31
179	—	725	175.50–187.50	184.28
72	—	446	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	541	181.00–190.00	185.92
12	—	607	172.00–184.00	178.05
5	—	592	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	515	201.00–202.00	201.23
10	—	674	180.00	180.00
25	—	575	183.00–192.00	187.91
13	—	449	212.00	212.00
6	—	628	182.00	182.00
9	—	776	166.00	166.00
5	—	464	209.00	209.00

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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