Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2023-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Prices on the higher side compared to a month ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.65/cwt on 377 head.

Average price

$218.65

377 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$204

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

$2.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.68

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	610	220.43	1,345	122
Medium and Large 1	712	217.80	1,550	255

One grade step is worth $2.63/cwt here — about −$204 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 sale377 hd

218.65

—

NE average10 barns · 13,943 hd

221.33

−2.68

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

18 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,150	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,377	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,434	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	879	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,176	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,030	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	211.75/cwt	211.75–211.75	1,592	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	211.75/cwt	211.75–211.75	1,582	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,495	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,264	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,408	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,356	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,183	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,190	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,084	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,328	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,452	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	204.31/cwt	192.00–210.50	1,250	37

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 Mar 14, 2023

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

Receipts 1,001Last week 1,166Year ago 1,412

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Prices on the higher side compared to a month ago. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	475	242.00	242.00
21	—	697	197.50	197.50
11	—	877	160.50	160.50
64	—	591	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	558	257.00	257.00
80	—	752	211.75	211.75
80	—	747	211.75	211.75
77	—	681	219.50	219.50
11	—	470	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	458	192.00	192.00
11	—	766	153.50	153.50
59	—	538	191.50	191.50
19	—	688	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	572	208.00	208.00
15	—	485	223.50	223.50
8	—	763	174.00	174.00
52	—	842	172.50	172.50
37	—	612	192.00–210.50	204.31

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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