Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2023-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Been six weeks since last feeder sale prices on the higher side. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $224.29/cwt on 314 head.

Average price

$224.29

314 head · 749 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$436

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

$4.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.03

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	550	228.75	1,257	10thin
Medium and Large 1	755	224.14	1,693	304

One grade step is worth $4.61/cwt here — about −$436 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 sale314 hd

224.29

—

NE average6 barns · 6,637 hd

226.32

−2.03

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

20 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	—	758	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,558	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,437	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,480	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,671	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	770	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	203.71/cwt	203.00–204.50	1,760	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,276	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,633	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,612	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	236.58/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,233	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	236.75/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,376	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,446	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	242.38/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,527	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	229.70/cwt	227.50–232.50	1,080	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,383	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,066	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,481	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,271	5

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 Apr 25, 2023

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

Receipts 738Last week 1,001Year ago 1,412

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. Been six weeks since last feeder sale prices on the higher side. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	758	205.50	205.50
12	—	521	236.00–237.00	236.58
65	—	581	227.00–240.00	236.75
11	—	470	227.50–232.50	229.70
9	—	713	194.00	194.00
8	—	670	236.50	236.50
6	—	444	240.00	240.00
5	—	805	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	670	214.50	214.50
6	—	332	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	222.50	222.50
5	—	434	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	667	250.50	250.50
122	—	864	203.00–204.50	203.71
6	—	477	267.50	267.50
54	—	758	215.50	215.50
17	—	701	230.00	230.00
14	—	588	246.00	246.00
13	—	630	242.00–243.00	242.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	726	175.00	175.00

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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