Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First sale of 2024 with a nice sunny day in the high 30's . Demand moderate to good on some nice weaned calves and a few yearlings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $266.23/cwt on 388 head.

Average price

$266.23

388 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$36.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	267.16	1,581	378
Medium and Large 1-2	562	231.00	1,298	10thin

One grade step is worth $36.16/cwt here — about $282 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 sale388 hd

266.23

—

NE average1 barns · 388 hd

266.23

+0.00

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

15 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	—	807	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,598	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	258.60/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,790	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	240.54/cwt	234.50–241.00	1,862	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	283.50/cwt	271.00–289.50	1,775	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	301.93/cwt	296.00–308.00	1,703	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	304.34/cwt	297.00–318.00	1,616	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,298	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	286.19/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,540	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	288.05/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,423	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	261.33/cwt	250.00–263.75	1,521	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	255.95/cwt	241.00–260.25	1,607	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,027	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,946	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	284.88/cwt	279.00–286.50	1,194	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,616	13

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 2, 2024

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

Receipts 829Last week 0Year ago 2,740

First sale of 2024 with a nice sunny day in the high 30's . Demand moderate to good on some nice weaned calves and a few yearlings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	807	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	692	257.00–267.00	258.60
85	—	774	234.50–241.00	240.54
56	—	626	271.00–289.50	283.50
24	—	564	296.00–308.00	301.93
19	—	531	297.00–318.00	304.34
5	—	807	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	538	280.00–287.00	286.19
67	—	494	287.00–292.00	288.05
54	—	582	250.00–263.75	261.33
51	—	628	241.00–260.25	255.95
38	—	1,027	189.50	189.50
37	—	419	279.00–286.50	284.88
13	—	698	231.50	231.50

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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