Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand on quality weaned heifers and steers was moderate to good. With weather in low 40's prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $285.29/cwt on 503 head.

Average price

$285.29

503 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$15.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.83

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	285.73	1,808	489
Medium and Large 1-2	570	269.75	1,536	14thin

One grade step is worth $15.98/cwt here — about $272 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 sale503 hd

285.29

—

NE average11 barns · 17,817 hd

271.46

+13.83

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	—	599	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	1,901	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	306.62/cwt	293.00–311.00	1,754	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	272.65/cwt	260.00–275.50	1,546	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	280.45/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,298	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	312.82/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,670	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	248.85/cwt	248.85–248.85	1,939	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,826	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,500	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	311.07/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,322	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	274.05/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,737	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	280.79/cwt	265.00–285.50	1,483	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,624	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,553	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,259	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,104	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.

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Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE

Tue Jan 23, 2024

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

Receipts 866Last week 829Year ago 2,455

Demand on quality weaned heifers and steers was moderate to good. With weather in low 40's prices on the higher side compared to two weeks ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	599	264.50	264.50
7	—	540	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	700	271.50	271.50
102	—	572	293.00–311.00	306.62
76	—	534	307.00–315.00	312.82
72	—	779	248.85	248.85
63	—	664	275.00	275.00
19	—	474	316.50	316.50
19	—	425	305.00–321.00	311.07
16	—	634	272.50–275.00	274.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	567	260.00–275.50	272.65
73	—	463	275.00–292.00	280.45
44	—	528	265.00–285.50	280.79
32	—	738	220.00	220.00
17	—	684	227.00	227.00
14	—	431	292.00	292.00
7	—	619	256.00	256.00
5	—	368	300.00	300.00

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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