Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle sale in recent weeks a market trend is not applicable. However, a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good with several buyers in the seats. Most lots were light to medium fleshed and were weaned on long stem grass hay and cake. Several groups of bangs vaccinated heifers in the run. Even though some were not commented as replacements many could be slated that way come spring turnout.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $276.86/cwt on 833 head.

Average price

$276.86

833 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

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

$13.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.20

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	280.12	1,666	636
Medium and Large 1-2	490	266.36	1,304	197

One grade step is worth $13.76/cwt here — about $362 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 sale833 hd

276.86

—

NE average8 barns · 13,188 hd

256.66

+20.20

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,564	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	823	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	627	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,727	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	567	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,678	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	278.49/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,340	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	971	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	712	248.45/cwt	245.00–250.25	1,769	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,653	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,980	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	278.33/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,982	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	274.14/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,179	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	246.31/cwt	242.00–254.00	1,502	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	248.75/cwt	247.50–249.50	1,724	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	266.92/cwt	261.50–270.50	1,682	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,852	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	286.85/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,796	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	284.11/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,679	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	304.61/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,593	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	271.79/cwt	271.00–273.50	1,856	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,014	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,340	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	283.94/cwt	282.00–289.50	1,954	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	308.84/cwt	303.00–312.00	1,763	184
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	260.35/cwt	257.50–262.00	1,960	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	342.35/cwt	325.00–345.50	1,565	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	306.94/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,301	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	303.85/cwt	303.00–306.00	1,431	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	286.98/cwt	285.50–302.50	1,251	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	916	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,560	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,441	7

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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Receipts 1,644Last week 0Year ago 1,166

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	543	288.00	288.00
18	—	329	250.00	250.00
23	—	481	271.00–288.00	278.49
6	—	361	269.00	269.00
30	—	693	238.50	238.50
85	—	430	269.00–290.00	274.14
14	—	610	242.00–254.00	246.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	627	275.50	275.50
42	—	567	296.00	296.00
35	—	712	245.00–250.25	248.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	693	247.50–249.50	248.75
129	—	630	261.50–270.50	266.92
91	—	591	283.00–288.00	284.11
128	—	523	300.00–312.00	304.61
31	—	424	300.00–310.00	306.94
22	—	471	303.00–306.00	303.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	880	225.00	225.00
114	—	712	277.00–279.00	278.33
71	—	626	282.00–289.00	286.85
24	—	841	239.50	239.50
23	—	393	341.00	341.00
110	—	688	282.00–289.50	283.94
184	—	571	303.00–312.00	308.84
44	—	753	257.50–262.00	260.35
45	—	457	325.00–345.50	342.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	704	263.00	263.00
28	—	683	271.00–273.50	271.79
8	—	591	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	436	285.50–302.50	286.98
17	—	327	280.00	280.00
15	—	539	289.50	289.50
7	—	497	290.00	290.00

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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