Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2024-03-12

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Mar 12
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
573 head
1,071 vs last sale 1,644 428 vs year ago 1,001 · 42.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality sale of feeder heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable. Nice warm day with demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.00/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 161.67 against this barn's trailing median of $447.67.
Average price
$286.00
49 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.88
vs NE average
+9.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557286.001,59249
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
469451433416median 447.6701/1301/2703/1004/1404/14
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $454.57, low $429.87, median $447.67 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale49 hd
286.00
NE average8 barns · 1,039 hd
289.88
−3.88
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
+9.83
This barn, trailing median4 sales
447.67
−161.67
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

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400362360.45/cwt344.00–375.001,30515
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850844240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,02617
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,5425
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750742276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,04872
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600555323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,79347
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800756256.75/cwt256.75–256.751,94175
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350347348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,2089
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,5905
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550514290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400366324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1865
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450438298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,30541
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500457304.98/cwt291.00–317.501,39440
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600592271.32/cwt265.00–274.001,60626
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517302.59/cwt300.00–304.501,56423
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366315.79/cwt302.50–325.001,15623
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650612270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,65215

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.