Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale of feeder cutting bulls, heifers, and steers. No trend will be applicable since it has been several weeks from last reported sale. Nice spring day with moderate to good demand on feeders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.36/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −168.88 against this barn's trailing median of $476.24.

Average price

$307.36

22 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

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

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.86

vs NE average

−2.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	327.00	1,694	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	592	291.00	1,723	12thin

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about −$29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.43, low $459.82, median $476.24 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 sale22 hd

307.36

—

NE average6 barns · 860 hd

335.22

−27.86

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−2.19

This barn, trailing median4 sales

476.24

−168.88

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

25 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	450–500	451	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	280.81/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,615	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,628	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	262.43/cwt	246.50–263.25	2,126	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	316.50/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,117	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	282.75/cwt	270.00–285.50	1,188	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,227	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,322	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,362	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,570	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	292.08/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,826	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,595	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	2,161	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,723	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,700	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,694	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	263.88/cwt	261.50–267.00	1,779	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,053	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	233.03/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,827	116
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,137	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	293.11/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,512	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,408	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	287.23/cwt	278.00–289.50	2,054	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	12

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 1,121Last week 573Year ago 738

Nice sale of feeder cutting bulls, heifers, and steers. No trend will be applicable since it has been several weeks from last reported sale. Nice spring day with moderate to good demand on feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	353	315.00–325.00	316.50
10	450–500	451	295.00	295.00
27	500–550	516	291.00–295.00	293.11
14	550–600	575	276.00–286.00	280.81
41	650–700	674	261.50–267.00	263.88
27	700–750	719	236.50	236.50
116	750–800	784	230.00–240.00	233.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	420	270.00–285.50	282.75
41	450–500	497	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	413.00	413.00
12	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
63	400–450	407	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	493	339.00	339.00
10	500–550	518	327.00	327.00
31	700–750	715	278.00–289.50	287.23
44	750–800	776	264.50	264.50
168	800–850	810	246.50–263.25	262.43
75	850–900	874	247.25	247.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	356.00	356.00
12	550–600	592	291.00	291.00
13	600–650	625	286.00–296.00	292.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	362	314.00	314.00
9	400–450	409	300.00	300.00
31	450–500	460	296.00	296.00
46	550–600	573	274.00	274.00

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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