Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice sale packages of bawler heifers and steers. Prices about the same as their weekend sale about 10 days ago. Nice groups of bred cows along with the sale will be calving in April and May. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.06/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −159.18 against this barn's trailing median of $476.24.

Average price

$317.06

154 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$47.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.36

vs NE average

+11.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	322.63	1,797	136
Medium and Large 1-2	551	275.00	1,515	18thin

One grade step is worth $47.63/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale154 hd

317.06

—

NE average10 barns · 3,361 hd

311.71

+5.36

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+11.62

This barn, trailing median4 sales

476.24

−159.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,106	$2,285	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,425	$2,273	33
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,288	$1,862	109

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1Fancy	350–400	355	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,335	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,250	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,474	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	269.11/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,394	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,301	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,258	1,680.59/head	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,681	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	2,272.69/head	2,125.00–2,350.00	2,273	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,106	2,284.90/head	2,225.00–2,350.00	2,285	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	339.81/cwt	339.50–341.00	1,509	69
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,293	1,890.58/head	1,635.00–2,035.00	1,891	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	328.52/cwt	321.00–336.00	1,505	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,197	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,515	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,818	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,228	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	356.86/cwt	347.00–362.00	1,292	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	298.45/cwt	283.00–307.00	1,829	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,736	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	348.59/cwt	335.00–368.00	1,328	56

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 Nov 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 550Last week 1,121Year ago 2,763

Replacement CattleReceipts 167Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	355	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	337	371.00	371.00
28	350–400	362	347.00–362.00	356.86
23	400–450	409	318.00	318.00
21	500–550	518	267.00–271.00	269.11
15	550–600	578	255.00	255.00
6	600–650	625	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	314	391.00	391.00
56	350–400	381	335.00–368.00	348.59
69	400–450	444	339.50–341.00	339.81
69	450–500	458	321.00–336.00	328.52
38	500–550	523	332.00	332.00
98	550–600	570	319.00	319.00
23	600–650	613	283.00–307.00	298.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	357.50	357.50
18	550–600	551	275.00	275.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,258	1,650.00–1,700.00	1,680.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,425	2,125.00–2,350.00	2,272.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,106	2,225.00–2,350.00	2,284.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	94	—	1,293	1,635.00–2,035.00	1,890.58

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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