Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads of weaned heifers and steers mostly made up of packages. No trend will be applicable been a month since last feeder sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.31/cwt on 364 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −104.96 against this barn's trailing median of $481.27.

Average price

$376.31

364 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$64.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.19

vs NE average

+37.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	377.19	1,995	359
Medium and Large 1-2	585	313.00	1,831	5thin

One grade step is worth $64.19/cwt here — about $164 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale364 hd

376.31

—

NE average11 barns · 3,185 hd

366.12

+10.19

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

+37.64

This barn, trailing median2 sales

481.27

−104.96

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

28 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	350–400	378	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,408	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,882	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,894	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	362.50/cwt	360.00–367.00	1,588	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,751	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	332.37/cwt	329.00–333.00	1,622	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,742	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	337.63/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,732	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,010	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	581	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,981	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	350–400	386	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,660	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,535	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,616	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	362.67/cwt	340.50–364.00	2,009	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	300.24/cwt	296.00–303.50	2,162	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,922	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,245	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,080	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	395.18/cwt	387.50–396.00	1,818	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	400–450	433	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,797	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	504	397.48/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,003	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	521	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,735	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	400–450	441	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	1,656	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	356.87/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,931	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	327.00/cwt	318.00–328.50	2,034	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	300–350	346	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,462	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	479	321.16/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,538	24

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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,583Last week 0Year ago 1,644

A few lot loads of weaned heifers and steers mostly made up of packages. No trend will be applicable been a month since last feeder sale. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	378	372.50	372.50
31	400–450	438	360.00–367.00	362.50
50	450–500	488	329.00–333.00	332.37
62	500–550	513	330.00–340.00	337.63
46	550–600	576	304.00	304.00
80	600–650	638	315.00	315.00
20	650–700	677	278.00	278.00
25	700–750	734	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	346	422.50	422.50
142	400–450	441	375.50	375.50
24	450–500	479	317.00–330.00	321.16
111	500–550	521	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	492	354.00	354.00
5	550–600	585	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	386	430.00	430.00
77	400–450	433	415.00	415.00
170	500–550	504	370.00–401.00	397.48
14	550–600	581	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	445.00	445.00
9	350–400	378	427.50	427.50
15	400–450	447	430.00	430.00
56	450–500	460	387.50–396.00	395.18
69	500–550	541	345.00–380.00	356.87
106	550–600	554	340.50–364.00	362.67
90	600–650	622	318.00–328.50	327.00
41	650–700	651	319.50	319.50
116	700–750	720	296.00–303.50	300.24
32	800–850	836	268.50	268.50

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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