Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads with mostly packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will applicable it's been awhile since last sale. Demand moderate to good on calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.73/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −110.94 against this barn's trailing median of $447.67.

Average price

$336.73

111 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$38.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.01

vs NE average

+15.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	338.83	1,904	105
Medium and Large 1-2	558	300.00	1,674	6thin

One grade step is worth $38.83/cwt here — about $230 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

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 sale111 hd

336.73

—

NE average6 barns · 1,199 hd

339.74

−3.01

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+15.55

This barn, trailing median4 sales

447.67

−110.94

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	318.78/cwt	313.00–321.00	2,165	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,739	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	282.51/cwt	281.00–283.50	2,071	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	337.29/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,936	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,534	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	366.96/cwt	355.00–384.00	1,923	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,440	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	389.50/cwt	382.50–403.00	1,831	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,492	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,096	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	345.35/cwt	345.00–346.00	1,765	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	300.56/cwt	289.00–302.00	2,068	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	347.64/cwt	335.00–351.00	1,982	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	414.05/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,491	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,734	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,121	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,934	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,969	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 Apr 15, 2025

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

Receipts 980Last week 1,591Year ago 0

A few lot loads with mostly packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will applicable it's been awhile since last sale. Demand moderate to good on calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	412.50	412.50
12	350–400	378	460.00	460.00
34	450–500	470	382.50–403.00	389.50
31	500–550	524	355.00–384.00	366.96
29	550–600	570	335.00–351.00	347.64
57	600–650	641	327.00	327.00
61	650–700	679	313.00–321.00	318.78
85	750–800	780	319.50	319.50
18	850–900	889	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	437.50	437.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	360	412.50–415.00	414.05
12	400–450	439	395.00	395.00
20	500–550	511	345.00–346.00	345.35
85	550–600	574	325.00–341.00	337.29
5	600–650	614	315.00	315.00
221	650–700	688	289.00–302.00	300.56
118	700–750	733	281.00–283.50	282.51
9	750–800	787	269.50	269.50
5	800–850	812	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	679	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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