Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads mostly made up of packages. A few open yearling heifers. Mostly made up of bawling heifers and steers. Most had precondition shots. No trend will be applicable been awhile since last reported sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $504.85/cwt on 492 head. That ranks 5 of 4 comparable sales and sits +28.60 against this barn's trailing median of $476.24.

Average price

$504.85

492 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+10.42

vs NE average

+46.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	504.85	2,714	492

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

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 sale492 hd

504.85

—

NE average12 barns · 7,158 hd

494.42

+10.42

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+46.71

This barn, trailing median4 sales

476.24

+28.60

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

23 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	300–350	309	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	1,893	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	433.44/cwt	423.00–449.00	2,744	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	368.13/cwt	366.00–369.50	2,235	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,374	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,964	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	516.63/cwt	494.00–535.00	2,712	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	564.88/cwt	532.50–575.00	2,593	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	463.55/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,174	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	473.36/cwt	448.00–490.00	2,703	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	543.75/cwt	530.00–562.50	2,376	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	386.27/cwt	383.00–392.00	2,623	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	583.39/cwt	572.50–597.50	2,176	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,977	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	493.56/cwt	470.00–512.50	2,127	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	418.52/cwt	392.50–432.50	2,210	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,741	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	396.10/cwt	373.00–407.00	2,424	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,398	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,520	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,134	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,868	5

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 Oct 21, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	309	612.50	612.50
53	350–400	373	572.50–597.50	583.39
49	400–450	437	530.00–562.50	543.75
206	450–500	459	532.50–575.00	564.88
358	500–550	525	494.00–535.00	516.63
134	550–600	571	448.00–490.00	473.36
160	600–650	633	423.00–449.00	433.44
35	650–700	679	383.00–392.00	386.27
47	700–750	737	404.00	404.00
7	750–800	755	363.00	363.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	686	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	535.00	535.00
20	350–400	374	525.00	525.00
28	600–650	607	366.00–369.50	368.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	595.00	595.00
50	400–450	431	470.00–512.50	493.56
89	450–500	469	435.00–475.00	463.55
48	500–550	528	392.50–432.50	418.52
28	550–600	555	432.00	432.00
36	600–650	612	373.00–407.00	396.10
10	650–700	673	374.50	374.50
45	700–750	731	375.00	375.00
5	1100–1150	1,134	285.00	285.00

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