Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads mostly made up of packages of bawling heifers and steers. Some weaned not very long, most had preconditioned shots. Prices on the lower side compared to a week ago. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.45/cwt on 515 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −40.82 against this barn's trailing median of $481.27.

Average price

$440.45

515 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,423

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$60.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.14

vs NE average

+10.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	441.99	2,426	502
Medium and Large 1-2	596	381.00	2,271	13thin

One grade step is worth $60.99/cwt here — about $155 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 sale515 hd

440.45

—

NE average8 barns · 5,438 hd

471.59

−31.14

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+10.73

This barn, trailing median2 sales

481.27

−40.82

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,068	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	454.50/cwt	454.50–454.50	2,504	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	503	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,465	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	347.23/cwt	336.00–355.00	2,007	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	446.42/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,870	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	419.40/cwt	409.00–426.00	2,412	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	399.48/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,925	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	379.48/cwt	371.00–392.50	2,000	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,855	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,271	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	472.13/cwt	452.50–492.50	1,950	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	489.03/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,829	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,759	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	365.83/cwt	363.00–371.00	2,268	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	431.99/cwt	421.00–440.00	2,303	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	467.26/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,299	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	340.66/cwt	329.00–353.00	2,316	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	474	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,147	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	509	436.50/cwt	436.50–436.50	2,222	186

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 28, 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	407	508.00	508.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	419	430.00–450.00	446.42
35	450–500	482	390.00–420.00	399.48
82	500–550	527	371.00–392.50	379.48
27	550–600	578	336.00–355.00	347.23
5	600–650	604	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	498	372.50	372.50
9	550–600	578	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
87	450–500	474	453.00	453.00
186	500–550	509	436.50	436.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
97	500–550	503	490.00	490.00
95	550–600	551	454.50	454.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	300–350	335	525.00	525.00
34	350–400	374	475.00–500.00	489.03
83	400–450	413	452.50–492.50	472.13
168	450–500	492	430.00–475.00	467.26
92	500–550	533	421.00–440.00	431.99
218	550–600	575	409.00–426.00	419.40
61	600–650	620	363.00–371.00	365.83
10	650–700	680	329.00–353.00	340.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	596	381.00	381.00

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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