Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2025-11-04

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 4
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
1,173 head
▼ 533 vs last sale 1,706▲ 1,173 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Loads mostly made up of packages of bawling heifers and steers plus a few fall calves. A few spring shots most had preconditioned shots. Prices on the mix side, some higher while some where lower 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 $435.34/cwt on 287 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −45.93 against this barn's trailing median of $481.27.
Average price
$435.34
287 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.61
vs NE average
+16.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556437.022,431274
Medium and Large 1-2597400.002,38813thin
One grade step is worth $37.02/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale287 hd
435.34
—
NE average12 barns · 6,837 hd
450.95
−15.61
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
+16.24
This barn, trailing median2 sales
481.27
−45.93
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350309455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4069
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650643361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,32128
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550539378.53/cwt365.00–381.002,04039
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400359457.45/cwt445.00–460.001,64241
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575359.89/cwt350.00–385.002,06963
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450438406.82/cwt405.00–415.001,78265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,08626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6669
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600597400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,38813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,27215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,76510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600592315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8657
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350339525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7809
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750741326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,41611
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700679340.16/cwt332.00–352.002,31031
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520461.63/cwt457.00–475.002,40048
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650609400.87/cwt399.00–405.502,44164
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421521.27/cwt491.00–531.002,19569
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500471502.74/cwt487.50–518.002,368118
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564431.79/cwt405.00–444.502,435226
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475379.10/cwt365.00–396.001,801155

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.