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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of bawling heifers and steers. Most had a precondition shots while some had no shots. Prices on the mixed 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 $425.64/cwt on 338 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −50.60 against this barn's trailing median of $476.24.

Average price

$425.64

338 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$18.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.47

vs NE average

+0.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	432.27	2,434	216
Medium and Large 1-2	527	413.89	2,181	122

One grade step is worth $18.38/cwt here — about $253 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.

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 sale338 hd

425.64

—

NE average8 barns · 5,558 hd

433.11

−7.47

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+0.77

This barn, trailing median4 sales

476.24

−50.60

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

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 1	500–550	547	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,133	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,260	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,878	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	385.31/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,196	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	404.06/cwt	385.00–412.50	1,899	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,827	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,100	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,679	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	373.15/cwt	340.00–377.00	1,754	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	393.76/cwt	393.00–396.00	2,445	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	468.06/cwt	442.50–475.00	2,392	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	422.05/cwt	406.00–426.00	2,439	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,993	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	368.59/cwt	367.50–370.00	2,149	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,180	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,893	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	376.39/cwt	369.00–382.00	2,488	14

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 Nov 11, 2025

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

Receipts 785Last week 1,173Year ago 550

Packages of bawling heifers and steers. Most had a precondition shots while some had no shots. Prices on the mixed side compared to a week ago. 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
26	350–400	381	493.00	493.00
58	450–500	470	385.00–412.50	404.06
8	500–550	547	390.00	390.00
33	550–600	570	380.00–395.00	385.31
12	600–650	641	352.50	352.50
10	900–950	916	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	435.00	435.00
19	350–400	386	435.00	435.00
46	450–500	470	340.00–377.00	373.15
6	500–550	548	340.00	340.00
6	550–600	562	325.00	325.00
9	650–700	671	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	341	555.00	555.00
6	400–450	421	485.00	485.00
48	500–550	511	442.50–475.00	468.06
168	550–600	578	406.00–426.00	422.05
27	600–650	621	393.00–396.00	393.76
14	650–700	661	369.00–382.00	376.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	438	455.00	455.00
90	500–550	507	430.00	430.00
32	550–600	583	367.50–370.00	368.59

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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