Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2025-12-09

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Dec 9
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Receipts
392 head
▼ 393 vs last sale 785▲ 392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of weaned and bawling calves. Most heifers and steers had spring and fall shots. No trend will be applicable since been over a month from last sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $460.60/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −20.67 against this barn's trailing median of $481.27.
Average price
$460.60
98 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,485
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.24
vs NE average
+29.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539460.602,48598
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale98 hd
460.60
—
NE average8 barns · 3,522 hd
471.84
−11.24
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
+29.97
This barn, trailing median2 sales
481.27
−20.67
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

13 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
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567443.26/cwt440.00–444.002,51327
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,22616
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,49619
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700692371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,56716
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377530.20/cwt527.50–532.001,99914
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500451495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2326
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529467.20/cwt465.00–468.002,47171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7275
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550542414.09/cwt413.50–418.002,24452
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450432431.42/cwt422.50–440.001,86450
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600557406.50/cwt406.50–406.502,26412
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,12412

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.