Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few packages of pairs, bred cows, and bred heifers. Plus a few packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable been awhile since last sale. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $454.57/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +6.90 against this barn's trailing median of $447.67.

Average price

$454.57

169 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$30.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.36

vs NE average

+41.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	455.47	2,488	164
Medium and Large 1-2	521	425.00	2,214	5thin

One grade step is worth $30.47/cwt here — about $274 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $454.57, low $429.87, median $447.67 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 sale169 hd

454.57

—

NE average11 barns · 3,686 hd

450.20

+4.36

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

+41.09

This barn, trailing median4 sales

447.67

+6.90

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$3,450	32
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,240	$2,885	20
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,051	$4,424	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,376	$4,200	10

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	4,423.59/head	4,050.00–4,510.00	4,424	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,240	2,885.00/head	2,885.00–2,885.00	2,885	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,376	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	471.37/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,512	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	548.82/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,289	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,956	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	524.29/cwt	517.50–530.00	2,433	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	464.33/cwt	442.50–485.00	2,452	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	473.29/cwt	462.50–484.00	2,243	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	440.50/cwt	440.50–440.50	2,542	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	493.06/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,155	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,448	7

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 Jan 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 404Last week 392Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 105Last week 0Year ago 0

A few packages of pairs, bred cows, and bred heifers. Plus a few packages of weaned heifers and steers. No trend will be applicable been awhile since last sale. Demand was moderate to good.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,051	4,050.00–4,510.00	4,423.59
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,240	2,885.00	2,885.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,265	3,450.00	3,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,376	4,200.00	4,200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	382	600.00	600.00
11	400–450	417	540.00–560.00	548.82
34	450–500	464	517.50–530.00	524.29
25	500–550	533	445.00–485.00	471.37
6	650–700	688	415.00	415.00
35	700–750	739	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	521	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	437	485.00–500.00	493.06
76	450–500	474	462.50–484.00	473.29
103	500–550	528	442.50–485.00	464.33
61	550–600	577	440.50	440.50
7	700–750	733	334.00	334.00

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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