Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-01-13

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Jan 13
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Feeder Cattle receipts
404 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 392▲ 404 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 0▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 3 of 2 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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546455.472,488164
Medium and Large 1-2521425.002,2145thin
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.

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 median2 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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$3,45032
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$2,88520
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,051$4,42433
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,376$4,20010

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,0514,423.59/head4,050.00–4,510.004,42433
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth—1,2402,885.00/head2,885.00–2,885.002,88520
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2653,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,45032
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3764,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,20010
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533471.37/cwt445.00–485.002,51225
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400382600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2925
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417548.82/cwt540.00–560.002,28911
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,8556
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750739400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,95635
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500464524.29/cwt517.50–530.002,43334
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2145
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528464.33/cwt442.50–485.002,452103
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500474473.29/cwt462.50–484.002,24376
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577440.50/cwt440.50–440.502,54261
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437493.06/cwt485.00–500.002,15513
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750733334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,4487

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.