Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of mostly weaned heifers and steers. A few all natural calves with no shots. A few bangs vaccinated heifers. No trend will be applicable been awhile since last reported sale. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $481.11/cwt on 154 head, up $21.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +4.87 against this barn's trailing median of $476.24.

Average price

$481.11

▲ 21.29 vs prior sale

154 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,716

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.30

vs NE average

+8.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	481.11	2,716	154

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale154 hd

481.11

—

NE average6 barns · 1,115 hd

493.41

−12.30

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+8.91

This barn, trailing median4 sales

476.24

+4.87

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

19 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 1Natural	500–550	516	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,064	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,021	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	350–400	394	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,891	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	395.84/cwt	389.00–410.00	2,316	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,495	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	437.53/cwt	433.00–440.00	2,809	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	546.43/cwt	530.00–567.50	2,388	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,961	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	509.26/cwt	485.00–518.00	2,618	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	479.14/cwt	476.00–486.00	2,813	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	533	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,319	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	405.50/cwt	405.50–405.50	2,907	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	431.38/cwt	427.00–436.00	2,895	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	453.08/cwt	442.00–470.00	2,370	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	396.82/cwt	383.00–408.00	2,496	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,681	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	465.50/cwt	465.50–465.50	2,574	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	377.15/cwt	376.00–379.00	2,704	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,335	11

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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Receipts 700Last week 761Year ago 1,591

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	480.00	480.00
12	500–550	516	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	421	480.00	480.00
15	550–600	585	389.00–410.00	395.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	406	575.00	575.00
85	500–550	523	442.00–470.00	453.08
28	550–600	553	465.50	465.50
49	600–650	629	383.00–408.00	396.82
40	650–700	662	405.00	405.00
13	700–750	717	376.00–379.00	377.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	437	530.00–567.50	546.43
7	450–500	462	540.00	540.00
35	500–550	514	485.00–518.00	509.26
102	550–600	587	476.00–486.00	479.14
14	600–650	642	433.00–440.00	437.53
61	650–700	671	427.00–436.00	431.38
50	700–750	717	405.50	405.50
12	750–800	774	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	533	435.00	435.00

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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