Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-04-14

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
Mar 10Apr 14latest
Receipts
1,205 head
505 vs last sale 700 225 vs year ago 980 · +23.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few lot loads of steers. Most made up of packages of weaned, a few bawlers of heifers and steers. Some heifers bangs vaccinated for replacement purposes. No trend will be applicable been over a month 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 $481.43/cwt on 52 head, up $0.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 4 comparable sales and sits +5.19 against this barn's trailing median of $476.24.
Average price
$481.43
0.32 vs prior sale
52 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
33.70
vs NE average
6.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563481.432,71052
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
495479462446median 476.2401/1301/2703/1004/1404/14
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 sale52 hd
481.43
NE average7 barns · 1,392 hd
515.14
−33.70
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
−6.92
This barn, trailing median4 sales
476.24
+5.19
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

18 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 1850–900887375.69/cwt374.75–378.003,332237
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700693423.41/cwt423.00–429.502,93479
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775393.77/cwt389.00–400.503,05252
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750736366.49/cwt351.00–372.502,697136
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800779364.37/cwt360.00–368.002,83887
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532450.45/cwt445.00–460.002,39630
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568477.33/cwt476.50–480.002,71147
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500487507.50/cwt490.00–525.002,47218
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650603460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,7747
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550514520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,6735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,5457
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850816386.44/cwt363.00–389.503,153277
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850813335.42/cwt333.00–336.502,72723
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,41120
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630392.66/cwt391.00–397.002,47418
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,18716
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500461493.45/cwt492.50–495.002,27513
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000969316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,0625

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.