Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-11-03

Gordon

Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2026-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-03

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 3

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858

← Oct 27Nov 3latest

Receipts

925 head

▲ 205 vs last sale 720▼ 248 vs year ago 1,173 · −21.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Packages of heifers and steers feeder calves. Some were short weaned and bawling calves. Few natural and preconditioned calves. Prices on the lower side compared to a week ago. Demand on the moderate to good side. Moisture in the area to make things a little muddy.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $427.51/cwt on 395 head, down $7.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −24.10 against this barn's trailing median of $451.61.

Average price

$427.51

▼ 7.35 vs prior sale

395 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$503

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

$65.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.19

vs NE average

+19.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	432.62	2,352	364
Medium and Large 1-2	503	367.50	1,849	31

One grade step is worth $65.12/cwt here — about $503 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 sale395 hd

427.51

—

NE average11 barns · 5,640 hd

453.69

−26.19

National average43 barns · 4,657 hd

408.07

+19.44

This barn, trailing median5 sales

451.61

−24.10

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.43, low $427.51, median $451.61 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	434.59/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,882	42
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,267	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,194	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,849	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,351	73
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	411.41/cwt	410.00–423.00	2,139	113
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	434.85/cwt	433.00–437.00	2,487	178
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	367.28/cwt	357.00–372.00	2,446	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,537	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	457.42/cwt	440.00–461.00	1,898	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,581	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	355.22/cwt	354.00–361.00	1,684	57
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	420.13/cwt	409.50–440.00	2,017	125
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,697	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	386.35/cwt	371.00–388.00	2,090	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,139	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,208	12

This sale against other markets

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 Nov 3, 2026

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

Receipts 925Last week 720Year ago 1,173

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	500–550	511	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	433	432.50–435.00	434.59
31	500–550	503	367.50	367.50
12	600–650	600	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	436	520.00	520.00
12	450–500	457	480.00	480.00
113	500–550	520	410.00–423.00	411.41
178	550–600	572	433.00–437.00	434.85
22	650–700	666	357.00–372.00	367.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	415	440.00–461.00	457.42
125	450–500	480	409.50–440.00	420.13
88	500–550	541	371.00–388.00	386.35
21	550–600	560	382.00	382.00
12	600–650	622	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	420.00	420.00
21	400–450	416	380.00	380.00
57	450–500	474	354.00–361.00	355.22
24	500–550	522	325.00	325.00

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.