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

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Apr 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 +15.07 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.
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

Price by quality 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.

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
466.36
+15.07
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

4 sales
495471446421median 466.3603/1004/1410/1310/2710/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.43, low $434.85, median $466.36 across 4 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487507.50/cwt490.00–525.002,47218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,6735
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568477.33/cwt476.50–480.002,71147
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,7747
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1693423.41/cwt423.00–429.502,93479
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,5457
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775393.77/cwt389.00–400.503,05252
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816386.44/cwt363.00–389.503,153277
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887375.69/cwt374.75–378.003,332237
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,18716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461493.45/cwt492.50–495.002,27513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532450.45/cwt445.00–460.002,39630
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630392.66/cwt391.00–397.002,47418
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,41120
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736366.49/cwt351.00–372.502,697136
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779364.37/cwt360.00–368.002,83887
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813335.42/cwt333.00–336.502,72723
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1969316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,0625

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.