Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2024-10-12

Gordon

Name: Gordon livestock auction prices — 2024-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Sat, Oct 12

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3801

← earliestOct 12Oct 26 →

Receipts

867 head

▲ 867 vs last sale 0▲ 867 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in awhile with a few yearlings and bawler calves. Demand moderate to good with cattle coming off short dry grass. Few lot loads while others made up in packages.

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 $306.39/cwt on 342 head.

Average price

$306.39

342 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$43.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.14

vs NE average

+12.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	310.83	1,674	307
Medium and Large 1-2	553	267.46	1,478	35

One grade step is worth $43.37/cwt here — about $196 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 sale342 hd

306.39

—

NE average11 barns · 5,567 hd

311.53

−5.14

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+12.08

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

Every lot

18 lots · USDA AMS · Gordon Livestock Auction - Feeder Cattle Special (Seasonal) - 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,376	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,411	66
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	327.60/cwt	301.00–330.00	1,609	60
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	319.98/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,677	225
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	280.89/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,522	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	262.09/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,460	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	285.72/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,654	82
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	284.13/cwt	267.00–288.00	1,773	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,892	43
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,781	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,026	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,250	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	279.68/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,328	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	258.69/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,392	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	252.27/cwt	251.00–254.00	1,413	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,553	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,630	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,990	13

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 Auction - Feeder Cattle Special (Seasonal) - Gordon, NE

Sat Oct 12, 2024

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

Receipts 867Last week 0Year ago 0

First reported sale in awhile with a few yearlings and bawler calves. Demand moderate to good with cattle coming off short dry grass. Few lot loads while others made up in packages.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	311	330.00	330.00
7	400–450	425	294.00	294.00
30	450–500	475	270.00–292.00	279.68
48	500–550	538	256.00–268.00	258.69
14	550–600	560	251.00–254.00	252.27
14	600–650	639	243.00	243.00
7	650–700	685	238.00	238.00
13	850–900	865	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	352	391.00	391.00
66	400–450	420	336.00	336.00
60	450–500	491	301.00–330.00	327.60
225	500–550	524	301.00–326.00	319.98
82	550–600	579	270.00–297.00	285.72
90	600–650	624	267.00–288.00	284.13
43	650–700	665	284.50	284.50
12	700–750	701	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	542	272.00–290.00	280.89
25	550–600	557	257.00–268.00	262.09

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.