Sale reports / Nebraska / Gordon / 2026-11-10

Gordon

Feeder Cattle · Gordon, Nebraska · Tue, Nov 10
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1858
← Nov 3Nov 10latest
Receipts
875 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 925▲ 90 vs year ago 785 · +11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Loads made up of packages of heifers and steers. Calves where mostly bawling with a few weaned with preconditioned shots. Prices on the mixed side with 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 $463.62/cwt on 112 head, up $36.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 6 comparable sales and sits +6.01 against this barn's trailing median of $457.61.
Average price
$463.62
▲ 36.11 vs prior sale
112 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,431
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$92.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.13
vs NE average
+61.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521467.762,437107
Medium and Large 1-2597375.002,2395thin
One grade step is worth $92.76/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale112 hd
463.62
—
NE average9 barns · 3,261 hd
434.49
+29.13
National average41 barns · 3,459 hd
402.38
+61.24
This barn, trailing median6 sales
457.61
+6.01
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

6 sales
495468441414median 457.6103/1004/1410/2711/0311/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.43, low $427.51, median $457.61 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,11332
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9285
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430524.31/cwt515.00–547.502,25541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472466.00/cwt466.00–466.002,2006
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0259
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521467.76/cwt435.00–472.502,437107
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2395
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604414.81/cwt391.00–419.002,505100
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,40542
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,12513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720314.69/cwt300.00–325.002,26638
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1846281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,37721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,56319
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,78122
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6495
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417403.56/cwt395.00–410.001,68326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1451445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,00738
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,76623
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement506428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,16698
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,88320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524331.02/cwt320.00–348.001,73513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583342.32/cwt333.00–365.001,99625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,03733

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.