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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
Quality run of feeder calves with a good attendance at sale. Prices little lower on lighter weights and a little higher on heavy weights. Demand moderate to good.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Steers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.08/cwt on 1,003 head.
Average price
$170.08
1,003 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$970
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.18
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
578
170.57
986
945
Medium and Large 1-2
444
162.22
720
58
One grade step is worth $8.34/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,003 hd
170.08
—
NE average11 barns · 17,781 hd
175.27
−5.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Every lot
16 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
342
181.00/cwt
181.00–181.00
619
5
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
373
202.00/cwt
202.00–202.00
753
5
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
397
182.00/cwt
182.00–182.00
723
9
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
427
189.48/cwt
188.00–191.00
809
23
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
437
150.00/cwt
150.00–150.00
656
12
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
476
158.31/cwt
150.00–162.00
754
32
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
484
181.36/cwt
175.00–184.50
878
87
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
533
173.19/cwt
170.00–174.75
923
109
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
562
171.94/cwt
164.50–176.00
966
340
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
625
164.69/cwt
158.50–173.50
1,029
268
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
670
164.28/cwt
152.50–168.50
1,101
113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
387
161.46/cwt
160.00–163.00
625
10
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
469
147.79/cwt
141.00–150.00
693
66
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
533
148.03/cwt
144.00–153.50
789
108
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
586
145.50/cwt
145.50–145.50
853
90
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
604
146.91/cwt
138.50–148.00
887
71
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.
Quality run of feeder calves with a good attendance at sale. Prices little lower on lighter weights and a little higher on heavy weights. Demand moderate to good.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
10
—
387
160.00–163.00
161.46
66
—
469
141.00–150.00
147.79
71
—
604
138.50–148.00
146.91
90
—
586
145.50
145.50
108
—
533
144.00–153.50
148.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
5
—
373
202.00
202.00
109
—
533
170.00–174.75
173.19
113
—
670
152.50–168.50
164.28
268
—
625
158.50–173.50
164.69
340
—
562
164.50–176.00
171.94
23
—
427
Source: USDA AMS · Gordon · Tue, Nov 2 · slug 1858 · RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA · www.raisedbeef.com/markets/barn/ne/gordon-livestock-market-1858/2021-11-02
188.00–191.00
189.48
87
—
484
175.00–184.50
181.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
5
—
342
181.00
181.00
9
—
397
182.00
182.00
12
—
437
150.00
150.00
32
—
476
150.00–162.00
158.31
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.