▼ 677 vs last sale 1,058▼ 1,365 vs year ago 1,746 · −78.2%
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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
Quality run of a few fall calves and yearlings. Prices a little on the higher side. Had some welcomed moisture in the area.
Weight classPick one — the panels below update
Heifers · summary 0–100 lb
Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.40/cwt on 266 head.
Average price
$177.40
266 head · 820 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,455
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$434
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.67
vs NE average
Price by quality 0–100 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1-2
546
189.00
1,032
7thin
Medium and Large 1
828
177.09
1,466
259
One grade step is worth $11.91/cwt here — about −$434 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.
How it compared 0–100 lb
Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale266 hd
177.40
—
NE average7 barns · 5,321 hd
185.07
−7.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.
Every lot
11 lots · USDA AMS · Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
786
185.50/cwt
185.50–185.50
1,458
5
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
828
174.00/cwt
174.00–174.00
1,441
5
Steers
—
Medium and Large 1
931
174.50/cwt
174.50–174.50
1,625
5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1-2
546
189.00/cwt
189.00–189.00
1,032
7
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
640
190.00/cwt
190.00–190.00
1,216
18
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
711
178.78/cwt
175.00–180.25
1,271
18
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
785
178.25/cwt
175.00–180.75
1,399
84
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
872
177.10/cwt
174.00–177.75
1,544
100
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
919
174.98/cwt
170.50–176.50
1,608
20
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1Spayed
926
153.00/cwt
153.00–153.00
1,417
7
Heifers
—
Medium and Large 1
1,005
164.50/cwt
164.50–164.50
1,653
12
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
Quality run of a few fall calves and yearlings. Prices a little on the higher side. Had some welcomed moisture in the area.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
18
—
640
190.00
190.00
12
—
1,005
164.50
164.50
100
—
872
174.00–177.75
177.10
84
—
785
175.00–180.75
178.25
20
—
919
170.50–176.50
174.98
18
—
711
175.00–180.25
178.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
7
—
926
153.00
153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
7
—
546
189.00
189.00
Source: USDA AMS · Gordon · Tue, Aug 16 · 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-1858/2022-08-16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
5
—
931
174.50
174.50
5
—
828
174.00
174.00
5
—
786
185.50
185.50
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.