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Reporter comment USDA
As filed
Packages of weaned and bawling calves. Most heifers and steers had spring and fall shots. No trend will be applicable since been over a month from last 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 $460.60/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 4 of 5 comparable sales and sits +9.00 against this barn's trailing median of $451.61.
Average price
$460.60
98 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,485
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.24
vs NE average
+29.97 vs national
Price by quality 500–600 lb
Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscle
Avg wt
$/cwt
$/head
Head
Medium and Large 1
539
460.60
2,485
98
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 sale98 hd
460.60
—
NE average8 barns · 3,522 hd
471.84
−11.24
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
+29.97
This barn, trailing median5 sales
451.61
+9.00
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
5 sales
Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.43, low $427.51, median $451.61 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.
Every lot
13 lots · USDA AMS · Gordon Livestock Market - Gordon, NE
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
Class
Weight
Grade / description
Avg wt
Price
Range
Per head
Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers
350–400
Medium and Large 1
377
530.20/cwt
527.50–532.00
1,999
14
Steers
400–450
Medium and Large 1
426
522.50/cwt
522.50–522.50
2,226
16
Steers
450–500
Medium and Large 1
451
495.00/cwt
495.00–495.00
2,232
6
Steers
500–550
Medium and Large 1
529
467.20/cwt
465.00–468.00
2,471
71
Steers
550–600
Medium and Large 1
567
443.26/cwt
440.00–444.00
2,513
27
Steers
600–650
Medium and Large 1
620
402.50/cwt
402.50–402.50
2,496
19
Steers
650–700
Medium and Large 1
692
371.00/cwt
371.00–371.00
2,567
16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers
350–400
Medium and Large 1-2
365
390.00/cwt
390.00–390.00
1,424
8
Heifers
400–450
Medium and Large 1-2
429
402.50/cwt
402.50–402.50
1,727
5
Heifers
400–450
Medium and Large 1
432
431.42/cwt
422.50–440.00
1,864
50
Heifers
450–500
Medium and Large 1
485
438.00/cwt
438.00–438.00
2,124
12
Heifers
500–550
Medium and Large 1
542
414.09/cwt
413.50–418.00
2,244
52
Heifers
550–600
Medium and Large 1
557
406.50/cwt
406.50–406.50
2,264
12
This sale against other markets
Nebraska weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.
Packages of weaned and bawling calves. Most heifers and steers had spring and fall shots. No trend will be applicable since been over a month from last sale. Demand moderate to good.
Feeder Cattle
As reported
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
14
350–400
377
527.50–532.00
530.20
16
400–450
426
522.50
522.50
6
450–500
451
495.00
495.00
71
500–550
529
465.00–468.00
467.20
27
550–600
567
440.00–444.00
443.26
19
600–650
620
402.50
402.50
16
650–700
692
371.00
371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
8
350–400
365
390.00
390.00
5
400–450
429
402.50
402.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Source: USDA AMS · Gordon · Tue, Dec 9 · 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-1858/2025-12-09
Head
Wt range
Avg wt
Price range
Avg price
50
400–450
432
422.50–440.00
431.42
12
450–500
485
438.00
438.00
52
500–550
542
413.50–418.00
414.09
12
550–600
557
406.50
406.50
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.