Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2019-08-01

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Aug 1
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
48 vs last sale 128 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
56 vs last sale 163 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
39 vs last sale 0 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher, with an individual bringing .89, slaughter bulls mostly steady to 3.00 higher, feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.10/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$114.10
7 head · 456 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.27
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1330131.314332thin
Medium and Large 3506107.225435thin
One grade step is worth $24.09/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale7 hd
114.10
GA average16 barns · 1,720 hd
116.37
−2.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,75399.561,7454thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,87372.771,3633thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31470.1992284
CowsLean 85-90%Average95556.815432thin

Every lot, as filed

17 lots · USDA AMS · Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,100690.00/cwt690.00–690.007,5901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,265875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,0691
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33670.66/cwt67.00–74.0094441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,273909.82/cwt820.00–1,000.0011,5822
HeifersMedium and Large 3527106.58/cwt103.00–110.005623
HeifersMedium and Large 3475108.17/cwt104.00–112.005142
HeifersMedium and Large 1330131.31/cwt130.00–132.504332
BullsMedium and Large 3477115.05/cwt113.00–117.005493
BullsMedium and Large 3425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004893
BullsMedium and Large 2275147.50/cwt147.50–147.504061
SteersMedium and Large 2682116.72/cwt114.00–118.007963
Bulls1,860103.47/cwt103.00–104.001,9252
Bulls1,64595.64/cwt94.00–98.001,5732
CowsLean 85-90%95556.81/cwt55.00–59.005432
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,87372.77/cwt71.00–75.001,3633
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29363.13/cwt59.00–66.0081624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29278.11/cwt75.00–82.001,00919

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.