Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2019-10-17

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Oct 17
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
144 head
84 vs last sale 228 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
65 vs last sale 149 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
62 vs last sale 0 62 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; slaughter cows are 2.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder classes lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $93.27/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$93.27
14 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$492
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$72
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$1.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.20
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 347494.054465thin
Medium and Large 255792.845179thin
One grade step is worth $1.21/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale14 hd
93.27
GA average16 barns · 1,324 hd
105.47
−12.20
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,08051.511,0712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38047.5565646
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06836.473905thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1565108.30/cwt105.00–110.006123
BullsMedium and Large 3435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004793
HeifersMedium and Large 2530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 256590.80/cwt90.00–93.005137
HeifersMedium and Large 347494.05/cwt90.00–96.004465
SteersMedium and Large 2725111.00/cwt111.00–111.008052
SteersMedium and Large 2643113.00/cwt113.00–113.007276
SteersMedium and Large 3565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006222
SteersMedium and Large 3718101.26/cwt100.00–102.507272
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,330720.00/cwt720.00–720.009,5761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,122692.62/cwt650.00–740.007,7713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17561.72/cwt59.00–65.007253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38641.82/cwt40.00–43.005809
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39747.82/cwt44.00–51.0066834
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,08051.51/cwt51.00–52.001,0712
CowsLean 85-90%1,11032.56/cwt31.00–34.003612
CowsLean 85-90%1,04039.08/cwt38.00–40.004063

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.