Name: Greensboro livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder classed lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.52/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$103.52

19 head · 422 lb average

Value per head Derived

$437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$7.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.51

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	404	106.24	429	10thin
Medium and Large 1	578	105.00	607	3thin
Medium and Large 3	374	98.25	367	6thin

One grade step is worth $7.98/cwt here — about $62 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 sale19 hd

103.52

—

GA average16 barns · 1,341 hd

107.03

−3.51

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,223	61.89	757	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,278	49.48	633	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	48.49	757	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	37.31	374	18

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	121.88/cwt	120.00–124.00	396	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	92.74/cwt	92.50–93.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	121.77/cwt	120.00–125.00	453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	105.13/cwt	100.00–107.50	559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	464	101.98/cwt	100.00–107.50	473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	108.68/cwt	107.50–110.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	108.38/cwt	107.50–110.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	104.96/cwt	102.50–107.50	446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	97.38/cwt	95.00–100.00	363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	134.40/cwt	132.50–136.00	704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	848	1
Bulls	—	—	1,223	61.89/cwt	59.00–63.00	757	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	59.75/cwt	58.00–64.00	761	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	44.90/cwt	41.00–47.00	572	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	50.78/cwt	48.00–56.00	651	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	48.49/cwt	47.00–50.00	757	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	32.09/cwt	30.00–36.00	313	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	40.63/cwt	38.00–44.00	414	11

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA

Thu Oct 24, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 144Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 84Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder classed lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	112.50	112.50
2	—	325	120.00–124.00	121.88
2	—	570	110.00	110.00
2	—	673	92.50–93.00	92.74
3	—	372	120.00–125.00	121.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	112.50	112.50
3	—	532	100.00–107.50	105.13
4	—	464	100.00–107.50	101.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
2	—	530	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	105.00	105.00
1	—	525	100.00	100.00
2	—	328	107.50–110.00	108.68
3	—	370	107.50–110.00	108.38
3	—	425	102.50–107.50	104.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	105.00	105.00
1	—	425	95.00	95.00
4	—	373	95.00–100.00	97.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	135.00	135.00
4	—	524	132.50–136.00	134.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
1	—	725	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	59.00–63.00	61.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,273	58.00–64.00	59.75
18	—	1,275	41.00–47.00	44.90
24	—	1,282	48.00–56.00	50.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,562	47.00–50.00	48.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	976	30.00–36.00	32.09
11	—	1,019	38.00–44.00	40.63

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.

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