Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2020-01-16

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Jan 16
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
44 vs last sale 120 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
118 vs last sale 224 106 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 6.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.78/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$134.78
8 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$177
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$26.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2265142.503781thin
Medium and Large 1425140.655985thin
Medium and Large 3478116.255552thin
One grade step is worth $26.25/cwt here — about −$177 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 sale8 hd
134.78
GA average15 barns · 1,411 hd
128.44
+6.34
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
BullsAverage1,65881.971,3593thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28558.3174978
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60056.018965thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00544.8245115

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2260175.00/cwt175.00–175.004551
BullsMedium and Large 2415155.00/cwt155.00–155.006431
BullsMedium and Large 2570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
BullsMedium and Large 2680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
BullsMedium and Large 3365155.00/cwt155.00–155.005661
BullsMedium and Large 3473136.30/cwt135.00–137.506452
HeifersMedium and Large 1425141.38/cwt137.50–145.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 3615102.50/cwt102.50–102.506301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31764.22/cwt61.00–68.0084627
HeifersMedium and Large 2265142.50/cwt142.50–142.503781
HeifersMedium and Large 3340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 1380147.50/cwt147.50–147.505611
HeifersMedium and Large 1560128.00/cwt128.00–128.007171
Bulls1,65881.97/cwt81.00–83.001,3593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25956.55/cwt53.00–60.0071240
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60056.01/cwt55.00–58.008965
CowsLean 85-90%97038.77/cwt35.00–41.003763
CowsLean 85-90%1,01446.33/cwt39.00–49.0047012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29950.23/cwt45.00–52.0065211

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.