Name: Greensboro livestock auction prices — 2020-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.33/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −74.31 against this barn's trailing median of $203.64.

Average price

$129.33

23 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$6.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.08

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	490	134.37	658	6thin
Medium and Large 3	485	127.54	618	17thin

One grade step is worth $6.83/cwt here — about $39 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

13 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.68, low $178.54, median $203.64 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

129.33

—

GA average16 barns · 1,610 hd

138.41

−9.08

This barn, trailing median13 sales

203.64

−74.31

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	—	High	1,526	84.16	1,284	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,783	61.70	1,100	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,389	60.80	845	140
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	48.16	500	16

Every lot, as filed

23 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 3	—	370	140.08/cwt	137.50–142.50	518	3
Bulls	—	—	1,567	88.34/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,384	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	83.50/cwt	83.00–84.00	1,298	2
Bulls	—	—	1,435	78.56/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	118.36/cwt	117.00–120.00	681	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	123.42/cwt	120.00–127.50	644	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	52.88/cwt	51.00–57.00	604	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,778	58.93/cwt	55.00–61.00	1,048	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,788	64.89/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,160	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	56.15/cwt	52.00–59.00	746	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,439	63.13/cwt	60.00–67.00	908	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	70.22/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,015	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	106.21/cwt	105.00–107.50	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	113.41/cwt	110.00–115.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	661	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	991	46.02/cwt	42.00–49.00	456	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	122.42/cwt	120.00–125.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	138.88/cwt	135.00–142.50	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	132.09/cwt	130.00–136.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	134.98/cwt	134.00–136.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	623	1

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 Jan 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 97Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 219Last week 191Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	137.50–142.50	140.08
6	—	575	117.00–120.00	118.36
3	—	522	120.00–127.50	123.42
2	—	475	120.00–125.00	122.42
2	—	425	135.00–142.50	138.88
1	—	315	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	130.00–136.00	132.09
2	—	463	134.00–136.00	134.98
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	105.00–107.50	106.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	110.00–115.00	113.41
1	—	615	107.50	107.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,567	88.00–89.00	88.34
2	—	1,555	83.00–84.00	83.50
2	—	1,435	77.00–80.00	78.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,143	51.00–57.00	52.88
11	—	991	42.00–49.00	46.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,778	55.00–61.00	58.93
13	—	1,788	62.00–69.00	64.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,328	52.00–59.00	56.15
59	—	1,439	60.00–67.00	63.13
17	—	1,445	68.00–74.00	70.22

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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