Name: Greensboro livestock auction prices — 2020-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 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 $111.72/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$111.72

29 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$1.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.82

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	578	112.08	648	23
Medium and Large 3	492	110.34	542	6thin

One grade step is worth $1.74/cwt here — about $106 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 sale29 hd

111.72

—

GA average16 barns · 1,225 hd

126.54

−14.82

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	—	Average	1,828	92.25	1,686	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,782	72.56	1,293	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,441	70.09	1,010	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	951	53.69	510	11

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	895	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,923	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	124.87/cwt	120.00–130.00	656	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	55.27/cwt	52.00–59.00	545	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	68.04/cwt	66.00–70.00	1,143	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	77.84/cwt	75.00–83.00	1,147	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	75.58/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,398	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	62.27/cwt	59.00–66.00	853	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	857	49.47/cwt	46.00–51.00	424	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	70.60/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,041	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	108.27/cwt	105.00–110.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	102.44/cwt	100.00–107.00	684	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	112.64/cwt	110.00–115.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	100.69/cwt	97.50–105.00	774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	126.79/cwt	122.50–130.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	122.59/cwt	120.00–125.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	112.42/cwt	110.00–117.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	116.91/cwt	115.00–120.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	103.72/cwt	102.50–105.00	750	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	124.49/cwt	120.00–130.00	652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	149.73/cwt	145.00–155.00	561	2
Bulls	—	—	1,673	86.49/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	112.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	707	2
Bulls	—	—	1,983	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,943	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	106.46/cwt	105.00–108.00	719	2

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 Feb 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 103Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 123Last week 119Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	640.00	640.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	120.00–130.00	124.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	105.00–110.00	108.27
3	—	463	110.00–117.00	112.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	100.00–107.00	102.44
3	—	573	110.00–115.00	112.64
4	—	769	97.50–105.00	100.69
4	—	366	122.50–130.00	126.79
2	—	425	120.00–125.00	122.59
4	—	518	115.00–120.00	116.91
2	—	723	102.50–105.00	103.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	524	120.00–130.00	124.49
2	—	375	145.00–155.00	149.73
2	—	628	110.00–115.00	112.57
2	—	675	105.00–108.00	106.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	986	52.00–59.00	55.27
3	—	857	46.00–51.00	49.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	66.00–70.00	68.04
3	—	1,850	73.00–78.00	75.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,473	75.00–83.00	77.84
28	—	1,370	59.00–66.00	62.27
35	—	1,475	67.00–74.00	70.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	86.00–87.00	86.49
2	—	1,983	98.00	98.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle