Name: Greensboro livestock auction prices — 2020-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.26/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$110.26

10 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$136

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

$0.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	499	110.38	551	7thin
Medium and Large 2	625	109.97	687	3thin

One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about −$136 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 sale10 hd

110.26

—

GA average17 barns · 1,599 hd

117.37

−7.11

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	1,245	84.58	1,053	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	62.24	818	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,890	59.68	1,128	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,167	53.86	629	13

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	—	1,180	81.44/cwt	78.00–84.00	961	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,890	59.68/cwt	57.00–62.00	1,128	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	60.88/cwt	58.00–64.00	764	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	66.43/cwt	65.00–69.00	917	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	788	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	55.59/cwt	51.00–59.00	639	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,228	48.08/cwt	45.00–50.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	109.25/cwt	105.00–112.00	568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	111.89/cwt	108.00–115.00	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	109.97/cwt	109.00–112.00	687	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	1
Bulls	—	—	1,293	86.93/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,124	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	122.78/cwt	121.00–125.00	704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	114.19/cwt	112.50–115.00	594	3

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 Aug 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 80Year ago 71

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 48Year ago 102

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	78.00–84.00	81.44
4	—	1,293	86.00–89.00	86.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,890	57.00–62.00	59.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,255	58.00–64.00	60.88
11	—	1,380	65.00–69.00	66.43
3	—	1,433	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,149	51.00–59.00	55.59
3	—	1,228	45.00–50.00	48.08

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	105.00–112.00	109.25
3	—	472	108.00–115.00	111.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	109.00–112.00	109.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	121.00–125.00	122.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	112.50–115.00	114.19

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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