Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2020-10-08

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Oct 8
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
32 vs last sale 88 172 vs year ago 228 · 75.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
95 vs last sale 119 125 vs year ago 149 · 83.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
56 vs last sale 74 18 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 unevenly steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady, 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 $96.52/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$96.52
8 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$16.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2630100.526336thin
Medium and Large 367384.515692thin
One grade step is worth $16.01/cwt here — about $64 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
96.52
GA average18 barns · 1,837 hd
115.86
−19.34
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
BullsAverage1,78874.891,3392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45744.0964212
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12938.984405thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2545107.00/cwt107.00–107.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 267595.07/cwt92.00–98.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 2628102.00/cwt102.00–102.006413
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,135603.15/cwt500.00–710.006,8462
BullsMedium and Large 3430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005161
BullsMedium and Large 367097.88/cwt94.00–102.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 367384.51/cwt84.00–85.005692
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3865560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,8442
Bulls1,78874.89/cwt74.00–76.001,3392
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53246.49/cwt44.00–49.007127
CowsLean 85-90%1,12938.98/cwt36.00–43.004405
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35140.73/cwt39.00–43.005505

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.