Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2020-10-15

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Oct 15
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 56▲ 4 vs year ago 144 · +2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 24▼ 18 vs year ago 84 · −21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steers calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $108.37/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −92.91 against this barn's trailing median of $201.27.
Average price
$108.37
18 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$105
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$0.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.15
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3536108.5858213thin
Medium and Large 2637107.806875thin
One grade step is worth $0.78/cwt here — about −$105 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

15 sales
235211187163median 201.2703/0904/0605/0408/2409/21
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $220.68, low $177.29, median $201.27 across 15 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 sale18 hd
108.37
—
GA average13 barns · 959 hd
116.52
−8.15
This barn, trailing median15 sales
201.27
−92.91
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
Bulls—Average1,53776.371,1743thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28551.006551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,43046.4066441
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16539.0145512

Every lot, as filed

18 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 3—57799.38/cwt98.00–102.005735
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525105.35/cwt105.00–106.005533
HeifersMedium and Large 3—77587.00/cwt87.00–87.006741
BullsMedium and Large 3—538107.52/cwt104.00–111.005784
BullsMedium and Large 3—563106.17/cwt103.00–108.005983
BullsMedium and Large 3—64395.26/cwt92.50–98.006132
CowsLean 85-90%—93534.71/cwt34.00–35.003253
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45243.58/cwt39.00–46.0063317
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24240.44/cwt38.00–44.005029
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28551.00/cwt51.00–51.006551
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41548.40/cwt47.00–54.0068524
Bulls——1,53776.37/cwt74.00–80.001,1743
BullsMedium and Large 3—478112.50/cwt112.50–112.505382
BullsMedium and Large 3—443123.74/cwt122.50–125.005482
SteersMedium and Large 2—475132.50/cwt132.50–132.506291
BullsMedium and Large 2—682104.00/cwt103.00–105.007093
BullsMedium and Large 2—635109.00/cwt109.00–109.006921
BullsMedium and Large 2—505118.00/cwt118.00–118.005961

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.