Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2021-01-28

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Jan 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
24 vs last sale 67 78 vs year ago 121 · 64.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
8 vs last sale 48 163 vs year ago 219 · 74.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
11 vs last sale 32 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls lightly tested, Feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, Feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $102.11/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$102.11
11 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$151
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$13.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3509105.055347thin
Medium and Large 262298.626133thin
Medium and Large 174592.006851thin
One grade step is worth $13.05/cwt here — about −$151 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 sale11 hd
102.11
GA average16 barns · 1,271 hd
116.15
−14.04
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
BullsHigh1,68385.501,4392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39055.0776629
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61752.958563thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18747.9656911

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls1,98098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,9401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38457.10/cwt54.00–61.0079020
Bulls1,38573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68854.93/cwt54.00–56.009272
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47549.00/cwt49.00–49.007231
CowsLean 85-90%1,29453.70/cwt52.00–55.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 3519101.06/cwt98.00–105.005254
BullsMedium and Large 2485124.02/cwt123.00–125.006012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40450.55/cwt47.00–53.007109
BullsMedium and Large 274594.00/cwt94.00–94.007001
BullsMedium and Large 3505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 3245145.00/cwt145.00–145.003551
BullsMedium and Large 1620108.51/cwt108.00–109.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 174592.00/cwt92.00–92.006851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,1751
HeifersMedium and Large 362093.05/cwt91.00–95.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 262298.62/cwt97.00–102.006133
BullsMedium and Large 3380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
CowsLean 85-90%1,05040.00/cwt40.00–40.004201
CowsLean 85-90%1,13945.46/cwt42.00–49.005186

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.