Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2021-10-11

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Oct 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 245▼ 30 vs year ago 148 · −20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 73▲ 14 vs year ago 66 · +21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 52▲ 89 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 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steer calves steady, 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 $118.79/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$118.79
27 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.51
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580122.877129thin
Medium and Large 2524119.176256thin
Medium and Large 3503115.5458112thin
One grade step is worth $7.33/cwt here — about $131 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 sale27 hd
118.79
—
GA average15 barns · 1,395 hd
120.29
−1.51
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—High1,45985.801,2527thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66657.219536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29255.6871934
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17644.615258thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
BullsMedium and Large 2—670107.65/cwt106.00–110.007213
BullsMedium and Large 1—430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
BullsMedium and Large 1—540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
BullsMedium and Large 2—523125.00/cwt125.00–125.006544
BullsMedium and Large 3—540118.00/cwt118.00–118.006372
BullsMedium and Large 3—469124.25/cwt121.00–127.005834
HeifersMedium and Large 3—74392.49/cwt91.00–94.006872
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470114.51/cwt114.00–115.005382
SteersMedium and Large 1—640128.00/cwt128.00–128.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1—575135.03/cwt134.00–136.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535111.99/cwt111.00–113.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475125.55/cwt124.00–127.005962
SteersMedium and Large 1—470152.47/cwt151.00–154.007172
SteersMedium and Large 3—470135.02/cwt134.00–136.006352
SteersMedium and Large 2—517137.26/cwt134.00–139.007103
SteersMedium and Large 2—475143.87/cwt140.00–148.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 1—790104.00/cwt104.00–104.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—534127.74/cwt126.00–130.006824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575112.49/cwt112.00–113.006472
BullsMedium and Large 2—740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523119.48/cwt119.00–120.006252
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423124.74/cwt122.50–126.005286
BullsMedium and Large 2—424139.34/cwt135.00–142.505914
BullsMedium and Large 1—590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007201
BullsMedium and Large 1—645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007481
BullsMedium and Large 2—335156.27/cwt155.00–157.505242
BullsMedium and Large 3—393141.27/cwt137.50–145.005552
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573122.71/cwt118.00–125.007034
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,208888.49/cwt845.00–970.0010,7333
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—865667.51/cwt610.00–710.005,7742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2371,001.99/cwt840.00–1,090.0012,3953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—815688.71/cwt630.00–740.005,6132
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28351.11/cwt48.00–54.006569
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29557.09/cwt55.00–62.0073924
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28563.00/cwt63.00–63.008101
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,66657.21/cwt55.00–59.009536
Bulls——1,59390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4342
Bulls——1,40684.12/cwt81.00–88.001,1835
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09848.08/cwt46.00–50.005283
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22342.53/cwt40.00–45.005205

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.