Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2021-10-18

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Oct 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 118▲ 228 vs year ago 65 · +350.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 80▲ 14 vs year ago 44 · +31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 89▲ 45 vs year ago 9 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, steer calves and feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.55/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$119.55
73 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$588
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$34
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.17
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1396131.3052017thin
Medium and Large 2542118.7764432
Medium and Large 3494112.2755424
One grade step is worth $19.03/cwt here — about −$34 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 sale73 hd
119.55
—
GA average17 barns · 2,123 hd
122.72
−3.17
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—Average1,72483.921,4476thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27155.9471129
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00648.6548910

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1—323163.68/cwt162.50–165.005292
BullsMedium and Large 1—373155.12/cwt152.50–157.505792
BullsMedium and Large 2—733106.48/cwt105.00–108.007802
BullsMedium and Large 2—429141.30/cwt140.00–145.006064
BullsMedium and Large 3—575118.40/cwt115.00–120.0068112
BullsMedium and Large 3—70599.00/cwt99.00–99.006981
SteersMedium and Large 3—525121.78/cwt121.00–122.506392
SteersMedium and Large 3—623119.54/cwt118.00–121.007452
SteersMedium and Large 2—488136.00/cwt136.00–136.006642
SteersMedium and Large 2—520137.28/cwt135.00–140.007144
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519112.02/cwt108.00–115.005815
SteersMedium and Large 1—780124.52/cwt123.00–125.009714
HeifersMedium and Large 3—631104.75/cwt100.00–109.006616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675110.88/cwt107.00–113.007487
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528121.05/cwt119.00–122.506398
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485115.36/cwt110.00–117.005594
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372117.19/cwt115.00–120.004366
SteersMedium and Large 1—533144.71/cwt144.00–150.007718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428131.52/cwt131.00–135.005638
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368131.10/cwt130.00–135.004829
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00852.33/cwt51.00–55.005274
Bulls——1,71685.70/cwt82.00–89.001,4715
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00446.19/cwt43.00–49.004646
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41753.22/cwt51.00–55.0075412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16857.86/cwt56.00–63.0067617
Bulls——1,76575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3241
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—850681.69/cwt550.00–775.005,7942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—983631.56/cwt550.00–750.006,2085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—960575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,5201
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—1,130790.00/cwt790.00–790.008,9271
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3751,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,7501
BullsMedium and Large 3—622112.83/cwt110.00–117.007026
BullsMedium and Large 3—523123.20/cwt120.00–125.006446
BullsMedium and Large 2—367144.21/cwt143.00–147.505294
BullsMedium and Large 3—475127.60/cwt125.00–130.006063
BullsMedium and Large 2—472135.27/cwt132.50–137.006386
BullsMedium and Large 3—378132.47/cwt130.00–135.005014
BullsMedium and Large 3—687108.81/cwt105.00–110.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 3—432113.75/cwt111.00–115.004913
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575115.71/cwt114.00–118.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476122.07/cwt120.00–125.0058114

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.