Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2023-03-06

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Mar 6
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
391 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 296▲ 99 vs year ago 292 · +33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 98▲ 81 vs year ago 66 · +122.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 47▲ 35 vs year ago 43 · +81.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves significantly higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves significantly higher, Feeder bulls and bull calves significantly higher. Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $188.73/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$188.73
101 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.89
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2386194.4475134
Medium and Large 1499186.9893439
Medium and Large 3388184.2371528
One grade step is worth $10.21/cwt here — about $36 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 sale101 hd
188.73
—
GA average14 barns · 1,603 hd
180.84
+7.89
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—High1,811122.052,2107thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,545100.061,54615
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37697.281,33956
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11982.4092240

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,049$9195
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)978$9145
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$1,0018

Every lot, as filed

68 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—428210.65/cwt208.00–215.009025
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—835145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—541173.72/cwt170.00–177.509402
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330193.33/cwt190.00–197.506388
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565177.46/cwt175.00–180.001,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—355200.00/cwt200.00–200.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439195.92/cwt195.00–197.0086019
SteersMedium and Large 3—255235.00/cwt235.00–235.005992
SteersMedium and Large 3—415223.58/cwt222.50–225.0092812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575163.62/cwt160.00–167.509412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375189.91/cwt187.50–192.507123
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515162.75/cwt162.50–163.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 3—555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008331
SteersMedium and Large 2—403232.50/cwt232.50–232.509377
SteersMedium and Large 2—305237.50/cwt237.50–237.507241
HeifersMedium and Large 3—482173.29/cwt172.50–175.008353
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421182.89/cwt180.00–185.007705
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265199.30/cwt197.50–200.005284
SteersMedium and Large 2—567202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1487
SteersMedium and Large 3—473212.75/cwt212.00–215.001,0069
SteersMedium and Large 1—581214.96/cwt214.00–217.001,24910
SteersMedium and Large 2—514216.58/cwt215.00–217.001,1135
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323202.74/cwt200.00–204.0065517
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518183.31/cwt182.50–185.009503
SteersMedium and Large 2—355235.00/cwt235.00–235.008341
SteersMedium and Large 3—305232.50/cwt232.50–232.507092
SteersMedium and Large 2—461224.76/cwt222.50–225.001,03611
BullsMedium and Large 2—705157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,1101
BullsMedium and Large 2—320229.21/cwt225.00–230.0073310
BullsMedium and Large 1—459214.48/cwt212.50–215.009845
BullsMedium and Large 1—520204.27/cwt200.00–207.501,0624
BullsMedium and Large 1—375229.87/cwt227.50–232.508622
BullsMedium and Large 2—475198.59/cwt195.00–202.509432
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,482104.61/cwt103.00–107.001,5506
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58797.02/cwt92.00–99.001,5409
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,531103.31/cwt100.00–108.001,58222
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30095.70/cwt92.00–99.001,24424
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21787.83/cwt84.00–91.001,06910
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10882.83/cwt79.00–86.0091819
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01475.06/cwt72.00–78.0076111
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25789.66/cwt87.00–94.001,12710
Bulls——1,884126.58/cwt123.00–131.002,3854
Bulls——1,713116.00/cwt114.00–118.001,9873
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3201,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0881,121.47/head1,050.00–1,210.001,1216
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—875640.00/head640.00–640.006402
Bred CowsSmall 2-3—885760.00/head760.00–760.007601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—975869.23/head820.00–960.008693
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0801,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—981868.01/head740.00–940.008684
BullsMedium and Large 3—337210.91/cwt210.00–215.007115
BullsMedium and Large 3—388201.52/cwt200.00–210.007826
BullsMedium and Large 2—505195.00/cwt195.00–195.009851
BullsMedium and Large 2—255237.50/cwt237.50–237.506061
BullsMedium and Large 3—575171.21/cwt170.00–172.509842
BullsMedium and Large 3—705142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0051
BullsMedium and Large 2—625172.45/cwt170.00–175.001,0783
HeifersMedium and Large 1—494187.50/cwt187.50–187.5092610
BullsMedium and Large 2—655165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0812
BullsMedium and Large 3—282222.32/cwt220.00–230.006276
BullsMedium and Large 3—691156.87/cwt155.00–157.501,0844
BullsMedium and Large 3—430194.21/cwt190.00–200.008354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—390195.00/cwt195.00–195.007619
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474183.69/cwt182.50–185.008714
HeifersMedium and Large 3—205210.00/cwt210.00–210.004311
HeifersMedium and Large 3—705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008811
BullsMedium and Large 2—375219.87/cwt217.50–222.508252

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.