Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2023-08-21

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Aug 21
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 216▼ 254 vs year ago 563 · −45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 188▲ 16 vs year ago 139 · +11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 269 vs last sale 334▲ 48 vs year ago 17 · +282.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 7.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $239.51/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$239.51
58 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,258
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$164
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.21
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2503245.021,23323
Medium and Large 3432243.111,05113thin
Medium and Large 1603231.611,39722
One grade step is worth $13.41/cwt here — about −$164 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 sale58 hd
239.51
—
GA average15 barns · 925 hd
244.72
−5.21
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—Average1,887133.572,5205thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,425114.911,6372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,261105.531,33167
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14293.991,07354

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)1,067$1,2393thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$1,1824thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)888$1,1398

Every lot, as filed

50 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—529225.60/cwt225.00–227.501,1934
BullsMedium and Large 2—320265.00/cwt265.00–265.008481
BullsMedium and Large 2—670205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3741
BullsMedium and Large 2—560217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2182
BullsMedium and Large 2—610210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2811
BullsMedium and Large 3—415230.00/cwt230.00–230.009551
SteersMedium and Large 2—528242.11/cwt240.00–243.001,2789
SteersMedium and Large 1—630222.06/cwt220.00–224.001,3997
SteersMedium and Large 2—550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3485
SteersMedium and Large 3—518223.01/cwt220.00–225.001,1555
SteersMedium and Large 2—415247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0271
SteersMedium and Large 3—330267.50/cwt267.50–267.508831
SteersMedium and Large 2—457248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1338
HeifersMedium and Large 3—586202.45/cwt200.00–210.001,1864
SteersMedium and Large 3—380256.32/cwt245.00–259.009746
SteersMedium and Large 3—420240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320235.08/cwt232.50–237.507522
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427225.83/cwt225.00–227.509646
SteersMedium and Large 1—699216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—790187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,4811
SteersMedium and Large 1—530245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2992
SteersMedium and Large 1—556243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3519
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456228.25/cwt227.50–229.001,0414
HeifersMedium and Large 3—735186.51/cwt185.00–188.001,3712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378230.00/cwt230.00–230.008692
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583213.69/cwt211.00–215.001,24610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517221.96/cwt220.00–224.001,1488
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2181
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485220.24/cwt220.00–222.001,0688
HeifersMedium and Large 3—532212.68/cwt210.00–215.001,1313
BullsMedium and Large 2—475233.50/cwt232.00–235.001,1092
BullsMedium and Large 3—463224.96/cwt220.00–227.501,0423
BullsMedium and Large 3—328253.76/cwt252.50–255.008322
BullsMedium and Large 2—371251.89/cwt250.00–252.509354
BullsMedium and Large 3—580213.74/cwt212.50–215.001,2402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0951,455.00/head1,455.00–1,455.001,4552
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2421,242.50/head1,210.00–1,300.001,2433
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—9251,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0671,239.22/head1,175.00–1,300.001,2393
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—685760.00/head760.00–760.007602
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8851,171.02/head1,110.00–1,230.001,1714
Bulls——1,887133.57/cwt129.00–136.002,5205
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,267100.35/cwt96.00–103.001,27119
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,269106.57/cwt104.00–111.001,35241
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,201113.53/cwt112.00–116.001,3637
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,425114.91/cwt114.00–116.001,6372
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14296.77/cwt94.00–101.001,10532
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14289.94/cwt86.00–93.001,02722

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.