Name: Greensboro livestock auction prices — 2023-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.48/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$205.48

54 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$11.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.97

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	490	215.56	1,056	7thin
Medium and Large 3	488	203.98	996	47

One grade step is worth $11.59/cwt here — about $61 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 sale54 hd

205.48

—

GA average16 barns · 2,165 hd

211.45

−5.97

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,755	113.73	1,996	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,437	91.76	1,319	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,227	85.63	1,051	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,016	68.52	696	20

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,254	$1,286	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,120	$1,125	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,385	$1,500	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	206.21/cwt	205.00–207.50	1,289	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	232.39/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	437	242.59/cwt	242.50–243.00	1,060	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,365	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	242.78/cwt	205.00–252.50	1,122	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	257.47/cwt	252.50–258.00	976	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,250	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	218.19/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	184.88/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	215.60/cwt	210.00–220.00	884	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	208.34/cwt	200.00–210.00	994	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	194.95/cwt	192.50–197.50	1,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	184.08/cwt	180.00–187.50	1,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,097	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	208.71/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	197.23/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,039	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,385	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,120	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,269	1,371.92/head	1,280.00–1,410.00	1,372	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,225	1,115.08/head	1,010.00–1,200.00	1,115	2
Bulls	—	—	1,811	117.01/cwt	115.00–120.00	2,119	4
Bulls	—	—	1,680	109.35/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,837	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	78.15/cwt	74.00–82.00	874	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,312	88.38/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,160	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	94.75/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,444	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	976	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	86.66/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,127	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	93.83/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,177	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	75.10/cwt	72.00–78.00	792	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	66.32/cwt	62.00–69.00	665	15

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA

Mon Oct 16, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 353Last week 373Year ago 322

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 145Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 52Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	205.00–207.50	206.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	230.00–235.00	232.39
5	—	437	242.50–243.00	242.59
3	—	625	192.50–197.50	194.95
2	—	575	207.50–210.00	208.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	195.00	195.00
1	—	395	235.00	235.00
1	—	465	225.00	225.00
3	—	623	180.00–187.50	184.08
2	—	535	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	245.00	245.00
1	—	465	260.00	260.00
2	—	618	228.00	228.00
4	—	665	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	462	205.00–252.50	242.78
9	—	510	245.00	245.00
3	—	738	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	379	252.50–258.00	257.47
1	—	445	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	470	215.00–219.00	218.19
2	—	540	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	175.00	175.00
3	—	575	180.00–190.00	184.88
9	—	410	210.00–220.00	215.60
23	—	477	200.00–210.00	208.34
9	—	527	190.00–200.00	197.23

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,385	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,225	1,010.00–1,200.00	1,115.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,269	1,280.00–1,410.00	1,371.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,811	115.00–120.00	117.01
3	—	1,680	108.00–110.00	109.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,119	74.00–82.00	78.15
25	—	1,301	83.00–90.00	86.66
16	—	1,254	91.00–98.00	93.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	86.00–91.00	88.38
7	—	1,524	92.00–98.00	94.75
1	—	1,205	81.00	81.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,054	72.00–78.00	75.10
15	—	1,003	62.00–69.00	66.32

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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