Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2025-02-24

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Feb 24
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
98 vs last sale 151 248 vs year ago 497 · 49.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
51 vs last sale 76 5 vs year ago 132 · 3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
28 vs last sale 11 3 vs year ago 42 · 7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows, bulls and replacements steady, feeder steers lightly tested feeder bulls and heifers steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.70/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 126.99 against this barn's trailing median of $381.69.
Average price
$254.70
16 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.74
vs GA average
52.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544262.241,4289thin
Medium and Large 2544245.841,3366thin
Medium and Large 3505240.001,2121thin
One grade step is worth $22.24/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
419379339300median 381.6901/0503/0204/2707/0608/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.73, low $313.53, median $381.69 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
254.70
GA average12 barns · 238 hd
263.44
−8.74
National average189 barns · 18,586 hd
307.01
−52.31
This barn, trailing median28 sales
381.69
−126.99
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
BullsAverage1,640177.022,9036thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,359143.921,95683
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03387.379035thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,116$1,8988
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,004$1,6879
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$1,4673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$1,8843thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500464271.27/cwt270.00–275.001,2594
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2121
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600588302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,7763
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850837222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8585
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530265.74/cwt260.00–267.001,4087
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4401
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600595250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4882
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350337328.32/cwt325.00–330.001,1063
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6821
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425312.76/cwt310.00–315.001,3299
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750705235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6572
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3701
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3383
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330314.31/cwt310.00–320.001,0377
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524328.25/cwt327.00–330.001,72012
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414403.34/cwt400.00–410.001,6703
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650643272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7492
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800780217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6931
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500455290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1502
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600555280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5541
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6121
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400370370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3691
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5981
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4421
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400368390.03/cwt385.00–395.001,4352
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350328361.73/cwt360.00–365.001,1863
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500467319.95/cwt315.00–325.001,4943
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400371374.26/cwt370.00–380.001,3897
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400378350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3232
CowsLean 85-90%970102.00/cwt102.00–102.009891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,381153.31/cwt150.00–158.002,11726
CowsBoner 80-85%1,403143.61/cwt140.00–149.002,01532
CowsLean 85-90%1,04983.71/cwt80.00–90.008784
CowsBoner 80-85%1,280134.55/cwt130.00–139.001,72225
Bulls1,782178.03/cwt177.00–179.003,1723
Bulls1,280165.51/cwt165.00–166.002,1192
Bulls1,935197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,8121
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28951,467.13/head1,250.00–1,600.001,4673
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29201,883.65/head1,525.00–2,400.001,8843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0041,687.45/head1,200.00–2,200.001,6879
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1161,898.39/head1,375.00–2,300.001,8988
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700663250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6582
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5342
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550513300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5392
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450409388.78/cwt385.00–390.001,5904
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800775210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6281
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6101
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450425301.57/cwt300.00–305.001,2823
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850815200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6301
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650617256.66/cwt255.00–260.001,5843
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450408349.91/cwt345.00–355.001,4282
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600571274.92/cwt270.00–280.001,5704
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650617277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7099
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600552241.68/cwt240.00–245.001,3343
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370330.02/cwt325.00–335.001,2216
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530277.45/cwt275.00–280.001,4702
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300275380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0451
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3801
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300270415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1211
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500470304.89/cwt297.00–307.001,43318
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5354
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275323.15/cwt320.00–330.008893
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5411

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.