Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2025-05-12

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, May 12
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
184 head
203 vs last sale 387 112 vs year ago 296 · 37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
42 vs last sale 85 41 vs year ago 84 · 48.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
85 vs last sale 108 4 vs year ago 27 · 14.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 higher replacements steady, all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $381.77/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits 41.44 against this barn's trailing median of $423.21.
Average price
$381.77
17 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.12
vs GA average
2.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521383.681,99815thin
Medium and Large 2543367.501,9942thin
One grade step is worth $16.18/cwt here — about $4 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

25 sales
492439385332median 423.2101/0502/2305/0407/0608/17
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.47, low $345.60, median $423.21 across 25 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 sale17 hd
381.77
GA average14 barns · 473 hd
361.65
+20.12
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−2.83
This barn, trailing median25 sales
423.21
−41.44
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
BullsLow1,805187.323,3819thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,290164.782,12623

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$1,8805
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)923$1,5885
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)897$1,3723thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1600–650620305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8911
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7822
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800754290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,18713
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350335402.46/cwt400.00–405.001,3482
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250230464.89/cwt460.00–470.001,0692
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500483385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8602
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500450400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1321
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300270425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1481
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4843
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9251
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515385.01/cwt382.00–387.001,98313
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450414412.55/cwt410.00–415.001,7084
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550522350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8273
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0072
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1597
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0932
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400395415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6391
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300260470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2221
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250210490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,0291
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516330.71/cwt325.00–335.001,7067
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473342.00/cwt340.00–345.001,6185
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560318.73/cwt315.00–320.001,7854
Bulls1,835175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,2111
Bulls1,922201.29/cwt195.00–207.003,8693
Bulls1,729181.41/cwt179.00–187.003,1375
CowsBoner 80-85%1,206153.36/cwt150.00–155.001,8507
CowsBoner 80-85%1,298178.30/cwt173.00–183.002,3146
CowsBoner 80-85%1,344164.67/cwt162.00–169.002,21310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0621,879.97/head1,575.00–2,200.001,8805
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39231,588.38/head1,000.00–1,950.001,5885
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38971,372.49/head1,100.00–1,575.001,3723
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7522
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900850230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9551
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750705290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0451
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350310350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0851
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550513320.04/cwt315.00–325.001,6424
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600573314.89/cwt310.00–320.001,8042
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300290420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2181
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550505375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8941
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0541
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250235350.00/cwt350.00–350.008231
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500460355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6331
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470372.47/cwt370.00–375.001,7512
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500488330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6104
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4791
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3131
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900895212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8971
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0881
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4225
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450405390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5801
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5962
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530313.36/cwt310.00–315.001,6616
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550523337.56/cwt335.00–340.001,7652

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.