Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2026-08-24

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Aug 24
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
305 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 302▼ 4 vs year ago 309 · −1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 55▼ 72 vs year ago 147 · −49.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 44▼ 30 vs year ago 87 · −34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady, all replacements steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $321.65/cwt on 42 head, down $5.04 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −64.16 against this barn's trailing median of $385.80.
Average price
$321.65
▼ 5.04 vs prior sale
42 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539328.201,76831
Medium and Large 2515308.351,5879thin
Medium and Large 3535280.001,4982thin
One grade step is worth $48.20/cwt here — about $270 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
469408347286median 385.8002/0904/0606/0808/1009/28
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $454.51, low $299.60, median $385.80 across 31 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 sale42 hd
321.65
—
GA average13 barns · 299 hd
325.88
−4.24
This barn, trailing median31 sales
385.80
−64.16
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—Low1,606193.723,11210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,605163.692,6272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,289154.591,99344
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,114137.231,52817

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)1,355$2,7002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,302$2,56810
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$2,0587
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,135$3,4002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,093$3,2936
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,055$1,9252thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6343
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300290320.00/cwt300.00–340.009282
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400370408.49/cwt385.00–435.001,51111
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550501316.41/cwt305.00–325.001,5857
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400360390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4041
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550509339.27/cwt330.00–360.001,72713
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8523
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700675263.80/cwt250.00–270.001,7814
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350305460.16/cwt450.00–470.001,4032
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520321.60/cwt320.00–325.001,6729
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350300520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5603
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650603292.49/cwt290.00–295.001,7642
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300265540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400383394.84/cwt370.00–420.001,5122
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425378.20/cwt370.00–385.001,6073
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800770290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2331
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569313.72/cwt310.00–320.001,78514
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700683281.28/cwt275.00–285.001,9218
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473360.94/cwt350.00–400.001,7079
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500469372.01/cwt365.00–400.001,74517
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400360471.67/cwt450.00–495.001,6983
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,2931
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600560320.20/cwt300.00–330.001,79318
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650631333.76/cwt332.50–335.002,1066
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458358.07/cwt350.00–365.001,6408
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0933,293.45/head3,150.00–3,400.003,2936
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0551,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9252
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6241
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680320.91/cwt300.00–327.502,18212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0681,876.93/head1,800.00–1,950.001,8772
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450413410.02/cwt405.00–415.001,6938
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567346.63/cwt335.00–352.501,9653
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,285156.07/cwt149.00–166.002,00533
CowsLean 85-90%—1,234125.86/cwt120.00–135.001,5535
Bulls——1,455168.10/cwt165.00–170.002,4462
Bulls——1,420215.00/cwt215.00–215.003,0531
CowsLean 85-90%—1,005110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1061
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,605163.69/cwt155.00–172.002,6272
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250240450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650647315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0388
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600563280.13/cwt270.00–290.001,5772
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650615257.68/cwt250.00–265.001,5852
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375342.64/cwt280.00–380.001,28516
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450418376.81/cwt360.00–390.001,5753
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1761
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350326468.10/cwt460.00–470.001,5265
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350327331.68/cwt270.00–385.001,0855
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500459307.90/cwt290.00–330.001,4137
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006401
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750715250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7881
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600578308.44/cwt300.00–315.001,7833
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300293502.52/cwt500.00–505.001,4722
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450432349.38/cwt315.00–360.001,50914
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520327.60/cwt325.00–330.001,7042
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500450330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4851
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476347.12/cwt335.00–360.001,65212
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600560302.50/cwt300.00–305.001,6942
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550538303.31/cwt300.00–310.001,6323
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400357303.50/cwt275.00–350.001,0833
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350315300.00/cwt300.00–300.009451
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550535280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4982
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400360230.00/cwt230.00–230.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7781
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650620273.28/cwt270.00–280.001,6943
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450415310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2871
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4103,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2972,996.92/head2,800.00–3,450.002,9973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,3002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,3042,384.06/head1,800.00–2,650.002,3847
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350335390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3071
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450435350.06/cwt345.00–355.001,5232
Bulls——1,676198.00/cwt190.00–200.003,3187
CowsLean 85-90%—1,069144.88/cwt140.00–153.001,54911
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,337168.02/cwt167.00–170.002,2463
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,288143.47/cwt140.00–148.001,8488
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1353,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1312,130.95/head2,000.00–2,250.002,1315

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.