Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2020-09-24

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Sep 24
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 87▼ 61 vs year ago 126 · −48.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 71▼ 70 vs year ago 138 · −50.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 0▲ 60 vs year ago 37 · +162.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower, Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower, Feeder calves lightly tested, Replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.13/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$108.13
4 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.49
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475120.005701thin
Medium and Large 3498104.185193thin
One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $51 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 sale4 hd
108.13
—
GA average17 barns · 1,674 hd
112.62
−4.49
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—Average1,61684.491,3665thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38156.4477921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66452.458734thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18348.3657218

Every lot

20 lots · USDA AMS · Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1585125.51/cwt125.00–126.007342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3435107.50/cwt107.50–107.504681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475120.00/cwt120.00–120.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530102.52/cwt100.00–105.005432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533108.72/cwt107.50–110.005792
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2301
Bulls——1,53280.49/cwt79.00–82.001,2333
Bulls——2,05595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,9521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09145.75/cwt42.00–48.004999
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27450.98/cwt49.00–54.006499
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28360.43/cwt57.00–64.007759
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45453.45/cwt50.00–56.0077712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58251.60/cwt50.00–53.008163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,91055.00/cwt55.00–55.001,0511
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3938650.09/cwt620.00–680.006,0983
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,178780.00/cwt780.00–780.009,1882
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2855769.30/cwt730.00–810.006,5782
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3985650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,4031
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,131812.44/cwt700.00–870.009,1897
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,145990.00/cwt990.00–990.0011,3361

This sale against other markets

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.