Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2020-10-08

Greensboro

Name: Greensboro livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Thu, Oct 8

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

56 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 88▼ 172 vs year ago 228 · −75.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 119▼ 125 vs year ago 149 · −83.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

18 head

▼ 56 vs last sale 74▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $96.52/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$96.52

8 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$16.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.34

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	630	100.52	633	6thin
Medium and Large 3	673	84.51	569	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.01/cwt here — about $64 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 sale8 hd

96.52

—

GA average18 barns · 1,837 hd

115.86

−19.34

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	1,788	74.89	1,339	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,457	44.09	642	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,129	38.98	440	5thin

Every lot

12 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	641	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	673	84.51/cwt	84.00–85.00	569	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	95.07/cwt	92.00–98.00	642	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	430	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	516	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	670	97.88/cwt	94.00–102.00	656	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,788	74.89/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,339	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,129	38.98/cwt	36.00–43.00	440	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,351	40.73/cwt	39.00–43.00	550	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,532	46.49/cwt	44.00–49.00	712	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,135	603.15/cwt	500.00–710.00	6,846	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	865	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,844	2

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.

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

Duvall Livestock - Greensboro, GA

Thu Oct 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 56Last week 88Year ago 228

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 119Year ago 149

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 74Year ago 0

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	107.00	107.00
2	—	675	92.00–98.00	95.07
3	—	628	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	673	84.00–85.00	84.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	120.00	120.00
2	—	670	94.00–102.00	97.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,135	500.00–710.00	603.15

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	865	560.00	560.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,788	74.00–76.00	74.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,532	44.00–49.00	46.49
5	—	1,351	39.00–43.00	40.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,129	36.00–43.00	38.98

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.