Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2024-03-11

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Mar 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 285▲ 57 vs year ago 146 · +39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 105▼ 13 vs year ago 104 · −12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 40▼ 14 vs year ago 45 · −31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 12.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 10.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 10.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.05/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −119.00 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.
Average price
$243.05
14 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,340
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.04
vs GA average
−33.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555246.781,37010thin
Medium and Large 2545240.801,3123thin
Medium and Large 3535212.501,1371thin
One grade step is worth $34.28/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale14 hd
243.05
—
GA average14 barns · 380 hd
250.09
−7.04
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−33.12
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.05
−119.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
419373328283median 362.0503/0205/0407/2009/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $404.73, low $296.94, median $362.05 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,534139.882,1465thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,495130.881,9577thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,166125.201,46011
CowsLean 85-90%Low861101.268724thin
Dairy Bulls—Average1,495128.531,9222thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,700128.272,18110
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,484121.711,80628
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,254106.261,3325thin

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)1,098$1,6382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,095$1,5752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)970$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$2,4002thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3432326.56/cwt325.00–330.001,4113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5471
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565291.63/cwt285.00–294.001,6484
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2645267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,7251
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675266.14/cwt262.50–270.001,7962
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3725232.43/cwt230.00–235.001,6852
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235285.00/cwt285.00–285.006702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265293.61/cwt290.00–295.007784
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3280278.50/cwt275.00–285.007804
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320271.04/cwt265.00–275.008674
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325284.69/cwt280.00–290.009254
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375263.68/cwt262.50–265.009892
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425264.92/cwt262.50–267.501,1263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427279.44/cwt275.00–285.001,1936
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428254.25/cwt250.00–260.001,0884
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475274.10/cwt267.50–275.001,30214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479260.95/cwt260.00–262.501,2505
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482241.57/cwt240.00–245.001,1643
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525246.20/cwt245.00–247.501,2932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532252.37/cwt250.00–257.501,3433
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1371
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565244.39/cwt240.00–250.001,3817
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2921
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3313
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375332.37/cwt330.00–335.001,2462
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4181
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3415325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3491
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,150130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4951
Bulls——1,583138.90/cwt138.00–140.002,1992
Bulls——1,678145.81/cwt144.00–148.002,4472
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%830100.01/cwt99.00–101.008303
Cows—Lean 85-90%955105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0031
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098126.07/cwt125.00–127.001,3842
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113116.85/cwt113.00–120.001,3015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266135.20/cwt132.00–137.001,7124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5741
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433135.10/cwt134.00–137.501,9363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,625129.63/cwt128.00–131.002,1063
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,240109.39/cwt105.00–112.001,3563
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,275101.56/cwt100.00–103.001,2952
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,451118.36/cwt113.00–121.001,71715
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,522125.58/cwt122.00–129.001,91113
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1511
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,711127.63/cwt125.00–131.002,1849
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,495128.53/cwt128.00–129.001,9222
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39301,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29701,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39801,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2652,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0202,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002

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.