Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2024-03-25

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Mar 25
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
280 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 420▲ 131 vs year ago 149 · +87.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 92▲ 60 vs year ago 78 · +76.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 45▼ 7 vs year ago 27 · −25.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 6.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, 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 $244.33/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −117.73 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.
Average price
$244.33
13 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,316
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.98
vs GA average
−22.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2534245.141,30810thin
Medium and Large 1575242.411,3942thin
Medium and Large 3515240.001,2361thin
One grade step is worth $5.14/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale13 hd
244.33
—
GA average13 barns · 347 hd
252.31
−7.98
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−22.54
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.05
−117.73
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—High1,792149.332,67611
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,519131.682,0009thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,176125.061,47133
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,028103.511,06412
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,552122.021,89423
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,741121.172,10912
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,125107.131,2054thin

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)1,120$1,3632thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3393337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,3263
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,4033
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3462306.28/cwt300.00–310.001,41520
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573284.13/cwt280.00–285.001,6286
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575268.71/cwt267.50–270.001,5452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6511
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3745240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7881
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2272303.07/cwt297.50–307.508243
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295310.00/cwt310.00–310.009151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325279.79/cwt275.00–285.009093
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328303.95/cwt300.00–310.009973
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375286.18/cwt285.00–287.501,0732
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379293.44/cwt292.50–295.001,1125
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3382270.39/cwt270.00–272.501,0336
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421259.52/cwt255.00–262.501,0937
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428281.50/cwt277.50–287.501,2053
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437272.82/cwt270.00–275.001,1927
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470248.05/cwt245.00–250.001,1664
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476256.63/cwt255.00–257.501,2229
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2361
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529246.27/cwt242.50–252.501,3039
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575242.41/cwt240.00–245.001,3942
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3591
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627238.31/cwt235.00–239.001,4948
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675204.85/cwt200.00–210.001,3832
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4731
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5702
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0042
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0121
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1291
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1731
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1471
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3355337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,1981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382342.33/cwt340.00–347.501,3083
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428330.53/cwt327.50–335.001,4154
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435318.08/cwt317.50–320.001,3844
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,538142.63/cwt140.00–145.002,1944
Bulls——1,869149.51/cwt147.00–152.002,7944
Bulls——2,028158.02/cwt156.00–162.003,2053
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%963110.01/cwt107.00–114.001,0593
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050101.34/cwt97.00–105.001,0649
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,172118.37/cwt114.00–123.001,38715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173134.74/cwt132.00–139.001,5817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184128.03/cwt124.00–131.001,51611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478126.96/cwt123.00–131.001,8764
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,551135.46/cwt135.00–136.002,1015
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0151
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,162109.50/cwt107.00–114.001,2723
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,482117.72/cwt114.00–121.001,74513
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575125.10/cwt123.00–130.001,9704
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,626127.13/cwt123.00–131.002,0679
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,795132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,3691
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,812117.09/cwt114.00–120.002,1227
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,905134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,5531
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39601,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2801,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001

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.