Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2024-04-01

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 1
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
226 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 280▼ 111 vs year ago 337 · −32.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 138▼ 38 vs year ago 132 · −28.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 20▼ 44 vs year ago 75 · −58.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly 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 $241.17/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −120.88 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.
Average price
$241.17
6 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,339
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$99
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$1.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.76
vs GA average
−29.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3525242.401,2732thin
Medium and Large 2570240.561,3714thin
One grade step is worth $1.84/cwt here — about −$99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale6 hd
241.17
—
GA average16 barns · 454 hd
251.93
−10.76
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−29.42
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.05
−120.88
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—Low1,472155.952,29611
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,477137.542,0314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210132.801,60732
CowsLean 85-90%Average984112.861,11015
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,736129.772,2527thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,538127.101,9546thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,155108.001,2471thin

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)1,020$1,5301thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,004$1,3294thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)780$1,6134thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1181
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3377343.20/cwt340.00–347.501,2943
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425342.38/cwt340.00–345.001,4552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475311.20/cwt310.00–312.501,4782
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3545300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225310.00/cwt310.00–310.006981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315298.63/cwt295.00–300.009414
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318311.81/cwt310.00–315.009923
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325287.35/cwt285.00–290.009342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373296.53/cwt292.50–300.001,1063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3384271.96/cwt270.00–277.501,0446
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385286.15/cwt285.00–290.001,1024
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418261.61/cwt260.00–262.501,0943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425288.69/cwt287.50–290.001,2272
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469252.42/cwt247.50–255.001,1847
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525242.40/cwt240.00–245.001,2732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570240.56/cwt237.50–242.501,3714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2282361.51/cwt360.00–365.001,0193
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2561
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4691
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,050144.51/cwt143.00–146.001,5172
Bulls——1,338154.62/cwt151.00–157.002,0695
Bulls——1,851163.34/cwt159.00–166.003,0234
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%939108.90/cwt105.00–113.001,0238
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035117.38/cwt115.00–121.001,2157
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,136126.09/cwt123.00–130.001,43215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253135.53/cwt132.00–139.001,69810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,307143.29/cwt140.00–148.001,8737
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388131.64/cwt130.00–133.001,8272
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565143.43/cwt142.00–145.002,2452
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,155108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2471
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,528125.72/cwt122.00–129.001,9215
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,585134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1241
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,3351
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,726125.79/cwt124.00–127.002,1714
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,783133.11/cwt132.00–134.002,3732
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-27651,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-37951,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29881,464.91/head1,430.00–1,500.001,4652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,530.00/head1,530.00–1,530.001,5301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0201,192.79/head1,150.00–1,240.001,1932

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.