Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2024-04-15

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 15
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 410▼ 129 vs year ago 540 · −23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 115▲ 1 vs year ago 134 · +0.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 16▼ 48 vs year ago 85 · −56.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 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 $242.94/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −119.12 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.
Average price
$242.94
39 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,368
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.39
vs GA average
−21.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538260.901,4059thin
Medium and Large 2575243.911,40212thin
Medium and Large 3568233.311,32518thin
One grade step is worth $27.60/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale39 hd
242.94
—
GA average16 barns · 599 hd
248.33
−5.39
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
−21.58
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.05
−119.12
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—Low1,728153.782,6579thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,281131.231,68133
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,535130.522,00313
CowsLean 85-90%Average998109.221,09016
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,770126.002,2301thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,675124.922,0925thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,223106.601,3044thin

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)1,172$1,5064thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,122$1,4564thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)910$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)745$1,6956

Every lot

56 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3382339.83/cwt337.50–345.001,2983
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205330.00/cwt330.00–330.006771
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235300.00/cwt300.00–300.007051
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275305.00/cwt305.00–305.008391
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285290.00/cwt290.00–290.008271
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325305.00/cwt305.00–305.009911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325287.42/cwt285.00–290.009344
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335292.50/cwt292.50–292.509801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375294.87/cwt292.50–297.501,1062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381283.80/cwt280.00–290.001,08110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3381271.10/cwt267.50–277.501,0334
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423284.05/cwt280.00–287.501,2023
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427271.87/cwt267.50–277.501,1615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3431258.89/cwt255.00–265.001,11611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469261.83/cwt257.50–267.501,2288
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3482251.57/cwt250.00–255.001,2133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528262.10/cwt260.00–265.001,3847
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3529241.91/cwt240.00–245.001,2805
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532253.29/cwt252.50–255.001,3483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575256.72/cwt256.00–257.501,4762
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3583230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,34113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2589240.78/cwt239.00–243.001,4189
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4131
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3735202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4881
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2745210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205400.00/cwt400.00–400.008201
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225365.00/cwt365.00–365.008211
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235375.00/cwt375.00–375.008812
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3265360.00/cwt360.00–360.009541
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3333342.81/cwt340.00–350.001,1425
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2421
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3368333.21/cwt330.00–335.001,2263
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425316.19/cwt315.00–317.501,3442
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,476147.66/cwt146.00–150.002,1794
Bulls——1,835153.83/cwt151.00–157.002,8232
Bulls——1,993161.90/cwt160.00–164.003,2273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983102.94/cwt99.00–107.001,0126
Cows—Lean 85-90%986112.32/cwt110.00–116.001,1079
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,195119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,4221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239127.42/cwt123.00–130.001,57919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302134.76/cwt132.00–138.001,75511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,472142.43/cwt139.00–146.002,0973
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487128.23/cwt125.00–129.001,9077
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590133.20/cwt130.00–135.002,1186
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,138110.24/cwt109.00–112.001,2552
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,308102.97/cwt101.00–105.001,3472
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,675124.92/cwt124.00–126.002,0925
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,770126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,2301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39101,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1581,507.37/head1,425.00–1,600.001,5073
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1631,364.19/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,648.41/head1,625.00–1,675.001,6482
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-35401,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-28481,816.89/head1,775.00–1,875.001,8174

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.