Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2024-04-22

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Apr 22
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
261 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 411▼ 92 vs year ago 353 · −26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 135▼ 40 vs year ago 138 · −29.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 37▼ 47 vs year ago 79 · −59.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly 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 $253.40/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −108.65 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.
Average price
$253.40
87 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,424
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.75
vs GA average
−16.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566258.501,46342
Medium and Large 2559249.141,39442
Medium and Large 3542241.631,3093thin
One grade step is worth $16.87/cwt here — about $154 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 sale87 hd
253.40
—
GA average15 barns · 542 hd
247.65
+5.75
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−16.79
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.05
−108.65
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—High1,663145.182,4158thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,450126.721,8373thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,141119.491,36331
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,004102.031,0244thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,700118.032,0065thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,366116.361,58920
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,049101.591,0657thin

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)1,245$1,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)985$1,2632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)960$1,5502thin

Every lot

49 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3384342.87/cwt342.00–345.001,3177
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425342.34/cwt337.50–347.501,4553
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4462
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475303.39/cwt237.50–325.001,4414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3484316.83/cwt310.00–318.001,53312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3531302.41/cwt300.00–307.501,6064
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7851
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275302.32/cwt300.00–305.008312
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009261
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3382268.28/cwt267.50–270.001,0253
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423271.60/cwt267.50–275.001,1496
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429258.89/cwt255.00–265.001,1115
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3479251.40/cwt247.50–257.501,2045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525246.20/cwt245.00–247.501,2932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534253.22/cwt250.00–255.001,3524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562248.71/cwt240.00–249.001,39838
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,46342
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3371
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4031
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5002
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675213.64/cwt210.00–217.501,4422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3318339.10/cwt337.50–340.001,0783
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3432
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425328.69/cwt327.50–330.001,3972
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3427320.71/cwt317.50–325.001,3693
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3532289.08/cwt287.50–292.501,5383
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6511
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,625154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,5031
Bulls——1,645136.51/cwt135.00–138.002,2462
Bulls——1,678146.89/cwt145.00–150.002,4655
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99099.71/cwt99.00–100.009873
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1391
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,124112.94/cwt110.00–116.001,26912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146120.47/cwt117.00–124.001,38111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158127.96/cwt125.00–133.001,4828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415132.08/cwt130.00–134.001,8692
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,7631
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%975106.63/cwt105.00–109.001,0403
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10497.81/cwt95.00–101.001,0804
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,339111.15/cwt108.00–116.001,48810
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,368120.57/cwt119.00–124.001,6498
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,490125.59/cwt125.00–126.001,8712
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,653121.93/cwt120.00–124.002,0163
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,770112.19/cwt110.00–114.001,9862
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29601,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39801,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2451,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251

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.