Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2024-05-13

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, May 13
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 305▲ 74 vs year ago 222 · +33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 126▲ 11 vs year ago 73 · +15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 37▼ 29 vs year ago 56 · −51.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher with exceptional individuals bringing 140.00 to 142.00, feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.08/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −85.67 against this barn's trailing median of $384.75.
Average price
$299.08
41 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$15.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.38
vs GA average
−11.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2565299.461,69140
Medium and Large 3570284.001,6191thin
One grade step is worth $15.46/cwt here — about $72 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 sale41 hd
299.08
—
GA average15 barns · 331 hd
293.70
+5.38
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−11.69
This barn, trailing median29 sales
384.75
−85.67
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

29 sales
492435377320median 384.7503/0205/1807/2709/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.47, low $333.60, median $384.75 across 29 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—Low1,664151.862,5275thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,477124.211,83411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,111123.761,37628
CowsLean 85-90%Low986105.051,03610
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,521116.851,7778thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,580114.991,8172thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,277103.891,3264thin

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)1,033$1,4343thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$1,4015
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)910$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,005$1,4252thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425344.88/cwt342.50–347.501,4662
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440308.74/cwt307.50–310.001,3582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464317.20/cwt312.50–319.001,4727
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3491295.71/cwt295.00–300.001,45213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540307.92/cwt305.00–315.001,66314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,6191
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578294.90/cwt292.50–295.001,70526
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3623275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7139
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3275286.00/cwt286.00–286.007871
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318276.60/cwt275.00–277.508803
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,0381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365261.15/cwt257.50–262.509534
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382276.55/cwt275.00–280.001,0563
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425251.19/cwt250.00–252.501,0682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428264.19/cwt260.00–270.001,1314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468254.77/cwt252.50–256.001,19210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468248.24/cwt245.00–250.001,1623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2731
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520255.56/cwt250.00–260.001,32914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534241.99/cwt240.00–247.501,2926
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3545230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3281
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568248.26/cwt245.00–250.001,4103
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2871
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625213.63/cwt210.00–217.501,3352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632223.30/cwt222.50–225.001,4113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1645230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4661
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1041
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3373313.15/cwt307.50–317.501,1683
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375321.18/cwt320.00–322.501,2042
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425302.41/cwt300.00–305.001,2855
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3466293.78/cwt293.00–295.001,3695
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3534279.04/cwt277.50–280.001,4909
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3572273.21/cwt267.50–277.501,5633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480147.43/cwt146.00–148.002,1823
Bulls——1,730165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,8551
Bulls——2,150152.00/cwt152.00–152.003,2681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%954106.47/cwt103.00–110.001,0167
Cows—Boner 80-85%969114.17/cwt111.00–119.001,1069
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02396.59/cwt95.00–98.009882
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150123.35/cwt120.00–127.001,4198
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200131.90/cwt128.00–136.001,58311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446124.35/cwt120.00–127.001,7987
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520131.87/cwt128.00–135.002,0042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540116.05/cwt114.00–118.001,7872
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,242107.19/cwt105.00–109.001,3313
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,38094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2971
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,450123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,7841
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,531115.97/cwt112.00–119.001,7767
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580114.99/cwt114.00–116.001,8172
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29101,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29801,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0551,326.69/head1,275.00–1,425.001,3274
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0601,350.71/head1,325.00–1,375.001,3512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-31,0051,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252

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.