Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2025-01-20

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Jan 20
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 274▼ 201 vs year ago 369 · −54.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 113▼ 32 vs year ago 132 · −24.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 17▼ 16 vs year ago 30 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows, bulls, and replacements steady, Feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.92/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −105.14 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.
Average price
$256.92
17 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,370
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.96
vs GA average
−47.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523266.061,39011thin
Medium and Large 2525257.001,3491thin
Medium and Large 3558236.801,3225thin
One grade step is worth $29.26/cwt here — about $68 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 sale17 hd
256.92
—
GA average14 barns · 399 hd
264.87
−7.96
National average149 barns · 17,148 hd
304.42
−47.50
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.05
−105.14
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—High1,428154.382,20410
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,336135.061,80564
CowsLean 85-90%Low99587.008662thin

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)1,005$1,6803thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,195$1,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,073$1,5054thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,070$2,4501thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367394.01/cwt390.00–395.001,4465
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370383.80/cwt380.00–385.001,4204
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410381.67/cwt380.00–385.001,5653
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465341.26/cwt332.00–345.001,5877
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486316.87/cwt310.00–320.001,5408
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5861
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6691
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220398.26/cwt395.00–400.008763
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235300.00/cwt300.00–300.007051
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258350.00/cwt350.00–350.009032
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270330.00/cwt330.00–330.008911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325347.62/cwt345.00–350.001,1302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335324.93/cwt320.00–330.001,0892
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405317.47/cwt315.00–320.001,2862
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3633
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2831
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480259.91/cwt255.00–265.001,2483
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512270.29/cwt262.00–272.001,3849
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3491
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533246.00/cwt245.00–247.001,3112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4082
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575230.66/cwt230.00–232.001,3263
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611243.36/cwt237.00–249.001,4877
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5641
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6701
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,5044
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3700212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3215402.50/cwt400.00–405.008652
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273438.35/cwt435.00–440.001,1973
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1318400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2722
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3318344.80/cwt340.00–350.001,0962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377388.32/cwt380.00–395.001,4643
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400387.50/cwt385.00–390.001,5502
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2416361.20/cwt360.00–365.001,5034
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3432334.98/cwt330.00–340.001,4473
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465318.33/cwt315.00–320.001,4803
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3503307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583234.98/cwt230.00–240.001,3702
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680224.89/cwt220.00–230.001,5292
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,364161.19/cwt160.00–163.002,1994
Bulls——1,430143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,0451
Bulls——1,478151.21/cwt150.00–154.002,2355
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98594.00/cwt94.00–94.009261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00580.00/cwt80.00–80.008041
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181123.74/cwt120.00–127.001,46114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,357133.87/cwt130.00–139.001,81728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,409143.79/cwt140.00–148.002,02622
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0051,679.98/head1,575.00–1,750.001,6803
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0731,505.19/head1,400.00–1,575.001,5054
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1951,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0702,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501

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.