Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2025-02-24

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, Feb 24
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 151▼ 248 vs year ago 497 · −49.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 76▼ 5 vs year ago 132 · −3.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 11▼ 3 vs year ago 42 · −7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows, bulls and replacements steady, feeder steers lightly tested feeder bulls and 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 $254.70/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −107.35 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.
Average price
$254.70
16 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,380
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.74
vs GA average
−52.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544262.241,4289thin
Medium and Large 2544245.841,3366thin
Medium and Large 3505240.001,2121thin
One grade step is worth $22.24/cwt here — about $216 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 sale16 hd
254.70
—
GA average12 barns · 238 hd
263.44
−8.74
National average189 barns · 18,586 hd
307.01
−52.31
This barn, trailing median32 sales
362.05
−107.35
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—Average1,640177.022,9036thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,359143.921,95683
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03387.379035thin

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)1,116$1,8988
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,004$1,6879
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$1,4673thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)920$1,8843thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3691
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414403.34/cwt400.00–410.001,6703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3201
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5981
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4421
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524328.25/cwt327.00–330.001,72012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5541
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,7763
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7492
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275323.15/cwt320.00–330.008893
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330314.31/cwt310.00–320.001,0377
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337328.32/cwt325.00–330.001,1063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370330.02/cwt325.00–335.001,2216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3701
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425312.76/cwt310.00–315.001,3299
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425301.57/cwt300.00–305.001,2823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3464271.27/cwt270.00–275.001,2594
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470304.89/cwt297.00–307.001,43318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2121
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530265.74/cwt260.00–267.001,4087
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3383
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552241.68/cwt240.00–245.001,3343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4882
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5354
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6572
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1837222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8585
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1211
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0451
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3328361.73/cwt360.00–365.001,1863
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368390.03/cwt385.00–395.001,4352
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2371374.26/cwt370.00–380.001,3897
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3232
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408349.91/cwt345.00–355.001,4282
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409388.78/cwt385.00–390.001,5904
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5342
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2467319.95/cwt315.00–325.001,4943
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5392
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530277.45/cwt275.00–280.001,4702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6101
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571274.92/cwt270.00–280.001,5704
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7099
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2617256.66/cwt255.00–260.001,5843
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6582
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6281
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,280165.51/cwt165.00–166.002,1192
Bulls——1,782178.03/cwt177.00–179.003,1723
Bulls——1,935197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,8121
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970102.00/cwt102.00–102.009891
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04983.71/cwt80.00–90.008784
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280134.55/cwt130.00–139.001,72225
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,381153.31/cwt150.00–158.002,11726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,403143.61/cwt140.00–149.002,01532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28951,467.13/head1,250.00–1,600.001,4673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0041,687.45/head1,200.00–2,200.001,6879
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1161,898.39/head1,375.00–2,300.001,8988
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29201,883.65/head1,525.00–2,400.001,8843

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.