Sale reports / Georgia / Greensboro / 2025-05-12

Greensboro

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greensboro, Georgia · Mon, May 12
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1948
Feeder Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 203 vs last sale 387▼ 112 vs year ago 296 · −37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 85▼ 41 vs year ago 84 · −48.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 108▼ 4 vs year ago 27 · −14.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 higher replacements steady, all classes of feeder cattle unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $381.77/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 15 of 29 comparable sales and sits −2.98 against this barn's trailing median of $384.75.
Average price
$381.77
17 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.12
vs GA average
−2.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521383.681,99815thin
Medium and Large 2543367.501,9942thin
One grade step is worth $16.18/cwt here — about $4 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 sale17 hd
381.77
—
GA average14 barns · 473 hd
361.65
+20.12
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−2.83
This barn, trailing median29 sales
384.75
−2.98
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—Low1,805187.323,3819thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,290164.782,12623

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)1,062$1,8805
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)923$1,5885
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)897$1,3723thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4225
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7822
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8602
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8941
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515385.01/cwt382.00–387.001,98313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1597
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1754290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,18713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3235350.00/cwt350.00–350.008231
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4843
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473342.00/cwt340.00–345.001,6185
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516330.71/cwt325.00–335.001,7067
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530313.36/cwt310.00–315.001,6616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560318.73/cwt315.00–320.001,7854
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8911
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9251
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1210490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,0291
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2230464.89/cwt460.00–470.001,0692
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2221
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2181
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335402.46/cwt400.00–405.001,3482
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414412.55/cwt410.00–415.001,7084
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5962
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7522
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470372.47/cwt370.00–375.001,7512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3513320.04/cwt315.00–325.001,6424
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523337.56/cwt335.00–340.001,7652
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573314.89/cwt310.00–320.001,8042
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3650270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7551
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0072
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0451
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8331
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1850230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9551
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2895212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,729181.41/cwt179.00–187.003,1375
Bulls——1,835175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,2111
Bulls——1,922201.29/cwt195.00–207.003,8693
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206153.36/cwt150.00–155.001,8507
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298178.30/cwt173.00–183.002,3146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,344164.67/cwt162.00–169.002,21310
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38971,372.49/head1,100.00–1,575.001,3723
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39231,588.38/head1,000.00–1,950.001,5885
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0621,879.97/head1,575.00–2,200.001,8805

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.