See the posting at:
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=134852#p589302
It contains a minor hack that creates a report plugin that instructors can use to clear overrides on Categories and Course items. It also contains a reply with an address for a query solution.
Gradebook
Removing Overrides for an grade item column
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