Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2026-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls absent, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder bulls sharply lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.05/cwt on 36 head, down $7.96 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 15 of 28 comparable sales and sits +1.61 against this barn's trailing median of $441.43.

Average price

$443.05

▼ 7.96 vs prior sale

36 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.08

vs GA average

−17.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	446.81	2,492	27
Medium and Large 2	517	431.77	2,232	9thin

One grade step is worth $15.04/cwt here — about $259 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $481.13, low $353.34, median $441.43 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale36 hd

443.05

—

GA average10 barns · 167 hd

429.97

+13.08

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−17.32

This barn, trailing median28 sales

441.43

+1.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,461	185.43	2,710	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	152.96	1,654	7thin

Every lot, as filed

62 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	447.43/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	381.57/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,194	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	420.03/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	431.77/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,232	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	447.46/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	377.52/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,035	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	429.06/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	384.91/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	460.07/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	405.28/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	437.54/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Bred Cows	Large 2-3	—	1,128	190.86/cwt	189.00–193.00	2,153	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,819	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,554	193.17/cwt	190.00–197.00	3,002	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	159.49/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,890	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	150.35/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,564	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,464	183.49/cwt	178.00–188.00	2,686	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	331.53/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	456.55/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,461	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	373.70/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,141	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	495.19/cwt	480.00–501.00	2,387	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,252	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	408.00/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,154	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	426.06/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	450.08/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	433.43/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,476	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	437.76/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,517	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	253	614.95/cwt	610.00–620.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	398.15/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,915	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	496.81/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,067	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	454.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,185	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	378.66/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,556	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	454.85/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,947	2

How this sale compares

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Tue May 26, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 317Last week 483Year ago 466

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 52Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 43Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	550.00	550.00
2	300–350	338	450.00–470.00	460.07
4	350–400	384	440.00–450.00	447.43
4	400–450	418	400.00–450.00	429.06
5	450–500	466	385.00–420.00	405.28
1	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	590.00	590.00
1	300–350	335	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	380	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	428	450.00–460.00	454.85
3	450–500	457	425.00–445.00	433.43
3	550–600	575	370.00–390.00	381.57
1	600–650	645	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	650.00	650.00
2	250–300	253	610.00–620.00	614.95
1	300–350	325	590.00	590.00
3	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	460	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	579	405.00–450.00	426.06
1	600–650	600	395.00	395.00
5	700–750	709	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	440	410.00	410.00
9	450–500	481	370.00–420.00	398.15
4	500–550	539	370.00–380.00	377.52
1	550–600	595	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	500.00	500.00
1	250–300	285	470.00	470.00
2	300–350	325	445.00–450.00	447.46
2	350–400	373	415.00–425.00	420.03
4	400–450	428	370.00–400.00	384.91
3	550–600	582	325.00–340.00	331.53
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	610.00	610.00
3	350–400	383	475.00	475.00
3	400–450	412	445.00–455.00	450.08
10	450–500	481	430.00–460.00	454.26
17	500–550	528	400.00–415.00	408.00
4	550–600	573	370.00–380.00	373.70
2	650–700	650	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	468	430.00–445.00	437.54
1	600–650	640	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	530.00	530.00
8	400–450	416	485.00–500.00	496.81
9	500–550	517	425.00–445.00	431.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	520.00	520.00
22	450–500	482	480.00–501.00	495.19
13	500–550	539	450.00–480.00	456.55
14	550–600	575	437.00–445.00	437.76
17	600–650	604	410.00	410.00
18	650–700	675	377.00–380.00	378.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,128	189.00–193.00	190.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,554	190.00–197.00	193.17
8	—	1,464	178.00–188.00	183.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	159.00–160.00	159.49
5	—	1,040	145.00–154.00	150.35

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Pulaski Co

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle