Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2026-06-23

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 23
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
319 head
54 vs last sale 373 87 vs year ago 406 · 21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
20 vs last sale 23 17 vs year ago 60 · 28.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
14 vs last sale 0 41 vs year ago 55 · 74.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $439.82/cwt on 27 head, down $3.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits 1.61 against this barn's trailing median of $441.43.
Average price
$439.82
3.73 vs prior sale
27 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,388
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$53.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.19
vs GA average
28.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507458.852,32610thin
Medium and Large 2569431.792,45515thin
Medium and Large 3530404.912,1462thin
One grade step is worth $53.94/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
495443391339median 441.4312/1603/0304/2106/1608/11
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 sale27 hd
439.82
GA average11 barns · 354 hd
440.01
−0.19
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
−28.64
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,620209.893,4005thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,410187.632,64617
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,091165.001,79910

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)1,115$2,7472thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$2,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)941$2,9898

Every lot, as filed

61 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600578359.87/cwt350.00–370.002,0802
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400379431.43/cwt430.00–435.001,6357
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450422460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9415
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2403
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350310550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7051
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250240570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,3681
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350310564.13/cwt560.00–565.001,7496
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9241
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800760332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,5232
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650645340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1931
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400385482.27/cwt480.00–490.001,8579
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533442.44/cwt440.00–445.002,3582
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4061
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500459461.99/cwt450.00–465.002,12110
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250225700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,5751
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5681
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600558392.60/cwt385.00–400.002,1912
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,8882
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528417.76/cwt400.00–430.002,20611
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460447.76/cwt430.00–455.002,0607
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650630360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2681
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,6232
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550507458.85/cwt447.00–462.002,32610
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-29412,989.24/head2,950.00–3,100.002,9898
CowsBoner 80-85%1,447189.25/cwt185.00–195.002,7387
CowsLean 85-90%1,113167.80/cwt161.00–172.001,8685
CowsLean 85-90%1,223178.51/cwt173.00–184.002,1832
Bulls1,495210.28/cwt204.00–217.003,1442
CowsLean 85-90%965151.31/cwt145.00–157.001,4603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,398180.74/cwt175.00–184.002,5277
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,5322
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383454.97/cwt450.00–470.001,74310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1152,746.75/head2,550.00–3,000.002,7472
Bulls1,805223.95/cwt220.00–227.004,0422
CowsBoner 80-85%1,352199.95/cwt196.00–205.002,7033
Bulls1,500181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,7151
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300276500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3804
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450430413.33/cwt400.00–440.001,7773
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550530404.91/cwt400.00–410.002,1462
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450432458.83/cwt450.00–460.001,98217
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1702,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500464476.22/cwt475.00–477.002,2108
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550525370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9431
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600595330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9641
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350330497.50/cwt495.00–500.001,6422
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400383464.84/cwt460.00–470.001,7802
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450422454.88/cwt450.00–460.001,9209
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350340400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3601
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400370475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7581
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500490410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0091
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1802
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500487435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1183
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550538380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0442
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650645320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0641
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9081
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5201
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350336465.92/cwt450.00–480.001,5655
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4852
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600574430.15/cwt415.00–437.002,46913
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300275559.82/cwt550.00–570.001,5402

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.