Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2019-07-16

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 16
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
355 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 394▲ 355 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 86▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 27▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 1.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady, replacement cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.99/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$109.99
100 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.08
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529114.0960323
Medium and Large 2520110.7157643
Medium and Large 3460106.2948934
One grade step is worth $7.80/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale100 hd
109.99
—
GA average15 barns · 1,414 hd
117.07
−7.08
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
Bulls—Average1,10578.008622thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31458.7777218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61557.099222thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average98049.994905thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 3—407107.33/cwt105.00–110.004373
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468116.34/cwt113.00–119.0054411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—559107.57/cwt105.00–111.006017
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67098.00/cwt95.00–99.006576
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428118.01/cwt115.00–120.005056
HeifersMedium and Large 2—537110.80/cwt110.00–113.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 2—334122.68/cwt120.00–127.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72593.57/cwt91.00–96.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2—628100.00/cwt100.00–100.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514115.71/cwt114.00–117.005957
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422123.02/cwt122.00–124.005195
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623105.00/cwt105.00–105.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565113.68/cwt112.00–115.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—653100.00/cwt100.00–100.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480119.00/cwt119.00–119.005712
BullsMedium and Large 3—437118.18/cwt110.00–120.0051610
BullsMedium and Large 3—481115.80/cwt110.00–120.005577
BullsMedium and Large 3—326127.56/cwt122.00–130.004165
BullsMedium and Large 3—520109.00/cwt109.00–109.005672
BullsMedium and Large 3—363130.00/cwt130.00–130.004722
BullsMedium and Large 3—288138.59/cwt135.00–142.003992
BullsMedium and Large 2—515123.92/cwt120.00–126.0063812
BullsMedium and Large 2—330141.36/cwt140.00–150.004667
BullsMedium and Large 2—479124.22/cwt123.00–125.005955
BullsMedium and Large 2—432127.85/cwt125.00–135.005525
BullsMedium and Large 2—623115.01/cwt114.00–116.007173
BullsMedium and Large 2—383137.25/cwt135.00–142.005263
BullsMedium and Large 2—573118.91/cwt115.00–123.006812
BullsMedium and Large 1—373151.16/cwt146.00–155.005643
BullsMedium and Large 1—560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006942
BullsMedium and Large 1—533128.49/cwt128.00–129.006852
BullsMedium and Large 1—270160.00/cwt160.00–160.004322
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04552.97/cwt51.00–56.005543
CowsLean 85-90%—88345.53/cwt42.00–49.004022
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61557.09/cwt55.00–59.009222
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28059.23/cwt56.00–63.0075810
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34954.12/cwt50.00–57.007305
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36765.01/cwt64.00–66.008893
Bulls——1,20081.00/cwt81.00–81.009721
Bulls——1,01075.00/cwt75.00–75.007581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,20863.98/cwt58.00–69.007738
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,33363.02/cwt59.00–66.008403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,06660.33/cwt54.00–65.006434
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,11874.50/cwt70.00–81.008336
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,01879.01/cwt74.00–83.008044
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—91080.00/cwt75.00–86.007285
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—800700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,190700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,3302
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3201,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,5302
SteersMedium and Large 3—420124.00/cwt124.00–124.005212
SteersMedium and Large 2—520128.45/cwt126.00–130.006685
SteersMedium and Large 2—466130.99/cwt129.00–134.006104
SteersMedium and Large 2—438135.00/cwt135.00–135.005912
SteersMedium and Large 1—626129.81/cwt127.00–132.008136
SteersMedium and Large 1—522134.42/cwt133.00–136.007025
SteersMedium and Large 1—663125.68/cwt120.00–130.008333
SteersMedium and Large 1—573134.04/cwt132.00–135.007683
SteersMedium and Large 1—473136.52/cwt135.00–138.006462
SteersMedium and Large 1—375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377110.80/cwt110.00–115.004189
HeifersMedium and Large 3—479110.01/cwt109.00–111.005277
HeifersMedium and Large 3—534100.96/cwt95.00–105.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 3—63593.18/cwt90.00–96.005925
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321113.26/cwt110.00–118.003644

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.