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
BullsAverage1,10578.008622thin
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 3407107.33/cwt105.00–110.004373
HeifersMedium and Large 2468116.34/cwt113.00–119.0054411
HeifersMedium and Large 2559107.57/cwt105.00–111.006017
HeifersMedium and Large 267098.00/cwt95.00–99.006576
HeifersMedium and Large 2428118.01/cwt115.00–120.005056
HeifersMedium and Large 2537110.80/cwt110.00–113.005955
HeifersMedium and Large 2334122.68/cwt120.00–127.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 272593.57/cwt91.00–96.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2628100.00/cwt100.00–100.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1514115.71/cwt114.00–117.005957
HeifersMedium and Large 1422123.02/cwt122.00–124.005195
HeifersMedium and Large 1623105.00/cwt105.00–105.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 1565113.68/cwt112.00–115.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1653100.00/cwt100.00–100.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 1480119.00/cwt119.00–119.005712
BullsMedium and Large 3437118.18/cwt110.00–120.0051610
BullsMedium and Large 3481115.80/cwt110.00–120.005577
BullsMedium and Large 3326127.56/cwt122.00–130.004165
BullsMedium and Large 3520109.00/cwt109.00–109.005672
BullsMedium and Large 3363130.00/cwt130.00–130.004722
BullsMedium and Large 3288138.59/cwt135.00–142.003992
BullsMedium and Large 2515123.92/cwt120.00–126.0063812
BullsMedium and Large 2330141.36/cwt140.00–150.004667
BullsMedium and Large 2479124.22/cwt123.00–125.005955
BullsMedium and Large 2432127.85/cwt125.00–135.005525
BullsMedium and Large 2623115.01/cwt114.00–116.007173
BullsMedium and Large 2383137.25/cwt135.00–142.005263
BullsMedium and Large 2573118.91/cwt115.00–123.006812
BullsMedium and Large 1373151.16/cwt146.00–155.005643
BullsMedium and Large 1560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006942
BullsMedium and Large 1533128.49/cwt128.00–129.006852
BullsMedium and Large 1270160.00/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
Bulls1,20081.00/cwt81.00–81.009721
Bulls1,01075.00/cwt75.00–75.007581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,20863.98/cwt58.00–69.007738
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,33363.02/cwt59.00–66.008403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,06660.33/cwt54.00–65.006434
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11874.50/cwt70.00–81.008336
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01879.01/cwt74.00–83.008044
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-291080.00/cwt75.00–86.007285
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3800700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,190700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,3302
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3201,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,5302
SteersMedium and Large 3420124.00/cwt124.00–124.005212
SteersMedium and Large 2520128.45/cwt126.00–130.006685
SteersMedium and Large 2466130.99/cwt129.00–134.006104
SteersMedium and Large 2438135.00/cwt135.00–135.005912
SteersMedium and Large 1626129.81/cwt127.00–132.008136
SteersMedium and Large 1522134.42/cwt133.00–136.007025
SteersMedium and Large 1663125.68/cwt120.00–130.008333
SteersMedium and Large 1573134.04/cwt132.00–135.007683
SteersMedium and Large 1473136.52/cwt135.00–138.006462
SteersMedium and Large 1375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 3377110.80/cwt110.00–115.004189
HeifersMedium and Large 3479110.01/cwt109.00–111.005277
HeifersMedium and Large 3534100.96/cwt95.00–105.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 363593.18/cwt90.00–96.005925
HeifersMedium and Large 3321113.26/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.