Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 7.00 lower, bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower and replacement cows steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.89/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$108.89

37 head · 429 lb average

Value per head Derived

$467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.53

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	116.47	661	6thin
Medium and Large 2	420	109.90	461	17thin
Medium and Large 3	380	104.41	397	14thin

One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about $265 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 sale37 hd

108.89

—

GA average16 barns · 1,192 hd

110.42

−1.53

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,410	80.73	1,138	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,285	59.13	760	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,705	57.57	982	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,075	49.07	527	22

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1	—	287	152.94/cwt	150.00–157.00	439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	225	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	129.48/cwt	129.00–130.00	476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	126.70/cwt	125.00–129.00	532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	117.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	225	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	138.42/cwt	137.00–140.00	381	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	638	93.95/cwt	90.00–98.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	665	83.43/cwt	80.00–90.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	371	119.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	107.71/cwt	106.00–112.00	451	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	331	123.99/cwt	120.00–130.00	410	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	109.48/cwt	108.00–112.00	558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	683	130.45/cwt	128.00–133.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	116.95/cwt	115.00–119.00	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	114.68/cwt	114.00–115.00	433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	108.75/cwt	105.00–112.00	455	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	106.30/cwt	103.00–109.00	501	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	103.49/cwt	102.00–105.00	319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	93.95/cwt	90.00–98.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	232	117.96/cwt	115.00–122.00	274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	88.67/cwt	87.00–90.00	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	111.75/cwt	110.00–117.00	291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.97/cwt	123.00–125.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	113.03/cwt	110.00–116.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	121.52/cwt	120.00–124.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	127.59/cwt	124.00–131.00	538	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	111.03/cwt	110.00–112.00	533	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,195	791.32/cwt	625.00–925.00	9,456	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	859	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	585	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,290	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	761	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	57.84/cwt	51.00–64.00	662	2
Bulls	—	—	1,445	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,199	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,506	1
Bulls	—	—	1,368	77.42/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,059	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	797	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	55.36/cwt	53.00–57.00	725	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	61.11/cwt	58.00–65.00	779	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	57.57/cwt	55.00–61.00	982	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	43.30/cwt	40.00–47.00	470	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	52.37/cwt	48.00–56.00	560	14

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 Aug 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 217Last week 461Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 87Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	287	150.00–157.00	152.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	225	150.00	150.00
2	—	368	129.00–130.00	129.48
3	—	420	125.00–129.00	126.70
4	—	463	115.00–120.00	117.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	225	135.00	135.00
2	—	275	137.00–140.00	138.42
2	—	638	90.00–98.00	93.95
3	—	665	80.00–90.00	83.43
4	—	371	115.00–125.00	119.95
4	—	419	106.00–112.00	107.71
5	—	331	120.00–130.00	123.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	108.00–112.00	109.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	128.00–133.00	130.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	115.00–119.00	116.95
3	—	378	114.00–115.00	114.68
6	—	418	105.00–112.00	108.75
6	—	471	103.00–109.00	106.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	102.00–105.00	103.49
2	—	578	90.00–98.00	93.95
3	—	232	115.00–122.00	117.96
3	—	603	87.00–90.00	88.67
4	—	260	110.00–117.00	111.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	123.00–125.00	123.97
2	—	715	104.00–105.00	104.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	119.00–120.00	119.49
2	—	555	110.00–116.00	113.03
4	—	481	120.00–124.00	121.52
5	—	422	124.00–131.00	127.59
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	110.00–112.00	111.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,195	625.00–925.00	791.32
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	81.00	81.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	52.00	52.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	59.00	59.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,145	51.00–64.00	57.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	83.00	83.00
1	—	1,585	95.00	95.00
5	—	1,368	75.00–80.00	77.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	67.00	67.00
10	—	1,310	53.00–57.00	55.36
15	—	1,275	58.00–65.00	61.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,705	55.00–61.00	57.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,085	40.00–47.00	43.30
14	—	1,069	48.00–56.00	52.37

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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