Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2020-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.98/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$128.98

69 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$12.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	130.10	649	54
Medium and Large 2	405	126.10	510	13thin
Medium and Large 3	385	117.56	453	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.54/cwt here — about $197 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 sale69 hd

128.98

—

GA average15 barns · 1,187 hd

124.77

+4.21

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	—	Low	1,403	89.43	1,255	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,410	60.96	859	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,212	51.69	626	12

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	533	141.48/cwt	140.00–143.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	179.72/cwt	175.00–185.00	476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	725	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	160.29/cwt	157.00–165.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	148.49/cwt	146.00–151.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	152.01/cwt	147.00–155.00	716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	162.09/cwt	160.00–164.00	689	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	995	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	161.61/cwt	160.00–165.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	162.50/cwt	160.00–165.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	171.04/cwt	165.00–175.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	141.26/cwt	140.00–142.00	876	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	115.51/cwt	113.00–119.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	128.91/cwt	124.00–133.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	134.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	566	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	138.24/cwt	135.00–140.00	366	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	116.68/cwt	113.00–117.00	791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	125.69/cwt	121.00–128.00	700	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	143.57/cwt	142.00–145.00	459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	135.98/cwt	132.00–140.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	133.47/cwt	130.00–140.00	430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	120.70/cwt	120.00–122.00	570	3
Bulls	—	—	1,215	77.45/cwt	75.00–80.00	941	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,778	66.00/cwt	65.00–67.00	1,173	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	59.84/cwt	56.00–63.00	795	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	42.25/cwt	40.00–44.00	547	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	53.58/cwt	50.00–55.00	640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	139.01/cwt	135.00–145.00	512	12
Bulls	—	—	1,630	97.69/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	158.26/cwt	155.00–160.00	510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	157.73/cwt	152.00–160.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	142.48/cwt	140.00–145.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	140.72/cwt	137.00–145.00	595	3
Bulls	—	—	1,250	89.03/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	1

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 Feb 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 213Last week 288Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 93Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 21Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	140.00–143.00	141.48
4	—	265	175.00–185.00	179.72
5	—	483	150.00	150.00
6	—	431	157.00–165.00	160.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	146.00–151.00	148.49
2	—	465	140.00–145.00	142.45
3	—	322	155.00–160.00	158.26
4	—	370	152.00–160.00	157.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	140.00–145.00	142.48
3	—	423	137.00–145.00	140.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	471	147.00–155.00	152.01
13	—	710	130.00	130.00
2	—	518	150.00	150.00
4	—	428	165.00–175.00	171.04
8	—	620	140.00–142.00	141.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	160.00–164.00	162.09
3	—	363	160.00–165.00	161.61
2	—	473	140.00–142.00	140.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	160.00–165.00	162.50
2	—	380	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	113.00–119.00	115.51
3	—	265	135.00–140.00	138.24
3	—	322	130.00–140.00	133.47
3	—	472	120.00–122.00	120.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	115.00–120.00	117.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	124.00–133.00	128.91
8	—	422	130.00–140.00	134.04
12	—	678	113.00–117.00	116.68
13	—	557	121.00–128.00	125.69
2	—	320	142.00–145.00	143.57
2	—	453	132.00–140.00	135.98
12	—	368	135.00–145.00	139.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	155.00	155.00
1	—	365	150.00	150.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	995	575.00	575.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	75.00–80.00	77.45
3	—	1,630	94.00–101.00	97.69
2	—	1,250	85.00–92.00	89.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,778	65.00–67.00	66.00
9	—	1,328	56.00–63.00	59.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	40.00–44.00	42.25
10	—	1,195	50.00–55.00	53.58

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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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

Slaughter Cattle