Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-03-17

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
362 vs last sale 455 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
10 vs last sale 54 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
11 vs last sale 16 5 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 with one outstanding boner at 82.00, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 15.00 to 20.00 lower, bull calves 10.00 to 20.00 lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.90/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 81.27 against this barn's trailing median of $209.17.
Average price
$127.90
25 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.38
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452136.4961711thin
Medium and Large 2430124.2453412thin
Medium and Large 3410102.564202thin
One grade step is worth $33.93/cwt here — about $196 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
228212196180median 209.1701/0602/1705/0505/1205/12
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.23, low $194.44, median $209.17 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale25 hd
127.90
GA average16 barns · 854 hd
122.52
+5.38
This barn, trailing median4 sales
209.17
−81.27
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
BullsLow1,38796.001,3313thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26468.6686834
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50360.499092thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12053.085946thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
BullsMedium and Large 1513131.00/cwt130.00–132.006722
BullsMedium and Large 1391139.27/cwt137.00–140.005454
BullsMedium and Large 1476136.47/cwt130.00–140.006505
BullsMedium and Large 2468120.98/cwt120.00–122.005662
BullsMedium and Large 2260140.63/cwt137.00–145.003663
BullsMedium and Large 2407124.02/cwt120.00–127.005053
HeifersMedium and Large 1254124.00/cwt122.00–127.003154
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,10054.00/cwt54.00–54.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 2440103.52/cwt102.00–105.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 2370109.34/cwt105.00–112.004055
HeifersMedium and Large 352386.03/cwt85.00–87.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 1205127.00/cwt127.00–127.002602
HeifersMedium and Large 1388118.49/cwt117.00–120.004602
HeifersMedium and Large 1513104.93/cwt100.00–110.005382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32075.53/cwt73.00–79.0099710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25066.48/cwt62.00–70.0083123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50360.49/cwt60.00–61.009092
CowsLean 85-90%1,42047.91/cwt46.00–49.006802
CowsLean 85-90%97055.66/cwt52.00–58.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1461105.00/cwt105.00–105.004844
BullsMedium and Large 2556113.73/cwt110.00–115.006324
BullsMedium and Large 3410102.56/cwt100.00–105.004202
Bulls1,12586.00/cwt86.00–86.009681
Bulls1,39095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3211
Bulls1,645107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02550.00/cwt50.00–50.005131

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.