Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2020-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 9.00 higher, with outstanding boning cows 83.00-87.00, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, bull calves 8.00 to 15.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.35/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$129.35

62 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.31

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	131.67	614	48
Medium and Large 2	422	121.43	512	14thin

One grade step is worth $10.24/cwt here — about $102 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 sale62 hd

129.35

—

GA average12 barns · 369 hd

118.04

+11.31

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	1,513	96.10	1,454	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,331	72.21	961	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	60.31	632	35

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	530	137.25/cwt	137.00–137.50	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	149.50/cwt	147.00–155.00	638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	147.26/cwt	145.00–150.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	148.38/cwt	145.00–152.00	700	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	143.62/cwt	142.00–147.00	488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	137.30/cwt	135.00–140.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	104.96/cwt	100.00–110.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	155.38/cwt	150.00–160.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	771	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	122.39/cwt	120.00–125.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	117.92/cwt	114.00–120.00	560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	121.30/cwt	120.00–125.00	503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	122.62/cwt	120.00–126.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	145.05/cwt	140.00–150.00	674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	140.62/cwt	137.00–145.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	125.35/cwt	122.00–128.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	126.97/cwt	125.00–130.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	132.11/cwt	127.00–135.00	567	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	114.44/cwt	110.00–119.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	137.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	596	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	64.15/cwt	60.00–67.00	694	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	61.73/cwt	58.00–65.00	748	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	78.45/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,080	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	71.57/cwt	68.00–75.00	954	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	52.96/cwt	50.00–57.00	521	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	123.58/cwt	120.00–130.00	646	10
Bulls	—	—	1,502	86.75/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,303	3
Bulls	—	—	1,567	96.90/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	104.96/cwt	100.00–110.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.90/cwt	110.00–120.00	455	11
Bulls	—	—	1,450	108.93/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	526	135.15/cwt	135.00–137.00	711	13

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 Mar 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 262Last week 93Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 64Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 5Year 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	—	530	137.00–137.50	137.25
3	—	427	147.00–155.00	149.50
4	—	388	145.00–150.00	147.26
10	—	472	145.00–152.00	148.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	142.00–147.00	143.62
3	—	475	135.00–140.00	137.30
5	—	434	135.00–140.00	137.35
10	—	523	120.00–130.00	123.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	100.00–110.00	104.96
11	—	410	110.00–120.00	110.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	155.00	155.00
4	—	408	150.00	150.00
2	—	465	140.00–150.00	145.05
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	100.00–110.00	104.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	150.00–160.00	155.38
9	—	491	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	120.00–125.00	122.39
3	—	475	114.00–120.00	117.92
4	—	415	120.00–125.00	121.30
2	—	293	130.00–135.00	132.48
2	—	563	110.00–119.00	114.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	120.00–126.00	122.62
6	—	365	135.00	135.00
3	—	328	137.00–145.00	140.62
3	—	518	122.00–128.00	125.35
7	—	468	125.00–130.00	126.97
11	—	429	127.00–135.00	132.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	526	135.00–137.00	135.15

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,082	60.00–67.00	64.15
12	—	983	50.00–57.00	52.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,212	58.00–65.00	61.73
16	—	1,377	76.00–81.00	78.45
41	—	1,333	68.00–75.00	71.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,502	84.00–90.00	86.75
3	—	1,567	94.00–101.00	96.90
2	—	1,450	103.00–113.00	108.93

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

Slaughter Cattle