Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2020-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.34/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$115.34

39 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$22.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.34

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	413	122.20	505	16thin
Medium and Large 1	545	119.30	650	13thin
Medium and Large 3	522	99.25	518	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.95/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale39 hd

115.34

—

GA average16 barns · 1,299 hd

119.69

−4.34

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	1,468	90.00	1,321	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,466	65.09	954	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,520	60.00	912	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,108	51.65	572	8thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	105.03/cwt	100.00–110.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	109.60/cwt	105.00–114.00	471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	120.66/cwt	120.00–122.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	138.43/cwt	137.00–140.00	371	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	601	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	119.71/cwt	116.00–122.00	633	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,150	64.46/cwt	60.00–69.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	128.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	864	2
Bulls	—	—	1,510	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,299	1
Bulls	—	—	1,425	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	117.51/cwt	116.00–119.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	443	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	116.61/cwt	115.00–119.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	267	157.39/cwt	155.00–160.00	420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	319	137.53/cwt	130.00–140.00	439	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	110.00/cwt	106.00–114.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	453	114.97/cwt	110.00–120.00	521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	745	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	112.48/cwt	109.00–114.00	684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	133.92/cwt	131.00–135.00	550	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	912	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,483	64.49/cwt	62.00–68.00	956	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,503	74.46/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,119	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	144.40/cwt	142.00–147.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	126.67/cwt	125.00–129.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	99.74/cwt	95.00–104.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	639	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	49.49/cwt	45.00–52.00	555	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	55.26/cwt	53.00–58.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	138.72/cwt	137.50–140.00	326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	578	89.49/cwt	89.00–90.00	517	2

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 May 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 144Last week 299Year ago 193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 61Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 7Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	100.00–110.00	105.03
2	—	430	105.00–114.00	109.60
1	—	610	85.00	85.00
3	—	537	95.00–104.00	99.74
2	—	578	89.00–90.00	89.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	120.00–122.00	120.66
4	—	268	137.00–140.00	138.43
1	—	675	100.00	100.00
2	—	513	108.00–110.00	109.00
2	—	470	117.00	117.00
1	—	605	104.00	104.00
2	—	235	137.50–140.00	138.72
1	—	550	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	124.00	124.00
4	—	601	117.50	117.50
4	—	529	116.00–122.00	119.71
2	—	560	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	114.00	114.00
1	—	370	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	126.00	126.00
1	—	540	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	115.00–120.00	117.52
1	—	670	129.00	129.00
8	—	620	125.00–130.00	128.00
2	—	815	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	116.00–119.00	117.51
2	—	460	125.00–130.00	127.50
3	—	573	115.00–119.00	116.61
3	—	267	155.00–160.00	157.39
4	—	608	109.00–114.00	112.48
4	—	411	131.00–135.00	133.92
2	—	380	142.00–147.00	144.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	140.00	140.00
1	—	265	167.00	167.00
1	—	705	103.00	103.00
3	—	527	125.00–129.00	126.67
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	319	130.00–140.00	137.53
2	—	530	106.00–114.00	110.00
2	—	453	110.00–120.00	114.97
1	—	745	87.00	87.00
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	655	97.00	97.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	60.00–69.00	64.46

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	86.00	86.00
1	—	1,425	94.00	94.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,483	62.00–68.00	64.49
2	—	1,503	74.00–75.00	74.46
1	—	1,205	53.00	53.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,121	45.00–52.00	49.49
3	—	1,087	53.00–58.00	55.26

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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Pulaski Co

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