Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-08-04

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 4
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 378▼ 51 vs year ago 461 · −11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 25▼ 12 vs year ago 87 · −13.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 4▲ 5 vs year ago 15 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.55/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$121.55
101 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.93
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517131.4067942
Medium and Large 2509118.4960343
Medium and Large 3565103.8958716thin
One grade step is worth $27.51/cwt here — about $92 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 sale101 hd
121.55
—
GA average17 barns · 1,608 hd
120.62
+0.93
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
Bulls—Average1,64392.461,5194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25468.0785441
CowsLean 85-90%Average98854.5753911

Every lot, as filed

84 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
SteersMedium and Large 3—385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
SteersMedium and Large 2—576126.65/cwt125.00–130.007309
SteersMedium and Large 2—521131.19/cwt130.00–135.006835
SteersMedium and Large 2—491140.00/cwt140.00–140.006875
SteersMedium and Large 2—426152.80/cwt150.00–158.006514
SteersMedium and Large 2—623125.00/cwt125.00–125.007792
SteersMedium and Large 2—330162.54/cwt160.00–165.005362
SteersMedium and Large 2—725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
SteersMedium and Large 2—680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008091
SteersMedium and Large 2—375160.00/cwt160.00–160.006001
SteersMedium and Large 2—250170.00/cwt170.00–170.004251
SteersMedium and Large 1—621132.31/cwt127.00–133.0082213
SteersMedium and Large 1—512139.57/cwt136.00–146.007158
SteersMedium and Large 1—435169.30/cwt165.00–175.007364
SteersMedium and Large 1—726120.00/cwt120.00–120.008713
SteersMedium and Large 1—465149.27/cwt145.00–153.006943
SteersMedium and Large 1—373172.28/cwt170.00–177.006433
SteersMedium and Large 1—553135.50/cwt135.00–136.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 2—622107.38/cwt105.00–110.006686
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579113.20/cwt110.00–116.006555
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533118.01/cwt114.00–120.006294
BullsMedium and Large 2—768100.00/cwt100.00–100.007682
BullsMedium and Large 2—560114.00/cwt114.00–114.006381
BullsMedium and Large 2—535126.00/cwt126.00–126.006741
BullsMedium and Large 2—450139.00/cwt139.00–139.006261
BullsMedium and Large 1—370161.67/cwt160.00–165.005984
BullsMedium and Large 1—425153.84/cwt150.00–160.006543
BullsMedium and Large 1—465144.84/cwt140.00–150.006742
BullsMedium and Large 1—625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
BullsMedium and Large 1—575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05658.86/cwt55.00–61.006225
CowsLean 85-90%—94748.59/cwt44.00–51.004605
CowsLean 85-90%—85563.00/cwt63.00–63.005391
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22572.80/cwt71.00–76.0089218
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18867.20/cwt63.00–70.0079816
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48257.87/cwt55.00–62.008587
Bulls——1,61099.44/cwt99.00–100.001,6012
Bulls——1,67585.47/cwt84.00–88.001,4322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,09067.15/cwt64.00–70.007322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—92567.55/cwt67.00–68.006252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,18081.00/cwt81.00–81.009561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10082.00/cwt82.00–82.009021
SteersMedium and Large 3—575118.45/cwt117.00–120.006812
SteersMedium and Large 3—413141.03/cwt140.00–142.005822
SteersMedium and Large 3—315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—672105.34/cwt104.00–107.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388131.67/cwt131.00–132.005113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315132.10/cwt130.00–134.004162
HeifersMedium and Large 2—745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—481150.16/cwt142.00–160.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—513143.37/cwt137.00–150.007353
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—643140.02/cwt135.00–145.009002
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—575145.00/cwt145.00–145.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531125.91/cwt123.00–127.006699
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619119.58/cwt117.00–120.007407
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417136.32/cwt134.00–138.005686
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485125.64/cwt125.00–127.006093
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370136.68/cwt135.00–138.005063
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568121.94/cwt120.00–124.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725104.00/cwt104.00–104.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
BullsMedium and Large 3—568108.49/cwt106.00–110.006164
BullsMedium and Large 3—482113.02/cwt110.00–119.005453
BullsMedium and Large 3—385131.67/cwt130.00–135.005073
BullsMedium and Large 3—690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007251
BullsMedium and Large 3—535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
SteersMedium and Large 1—655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1—295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578103.76/cwt100.00–105.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 3—71090.00/cwt90.00–90.006392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—683100.00/cwt100.00–100.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515110.00/cwt110.00–110.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430113.58/cwt110.00–117.004882
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315118.50/cwt117.00–120.003732
HeifersMedium and Large 3—78080.00/cwt80.00–80.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 3—640103.00/cwt103.00–103.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435125.05/cwt120.00–130.0054410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467120.80/cwt118.00–124.005649
BullsMedium and Large 3—445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
BullsMedium and Large 2—380152.33/cwt150.00–155.005795
BullsMedium and Large 2—431142.63/cwt137.00–147.006154
SteersMedium and Large 3—620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
SteersMedium and Large 3—545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006811
SteersMedium and Large 3—490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621

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.