Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower, Steer calves unevenly steady to 3.00 lower, Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, Bull calves unevenly steady, Replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.58/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$111.58

108 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$10.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	472	118.34	558	14thin
Medium and Large 2	495	112.85	559	50
Medium and Large 3	460	107.98	497	44

One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about $62 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 sale108 hd

111.58

—

GA average16 barns · 1,445 hd

112.91

−1.33

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	—	Average	1,427	86.80	1,238	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,398	64.66	904	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,367	60.73	830	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	965	53.37	515	5thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	121.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	227	125.75/cwt	122.00–130.00	285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	111.49/cwt	106.00–115.00	579	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	104.92/cwt	100.00–107.00	594	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	118.32/cwt	115.00–120.00	516	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	103.01/cwt	100.00–105.00	623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	135.62/cwt	130.00–138.00	654	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	121.93/cwt	120.00–125.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	113.95/cwt	110.00–120.00	650	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	134.54/cwt	130.00–140.00	682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	118.78/cwt	116.00–122.00	725	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	75.79/cwt	70.00–80.00	668	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	774	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	124.88/cwt	120.00–130.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	123.45/cwt	121.00–127.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	125.71/cwt	120.00–130.00	603	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,090	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	654	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	92.43/cwt	90.00–95.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	98.08/cwt	95.00–101.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	124.17/cwt	120.00–127.00	576	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	134.16/cwt	130.00–137.00	555	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	102.67/cwt	100.00–104.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	135.45/cwt	132.00–140.00	653	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	526	114.09/cwt	110.00–118.00	600	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	391	133.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	567	105.83/cwt	102.00–110.00	600	5
Bulls	—	—	1,573	91.01/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,432	4
Bulls	—	—	1,232	81.18/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,000	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	113.90/cwt	110.00–120.00	539	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	60.11/cwt	58.00–62.00	732	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	57.21/cwt	52.00–60.00	554	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	47.62/cwt	45.00–50.00	457	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	58.64/cwt	56.00–61.00	840	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,169	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	414	124.52/cwt	120.00–130.00	516	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	117.64/cwt	115.00–121.00	547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	123.61/cwt	120.00–126.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	113.09/cwt	110.00–115.00	480	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	114.15/cwt	110.00–117.00	549	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	110.97/cwt	109.00–112.00	630	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,488	66.94/cwt	63.00–70.00	996	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	122.79/cwt	120.00–127.00	474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	514	103.25/cwt	100.00–107.00	531	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	107.81/cwt	102.00–112.00	517	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	114.06/cwt	110.00–118.00	405	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	577	93.04/cwt	90.00–98.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	103.02/cwt	102.00–104.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	131.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	568	6

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 Sep 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 352Year ago 324

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 56Year ago 58

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 11Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	510	120.00–125.00	121.37
4	—	605	100.00–105.00	103.01
8	—	570	110.00–120.00	113.95
7	—	480	120.00–130.00	125.71
6	—	432	130.00–135.00	131.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	482	130.00–138.00	135.62
5	—	576	120.00–125.00	121.93
4	—	518	120.00–130.00	124.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	507	130.00–140.00	134.54
5	—	610	116.00–122.00	118.78
5	—	578	121.00–127.00	123.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	227	122.00–130.00	125.75
7	—	424	110.00–115.00	113.09
14	—	514	100.00–107.00	103.25
13	—	480	102.00–112.00	107.81
4	—	355	110.00–118.00	114.06
3	—	577	90.00–98.00	93.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	519	106.00–115.00	111.49
10	—	566	100.00–107.00	104.92
7	—	436	115.00–120.00	118.32
9	—	481	110.00–117.00	114.15
7	—	386	120.00–127.00	122.79
2	—	610	102.00–104.00	103.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	115.00–121.00	117.64
5	—	422	120.00–126.00	123.61
3	—	568	109.00–112.00	110.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	90.00–95.00	92.43
2	—	628	95.00–101.00	98.08
7	—	526	110.00–118.00	114.09
7	—	391	130.00–137.00	133.44
5	—	567	102.00–110.00	105.83
12	—	473	110.00–120.00	113.90
8	—	414	120.00–130.00	124.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	120.00–127.00	124.17
5	—	414	130.00–137.00	134.16
3	—	668	100.00–104.00	102.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	482	132.00–140.00	135.45

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	882	70.00–80.00	75.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	71.00	71.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	75.00	75.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	60.00	60.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	66.00	66.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,573	88.00–94.00	91.01
3	—	1,232	75.00–85.00	81.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,218	58.00–62.00	60.11
8	—	1,488	63.00–70.00	66.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	52.00–60.00	57.21
2	—	960	45.00–50.00	47.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	56.00–61.00	58.64
1	—	1,169	67.00	67.00

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