Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-09-29

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 29
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
454 head
64 vs last sale 390 96 vs year ago 358 · +26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
13 vs last sale 69 13 vs year ago 69 · 18.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
13 vs last sale 30 7 vs year ago 10 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 10.00 to 12.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 5.00 lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.67/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$125.67
91 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.34
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613127.8278355
Medium and Large 2509127.0064626
Medium and Large 3546110.4060310thin
One grade step is worth $17.42/cwt here — about $180 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 sale91 hd
125.67
GA average16 barns · 945 hd
127.01
−1.34
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,49577.101,1533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34751.0568820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48549.007282thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11945.0650413

Every lot, as filed

73 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 277094.00/cwt94.00–94.007241
BullsMedium and Large 2325147.00/cwt147.00–147.004781
HeifersMedium and Large 2471111.91/cwt110.00–115.005275
SteersMedium and Large 2725109.00/cwt109.00–109.007901
BullsMedium and Large 2569110.75/cwt110.00–112.006304
BullsMedium and Large 3573100.43/cwt95.00–105.005754
BullsMedium and Large 376590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
BullsMedium and Large 3215130.00/cwt130.00–130.002801
BullsMedium and Large 2473119.65/cwt115.00–125.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 2414114.00/cwt112.00–117.004727
SteersMedium and Large 2440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 360090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
SteersMedium and Large 3395127.00/cwt127.00–127.005021
SteersMedium and Large 3568106.36/cwt100.00–109.006045
BullsMedium and Large 371593.01/cwt92.00–94.006652
BullsMedium and Large 3260130.00/cwt130.00–130.003381
SteersMedium and Large 2519118.58/cwt115.00–120.006155
CowsLean 85-90%1,17149.68/cwt46.00–52.005825
SteersMedium and Large 3605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 3476102.74/cwt100.00–105.0048911
SteersMedium and Large 368095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
HeifersMedium and Large 3433104.80/cwt100.00–110.004546
HeifersMedium and Large 2517107.32/cwt104.00–110.005553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31347.04/cwt46.00–48.006185
CowsLean 85-90%1,08642.17/cwt40.00–45.004588
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54048.00/cwt48.00–48.007391
Bulls1,52589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3571
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43050.00/cwt50.00–50.007151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35852.39/cwt50.00–55.0071115
Bulls1,48071.15/cwt70.00–72.001,0532
BullsMedium and Large 3533100.61/cwt95.00–105.005368
BullsMedium and Large 3320126.51/cwt120.00–130.004053
HeifersMedium and Large 3290110.00/cwt110.00–110.003191
HeifersMedium and Large 3343112.48/cwt110.00–115.003862
BullsMedium and Large 3360124.20/cwt120.00–130.004474
SteersMedium and Large 3470122.58/cwt120.00–125.005762
BullsMedium and Large 1300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 3373112.42/cwt110.00–115.004192
BullsMedium and Large 3484109.96/cwt105.00–115.005327
HeifersMedium and Large 351998.25/cwt95.00–102.005105
BullsMedium and Large 3417114.43/cwt110.00–120.004779
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,04064.00/cwt64.00–64.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1558115.33/cwt112.00–120.006443
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,065775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,2542
HeifersMedium and Large 1615105.50/cwt105.00–107.006494
BullsMedium and Large 1360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
HeifersMedium and Large 357095.50/cwt95.00–96.005442
BullsMedium and Large 363092.00/cwt92.00–92.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 1660102.00/cwt102.00–102.006731
BullsMedium and Large 1562119.00/cwt119.00–119.006693
SteersMedium and Large 1535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006966
SteersMedium and Large 1664126.00/cwt126.00–126.0083722
SteersMedium and Large 1567129.72/cwt124.00–130.0073621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-376359.15/cwt54.00–64.004512
BullsMedium and Large 2403128.31/cwt125.00–130.005173
BullsMedium and Large 2255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
SteersMedium and Large 1453138.99/cwt138.00–140.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 1482120.00/cwt120.00–120.005789
SteersMedium and Large 1766119.00/cwt119.00–119.009124
BullsMedium and Large 1423140.96/cwt137.00–147.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2590107.00/cwt107.00–107.006311
SteersMedium and Large 2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
BullsMedium and Large 2520111.54/cwt107.00–117.0058011
BullsMedium and Large 2625103.64/cwt102.00–105.006483
BullsMedium and Large 2660100.00/cwt100.00–100.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1452135.68/cwt132.00–140.006133
HeifersMedium and Large 2385119.70/cwt117.00–122.004613
HeifersMedium and Large 2315122.00/cwt122.00–122.003841
SteersMedium and Large 2763105.50/cwt105.00–106.008052
SteersMedium and Large 2465132.87/cwt129.00–136.0061815
SteersMedium and Large 2620109.00/cwt109.00–109.006761
HeifersMedium and Large 1396126.00/cwt126.00–126.004994
BullsMedium and Large 2380136.41/cwt132.00–142.005183

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.