Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.45/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −88.72 against this barn's trailing median of $209.17.

Average price

$120.45

89 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$21.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.18

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	138.75	610	13thin
Medium and Large 2	520	117.90	613	33
Medium and Large 3	437	116.88	511	43

One grade step is worth $21.88/cwt here — about $99 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.23, low $194.44, median $209.17 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale89 hd

120.45

—

GA average17 barns · 1,190 hd

115.28

+5.18

This barn, trailing median4 sales

209.17

−88.72

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	1,675	69.05	1,157	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	53.00	699	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,850	50.00	925	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,112	44.82	498	7thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 2	—	405	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	103.55/cwt	100.00–108.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	124.73/cwt	122.00–127.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	112.96/cwt	110.00–115.00	524	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	256	141.84/cwt	140.00–147.00	363	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	308	148.02/cwt	142.00–150.00	456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	101.49/cwt	101.00–102.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	103.65/cwt	100.00–107.00	586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	92.52/cwt	90.00–95.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	124.50/cwt	122.00–127.00	457	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	584	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,186	48.20/cwt	47.00–50.00	572	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	925	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	123.57/cwt	122.00–125.00	325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	120.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	112.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	580	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	569	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	40.31/cwt	40.00–41.00	408	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	69.05/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,157	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	112.34/cwt	110.00–115.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	127.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	210	119.44/cwt	117.00–122.00	251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	114.01/cwt	112.00–115.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	362	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	566	98.85/cwt	95.00–100.00	559	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	114.82/cwt	113.00–115.00	588	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	69.48/cwt	69.00–70.00	506	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	80.78/cwt	80.00–82.00	649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	336	129.00/cwt	125.00–135.00	433	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	95.90/cwt	92.00–100.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	116.67/cwt	116.00–117.00	543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	140.19/cwt	137.00–145.00	601	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	521	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	135.88/cwt	132.00–140.00	455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	128.88/cwt	125.00–131.00	714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	745	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,130	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	117.28/cwt	115.00–120.00	489	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	105.76/cwt	105.00–107.00	611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	129.41/cwt	127.00–137.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	127.62/cwt	125.00–132.00	550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	119.53/cwt	117.00–121.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	754	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	140.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	657	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	516	103.82/cwt	100.00–105.00	536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	111.24/cwt	110.00–115.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	113.51/cwt	112.00–115.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	799	4

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 Oct 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 353Last week 454Year ago 309

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 56Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 17Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	137.00	137.00
1	—	670	116.00	116.00
2	—	573	120.00–122.00	120.99
1	—	350	137.00	137.00
1	—	465	130.00	130.00
4	—	530	117.00–121.00	119.53
1	—	715	111.00	111.00
2	—	605	112.00–115.00	113.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	120.00–122.00	120.99
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
3	—	565	100.00–107.00	103.65
2	—	515	110.00–115.00	112.57
2	—	393	130.00–135.00	132.48
2	—	335	132.00–140.00	135.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	554	125.00–131.00	128.88
5	—	637	117.00	117.00
11	—	468	140.00–145.00	140.44
4	—	701	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	629	100.00–108.00	103.55
4	—	308	142.00–150.00	148.02
2	—	670	101.00–102.00	101.49
3	—	467	120.00–122.00	120.67
2	—	770	92.00–100.00	95.90
2	—	720	102.00	102.00
4	—	578	105.00–107.00	105.76
6	—	431	125.00–132.00	127.62
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
4	—	533	110.00–115.00	111.24
1	—	270	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	256	140.00–147.00	141.84
2	—	690	90.00–95.00	92.52
1	—	615	95.00	95.00
6	—	467	110.00–115.00	112.34
6	—	373	120.00–130.00	127.92
7	—	566	95.00–100.00	98.85
8	—	336	125.00–135.00	129.00
3	—	417	115.00–120.00	117.28
5	—	516	100.00–105.00	103.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	137.00–145.00	140.19
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
4	—	471	127.00–137.00	129.41
2	—	380	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	331	122.00–127.00	124.73
7	—	464	110.00–115.00	112.96
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
2	—	420	115.00	115.00
6	—	367	122.00–127.00	124.50
2	—	263	122.00–125.00	123.57
1	—	535	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	110.00	110.00
2	—	210	117.00–122.00	119.44
3	—	393	112.00–115.00	114.01
1	—	315	115.00	115.00
1	—	590	102.00	102.00
1	—	455	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	512	113.00–115.00	114.82
3	—	465	116.00–117.00	116.67
3	—	608	108.00	108.00
2	—	423	122.00	122.00
5	—	718	105.00	105.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,186	47.00–50.00	48.20
3	—	1,013	40.00–41.00	40.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	56.00	56.00
1	—	1,265	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,480	58.00	58.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	68.00–70.00	69.05

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	—	728	69.00–70.00	69.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	803	80.00–82.00	80.78
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	1,050.00	1,050.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

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Slaughter Cattle

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