Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-01-19

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 19
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
586 head
132 vs last sale 454 332 vs year ago 254 · +130.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
4 vs last sale 69 5 vs year ago 60 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
23 vs last sale 4 16 vs year ago 11 · +145.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, 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 $120.85/cwt on 129 head.
Average price
$120.85
129 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.75
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491124.0060973
Medium and Large 2429118.1650726
Medium and Large 3326115.5137730
One grade step is worth $8.49/cwt here — about $233 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 sale129 hd
120.85
GA average17 barns · 2,758 hd
117.10
+3.75
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
BullsLow1,62676.931,2516thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25957.4572425
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01549.9850714
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44647.226834thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 3269151.59/cwt150.00–155.004087
BullsMedium and Large 371383.36/cwt80.00–90.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 2425117.00/cwt117.00–117.004971
SteersMedium and Large 2583122.55/cwt120.00–125.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1656103.32/cwt100.00–105.006786
HeifersMedium and Large 1528118.98/cwt115.00–125.006286
HeifersMedium and Large 2558107.00/cwt107.00–107.005972
BullsMedium and Large 2458134.26/cwt132.00–135.006154
BullsMedium and Large 2428142.46/cwt140.00–145.006106
BullsMedium and Large 2373148.39/cwt142.00–150.005535
SteersMedium and Large 1693118.28/cwt114.00–119.008207
HeifersMedium and Large 1430130.51/cwt127.00–137.0056122
SteersMedium and Large 2373151.56/cwt150.00–155.005653
HeifersMedium and Large 265595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 1612108.80/cwt107.00–110.006665
HeifersMedium and Large 1320140.00/cwt140.00–140.004481
BullsMedium and Large 1420151.41/cwt150.00–155.006365
BullsMedium and Large 1388156.67/cwt155.00–165.006087
SteersMedium and Large 2330163.48/cwt162.00–165.005392
SteersMedium and Large 2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
SteersMedium and Large 1512140.00/cwt140.00–140.007175
SteersMedium and Large 1600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1557114.87/cwt114.00–120.0064015
SteersMedium and Large 1425162.69/cwt160.00–167.006916
BullsMedium and Large 2329152.36/cwt150.00–155.005018
BullsMedium and Large 2526120.27/cwt120.00–122.006337
SteersMedium and Large 1575129.44/cwt129.00–131.0074411
SteersMedium and Large 1474145.47/cwt143.00–150.0069010
BullsMedium and Large 1465145.00/cwt145.00–145.006741
BullsMedium and Large 1340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005611
HeifersMedium and Large 1483127.72/cwt122.00–132.006178
HeifersMedium and Large 1370141.83/cwt140.00–146.0052510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,04853.29/cwt50.00–56.005584
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-270070.00/cwt70.00–70.004901
Bulls1,48571.79/cwt69.00–75.001,0663
Bulls1,76782.06/cwt77.00–84.001,4503
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27257.41/cwt55.00–62.0073015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28053.19/cwt52.00–54.006816
CowsLean 85-90%96146.43/cwt44.00–49.004467
CowsLean 85-90%1,06853.52/cwt51.00–57.005727
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44647.22/cwt45.00–49.006834
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18164.01/cwt63.00–65.007564
HeifersMedium and Large 3406106.54/cwt102.00–110.004334
SteersMedium and Large 3578100.00/cwt100.00–100.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007212
BullsMedium and Large 1565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06569.00/cwt69.00–69.007351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,270936.40/cwt850.00–975.0011,89210
SteersMedium and Large 3270150.00/cwt150.00–150.004051
SteersMedium and Large 3471126.88/cwt120.00–130.005985
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-394057.00/cwt57.00–57.005361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,08859.14/cwt54.00–64.006433
BullsMedium and Large 3423120.00/cwt120.00–120.005082
BullsMedium and Large 3225151.43/cwt150.00–160.003417
HeifersMedium and Large 3220127.00/cwt127.00–127.002794
BullsMedium and Large 3392134.97/cwt130.00–140.005295
BullsMedium and Large 3510112.00/cwt112.00–112.005711
HeifersMedium and Large 3560100.00/cwt100.00–100.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 3545102.00/cwt102.00–102.005561
BullsMedium and Large 3600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2378124.11/cwt120.00–130.004699
HeifersMedium and Large 2475113.42/cwt110.00–120.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 3257120.74/cwt120.00–122.003108
BullsMedium and Large 365887.49/cwt85.00–90.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 3306114.93/cwt110.00–120.003527
BullsMedium and Large 3478120.68/cwt117.00–125.005776
HeifersMedium and Large 2525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005783
HeifersMedium and Large 2310126.24/cwt122.00–132.003913
HeifersMedium and Large 3460100.00/cwt100.00–100.004601
HeifersMedium and Large 3378114.69/cwt110.00–117.004344
BullsMedium and Large 3327143.92/cwt140.00–147.004713
HeifersMedium and Large 2205140.00/cwt140.00–140.002871
SteersMedium and Large 2630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007311
SteersMedium and Large 2405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
SteersMedium and Large 3538116.51/cwt116.00–117.006272
SteersMedium and Large 3365131.79/cwt127.00–137.004812
BullsMedium and Large 2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006272
SteersMedium and Large 2535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
BullsMedium and Large 2685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007261
BullsMedium and Large 2250165.00/cwt165.00–165.004131

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.