Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-03-09

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 9
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
540 head
231 vs last sale 309 85 vs year ago 455 · +18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
40 vs last sale 85 9 vs year ago 54 · 16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 18 7 vs year ago 16 · 43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 2.00 lower, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $141.52/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 67.64 against this barn's trailing median of $209.17.
Average price
$141.52
138 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.82
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455148.4567641
Medium and Large 2402144.7258151
Medium and Large 3438131.8057746
One grade step is worth $16.65/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
228212196180median 209.1701/0602/1705/0505/1205/12
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 sale138 hd
141.52
GA average14 barns · 1,462 hd
134.70
+6.82
This barn, trailing median4 sales
209.17
−67.64
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
BullsLow1,88487.671,6525thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27363.3080624
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,34251.866965thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94450.234747thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1220170.18/cwt168.00–172.003742
HeifersMedium and Large 1469128.72/cwt126.00–130.006048
HeifersMedium and Large 1517129.72/cwt125.00–131.0067110
BullsMedium and Large 2227157.26/cwt152.00–162.003577
HeifersMedium and Large 1623114.01/cwt112.00–116.007102
BullsMedium and Large 2531125.60/cwt125.00–127.006675
BullsMedium and Large 2308160.68/cwt156.00–162.004956
BullsMedium and Large 2286161.15/cwt160.00–162.004617
BullsMedium and Large 1616132.22/cwt130.00–135.008144
SteersMedium and Large 2255163.02/cwt162.00–164.004162
BullsMedium and Large 1765108.00/cwt108.00–108.008261
HeifersMedium and Large 2386129.67/cwt128.00–132.005019
SteersMedium and Large 2583136.99/cwt136.00–138.007992
HeifersMedium and Large 2593114.50/cwt114.00–115.006792
BullsMedium and Large 2478139.70/cwt135.00–144.006683
SteersMedium and Large 2410160.00/cwt160.00–160.006562
BullsMedium and Large 2695108.00/cwt108.00–108.007511
BullsMedium and Large 2740107.00/cwt107.00–107.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 2470121.21/cwt119.00–124.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 2230130.00/cwt130.00–130.002992
SteersMedium and Large 2473153.03/cwt151.00–155.007242
HeifersMedium and Large 2314131.46/cwt128.00–136.004134
SteersMedium and Large 2780105.00/cwt105.00–105.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1410164.00/cwt164.00–164.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 1200156.00/cwt156.00–156.003121
BullsMedium and Large 1363164.00/cwt161.00–168.005956
SteersMedium and Large 1650134.50/cwt134.00–135.008742
SteersMedium and Large 1700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1268134.63/cwt133.00–137.003613
SteersMedium and Large 1785125.00/cwt125.00–125.0098119
BullsMedium and Large 1723109.34/cwt108.00–110.007913
HeifersMedium and Large 1650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
BullsMedium and Large 1320165.58/cwt163.00–168.005305
SteersMedium and Large 1490158.00/cwt158.00–158.007741
SteersMedium and Large 1525149.98/cwt148.00–154.007875
SteersMedium and Large 1440164.00/cwt164.00–164.007221
SteersMedium and Large 1572145.81/cwt145.00–146.008345
SteersMedium and Large 1606137.33/cwt136.00–140.008326
BullsMedium and Large 1266166.49/cwt164.00–168.004434
BullsMedium and Large 1573130.36/cwt127.00–134.007472
BullsMedium and Large 1477149.33/cwt146.00–155.007127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40051.07/cwt50.00–54.007154
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35069.08/cwt67.00–71.009333
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28663.97/cwt60.00–66.0082317
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15956.11/cwt54.00–58.006504
Bulls1,61080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2881
Bulls1,95389.59/cwt87.00–92.001,7504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,12069.00/cwt69.00–69.007731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07077.00/cwt77.00–77.008241
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,185800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,4802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,1502
CowsLean 85-90%93647.52/cwt44.00–50.004455
CowsLean 85-90%96357.00/cwt57.00–57.005492
BullsMedium and Large 3515119.27/cwt114.00–122.006147
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,11055.00/cwt55.00–55.006111
SteersMedium and Large 3565128.00/cwt128.00–128.007231
HeifersMedium and Large 375892.49/cwt91.00–94.007012
BullsMedium and Large 3424135.79/cwt132.00–140.005766
BullsMedium and Large 1514138.91/cwt134.00–144.007146
BullsMedium and Large 3631109.47/cwt106.00–112.006914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297880.97/cwt78.00–86.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 3520106.00/cwt106.00–106.005511
BullsMedium and Large 3473127.94/cwt123.00–133.006058
BullsMedium and Large 3383145.64/cwt142.00–148.005587
HeifersMedium and Large 3416116.60/cwt110.00–120.004858
HeifersMedium and Large 366395.45/cwt93.00–98.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 3230122.80/cwt118.00–128.002825
HeifersMedium and Large 3332121.15/cwt116.00–125.004029
HeifersMedium and Large 3381117.13/cwt114.00–123.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 3470113.10/cwt110.00–116.005322
HeifersMedium and Large 3560100.00/cwt100.00–100.005601
BullsMedium and Large 2400144.00/cwt144.00–144.005762
BullsMedium and Large 2620115.02/cwt114.00–116.007132
HeifersMedium and Large 2413126.40/cwt123.00–130.005224
SteersMedium and Large 2505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
HeifersMedium and Large 271590.00/cwt90.00–90.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 2625110.00/cwt110.00–110.006882
BullsMedium and Large 3315148.62/cwt146.00–150.004683
BullsMedium and Large 3244147.54/cwt140.00–150.003604
BullsMedium and Large 3268146.58/cwt140.00–150.003934
HeifersMedium and Large 2522117.68/cwt115.00–120.006143
BullsMedium and Large 3580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
BullsMedium and Large 2373152.77/cwt150.00–157.0057011
SteersMedium and Large 3225152.00/cwt152.00–152.003421
SteersMedium and Large 3508129.52/cwt125.00–134.006582
SteersMedium and Large 3476140.37/cwt136.00–146.006685
BullsMedium and Large 2564121.20/cwt120.00–123.006846
SteersMedium and Large 3275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004131
BullsMedium and Large 372596.00/cwt96.00–96.006961
SteersMedium and Large 3360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005541
SteersMedium and Large 3425156.00/cwt156.00–156.006631
SteersMedium and Large 3320156.00/cwt156.00–156.004991
BullsMedium and Large 3690104.00/cwt104.00–104.007181
SteersMedium and Large 3620109.35/cwt106.00–112.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 3267120.93/cwt118.00–128.003238

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.