Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-03-16

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 16
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
94 vs last sale 540 353 vs year ago 93 · +379.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
21 vs last sale 45 2 vs year ago 64 · +3.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
16 vs last sale 9 20 vs year ago 5 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago. Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower, feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.69/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$122.69
103 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.80
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1504126.6463943
Medium and Large 2444123.4854935
Medium and Large 3440114.8050525
One grade step is worth $11.84/cwt here — about $134 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 sale103 hd
122.69
GA average15 barns · 2,195 hd
123.49
−0.80
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
BullsLow1,43979.931,15013
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30062.5481322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46456.428264thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09950.545559thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2230160.00/cwt160.00–160.003681
BullsMedium and Large 1624125.73/cwt125.00–127.007854
SteersMedium and Large 1375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006382
SteersMedium and Large 1335182.00/cwt182.00–182.006101
SteersMedium and Large 1459162.58/cwt160.00–164.007465
SteersMedium and Large 2560138.00/cwt138.00–138.007731
SteersMedium and Large 2440160.00/cwt160.00–160.007041
BullsMedium and Large 2625119.69/cwt118.00–122.007483
HeifersMedium and Large 1375137.92/cwt134.00–140.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 1612113.77/cwt110.00–116.006965
SteersMedium and Large 1560147.33/cwt144.00–153.0082514
HeifersMedium and Large 2655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 2518117.59/cwt115.00–120.006095
SteersMedium and Large 2375166.00/cwt166.00–166.006231
BullsMedium and Large 1575128.97/cwt128.00–130.007422
BullsMedium and Large 1374167.14/cwt164.00–170.0062510
HeifersMedium and Large 1519127.43/cwt124.00–133.006617
BullsMedium and Large 2710104.00/cwt104.00–104.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2323156.19/cwt152.00–162.005043
SteersMedium and Large 2320167.00/cwt167.00–167.005341
BullsMedium and Large 2459140.22/cwt138.00–143.006444
BullsMedium and Large 2505129.00/cwt129.00–129.006511
BullsMedium and Large 1660124.00/cwt124.00–124.008181
BullsMedium and Large 1540138.00/cwt138.00–138.007451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3820700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,7402
HeifersMedium and Large 1340136.00/cwt136.00–136.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1421134.64/cwt133.00–138.005676
HeifersMedium and Large 1479129.85/cwt126.00–133.0062213
SteersMedium and Large 1685137.31/cwt136.00–140.009413
SteersMedium and Large 1626136.00/cwt134.00–142.0085121
SteersMedium and Large 1730128.65/cwt125.00–132.009393
SteersMedium and Large 1775116.00/cwt116.00–116.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 1554122.01/cwt120.00–126.006765
HeifersMedium and Large 1667109.67/cwt107.00–112.007313
BullsMedium and Large 1466151.37/cwt146.00–156.007059
SteersMedium and Large 1422164.32/cwt162.00–167.006933
SteersMedium and Large 1510150.33/cwt146.00–156.007677
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46857.22/cwt55.00–62.008403
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45054.00/cwt54.00–54.007831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33156.12/cwt54.00–58.007476
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15569.59/cwt68.00–74.008045
Bulls1,39876.49/cwt73.00–80.001,0696
Bulls1,47482.87/cwt81.00–87.001,2227
HeifersMedium and Large 3424120.83/cwt120.00–122.005127
HeifersMedium and Large 3566106.49/cwt105.00–108.006034
BullsMedium and Large 3370141.05/cwt140.00–142.005222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-391570.00/cwt70.00–70.006411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-381567.88/cwt64.00–72.005532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-368568.00/cwt68.00–68.004661
SteersMedium and Large 3560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 3455105.00/cwt105.00–105.004781
HeifersMedium and Large 3345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004141
CowsLean 85-90%1,08354.58/cwt52.00–59.005915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34862.83/cwt60.00–66.0084711
CowsLean 85-90%1,11945.50/cwt43.00–49.005094
SteersMedium and Large 3415150.00/cwt150.00–150.006231
SteersMedium and Large 3300156.00/cwt156.00–156.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 3655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006552
BullsMedium and Large 1318166.33/cwt164.00–170.005296
BullsMedium and Large 1705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
BullsMedium and Large 1420156.10/cwt154.00–159.006568
BullsMedium and Large 3425126.94/cwt122.00–132.005396
BullsMedium and Large 3566113.39/cwt110.00–118.006425
BullsMedium and Large 3473125.53/cwt124.00–130.005945
HeifersMedium and Large 3233119.05/cwt118.00–120.002772
HeifersMedium and Large 3259124.58/cwt118.00–128.003234
SteersMedium and Large 3365151.68/cwt147.00–156.005544
BullsMedium and Large 2250158.00/cwt158.00–158.003951
BullsMedium and Large 2368150.71/cwt150.00–152.005553
BullsMedium and Large 2685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
BullsMedium and Large 3323145.01/cwt140.00–148.004684
BullsMedium and Large 375095.00/cwt95.00–95.007131
SteersMedium and Large 3525134.00/cwt134.00–134.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 2320131.00/cwt131.00–131.004191
HeifersMedium and Large 2472122.71/cwt120.00–125.005799
HeifersMedium and Large 2370128.68/cwt128.00–130.004763
HeifersMedium and Large 2560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 3536109.20/cwt104.00–114.005854
SteersMedium and Large 3490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
SteersMedium and Large 2483149.62/cwt145.00–154.007232
HeifersMedium and Large 2278131.57/cwt129.00–136.003663
HeifersMedium and Large 2416127.08/cwt124.00–131.0052911
SteersMedium and Large 2510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007142
BullsMedium and Large 3518122.70/cwt120.00–124.006363
BullsMedium and Large 3277144.94/cwt140.00–150.004018
BullsMedium and Large 2430146.00/cwt146.00–146.006281
BullsMedium and Large 2572122.59/cwt121.00–125.007015

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.