Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 1.00 to 4.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.90/cwt on 129 head.

Average price

$123.90

129 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$11.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.18

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	126.70	653	63
Medium and Large 2	424	125.53	532	38
Medium and Large 3	415	115.39	479	28

One grade step is worth $11.30/cwt here — about $174 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

123.90

—

GA average17 barns · 1,619 hd

125.08

−1.18

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	1,546	89.44	1,383	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,198	66.14	792	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,438	52.67	758	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	52.16	553	15

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	126.04/cwt	122.00–128.00	541	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	151.40/cwt	149.00–154.00	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	128.68/cwt	124.00–132.00	623	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	157.60/cwt	155.00–162.00	602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	147.46/cwt	144.00–151.00	625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	120.50/cwt	118.00–124.00	583	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	128.51/cwt	127.00–130.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.69/cwt	121.00–126.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	134.33/cwt	134.00–135.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.50/cwt	125.00–132.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	133.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	797	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	127.47/cwt	126.00–130.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	131.90/cwt	130.00–134.00	557	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	164.05/cwt	161.00–167.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	150.96/cwt	147.00–155.00	774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	154.87/cwt	152.00–158.00	728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	115.88/cwt	112.00–118.00	722	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.71/cwt	131.00–136.00	880	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,151	872.10/cwt	700.00–975.00	10,038	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	148.76/cwt	146.00–150.00	678	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	770	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	145.99/cwt	144.00–147.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	127.59/cwt	121.00–131.00	662	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	153.99/cwt	152.00–156.00	654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	136.38/cwt	133.00–141.00	836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	999	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	58.15/cwt	54.00–61.00	761	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	72.80/cwt	71.00–74.00	892	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	65.56/cwt	62.00–69.00	766	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	43.48/cwt	41.00–46.00	407	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	56.50/cwt	53.00–60.00	634	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	773	2
Bulls	—	—	1,270	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,054	1
Bulls	—	—	1,566	89.90/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,408	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	130.79/cwt	128.00–133.00	616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	839	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	782	62.65/cwt	58.00–70.00	490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	140.02/cwt	135.00–144.00	724	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	284	125.26/cwt	125.00–128.00	356	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	120.55/cwt	118.00–123.00	703	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	900	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,225	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	785	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	122.58/cwt	120.00–125.00	457	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	1,088.60/cwt	1,025.00–1,150.00	13,967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	145.58/cwt	142.00–150.00	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	631	96.77/cwt	96.00–99.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	586	99.49/cwt	99.00–101.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	131.52/cwt	130.00–133.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	312	149.98/cwt	144.00–154.00	468	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	288	152.02/cwt	150.00–154.00	438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	123.87/cwt	120.00–128.00	384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	139.97/cwt	138.00–142.00	522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	129.46/cwt	127.00–132.00	471	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	131.61/cwt	129.00–134.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	135.43/cwt	132.00–138.00	390	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	144.26/cwt	142.00–146.00	604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	146.58/cwt	142.00–150.00	685	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	153.73/cwt	150.00–157.00	572	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	118.16/cwt	116.00–120.00	633	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	135.03/cwt	134.00–136.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	158.68/cwt	157.00–160.00	520	6

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 Mar 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 413Last week 446Year ago 262

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 66Year ago 133

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 25Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	429	122.00–128.00	126.04
1	—	585	116.00	116.00
6	—	484	118.00–124.00	120.50
1	—	230	144.00	144.00
8	—	364	127.00–132.00	129.46
4	—	330	129.00–134.00	131.61
4	—	288	132.00–138.00	135.43
7	—	536	116.00–120.00	118.16
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	484	124.00–132.00	128.68
1	—	330	142.00	142.00
3	—	377	134.00–135.00	134.33
2	—	555	125.00–132.00	128.50
9	—	660	120.00	120.00
11	—	422	130.00–134.00	131.90
8	—	623	112.00–118.00	115.88
9	—	519	121.00–131.00	127.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	284	125.00–128.00	125.26
2	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
4	—	373	120.00–125.00	122.58
4	—	631	96.00–99.00	96.77
4	—	586	99.00–101.00	99.49
2	—	310	120.00–128.00	123.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	122.00	122.00
1	—	545	144.00	144.00
7	—	416	149.00–154.00	151.40
3	—	382	155.00–162.00	157.60
15	—	595	130.00–136.00	133.89
8	—	467	142.00–150.00	146.58
1	—	725	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	161.00–167.00	164.05
4	—	513	147.00–155.00	150.96
2	—	470	152.00–158.00	154.87
1	—	355	171.00	171.00
7	—	668	131.00–136.00	131.71
3	—	568	144.00–147.00	145.99
5	—	613	133.00–141.00	136.38
4	—	793	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	158.00	158.00
5	—	471	128.00–133.00	130.79
2	—	583	118.00–123.00	120.55
1	—	785	101.00	101.00
5	—	390	142.00–150.00	145.58
2	—	523	130.00–133.00	131.52
4	—	419	142.00–146.00	144.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	119.00	119.00
9	—	424	144.00–151.00	147.46
2	—	525	127.00–130.00	128.51
3	—	560	121.00–126.00	123.69
3	—	475	135.00–137.00	135.99
1	—	610	122.00	122.00
8	—	372	150.00–157.00	153.73
6	—	328	157.00–160.00	158.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	126.00–130.00	127.47
4	—	456	146.00–150.00	148.76
4	—	425	152.00–156.00	153.99
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
3	—	517	135.00–144.00	140.02
2	—	373	160.00–161.00	160.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
7	—	312	144.00–154.00	149.98
2	—	288	150.00–154.00	152.02
3	—	373	138.00–142.00	139.97
1	—	470	128.00	128.00
3	—	422	134.00–136.00	135.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,151	700.00–975.00	872.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	770	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,283	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,088.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	782	58.00–70.00	62.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	54.00–61.00	58.15
5	—	1,225	71.00–74.00	72.80
16	—	1,169	62.00–69.00	65.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	937	41.00–46.00	43.48
10	—	1,122	53.00–60.00	56.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,225	58.00	58.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	83.00	83.00
14	—	1,566	87.00–92.00	89.90

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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