Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-03-30

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 30
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
411 head
2 vs last sale 413 138 vs year ago 273 · +50.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
8 vs last sale 72 55 vs year ago 25 · +220.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
3 vs last sale 19 7 vs year ago 9 · +77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows, 4.00 to 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.48/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$152.48
105 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.30
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520155.5380950
Medium and Large 2471152.6071840
Medium and Large 3488141.9869315thin
One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about $116 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 sale105 hd
152.48
GA average14 barns · 854 hd
148.18
+4.30
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
BullsLow1,76491.451,6148thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30769.2090443
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52065.049895thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08358.7063618

Every lot, as filed

81 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 3476128.91/cwt124.00–134.006147
HeifersMedium and Large 2715105.00/cwt105.00–105.007511
BullsMedium and Large 2526132.73/cwt130.00–136.006988
BullsMedium and Large 2305160.00/cwt160.00–160.004881
SteersMedium and Large 3320152.00/cwt152.00–152.004861
BullsMedium and Large 2430155.42/cwt150.00–158.006687
BullsMedium and Large 2572130.30/cwt128.00–132.007453
HeifersMedium and Large 1476133.65/cwt131.00–135.0063611
HeifersMedium and Large 1559131.28/cwt127.00–135.007344
BullsMedium and Large 1466151.91/cwt148.00–158.007084
BullsMedium and Large 3530128.00/cwt128.00–128.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 2630117.01/cwt116.00–118.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 2373132.00/cwt132.00–132.004922
SteersMedium and Large 1473158.01/cwt155.00–161.0074712
SteersMedium and Large 1618145.70/cwt141.00–150.009003
SteersMedium and Large 1679138.82/cwt137.00–140.009436
HeifersMedium and Large 2245144.00/cwt144.00–144.003531
SteersMedium and Large 2526146.25/cwt145.00–149.007694
HeifersMedium and Large 2267140.10/cwt138.00–142.003743
HeifersMedium and Large 1526131.82/cwt126.00–134.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 1673116.49/cwt116.00–117.007842
BullsMedium and Large 1553135.00/cwt134.00–136.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 2531123.20/cwt122.00–124.006545
BullsMedium and Large 2367162.30/cwt160.00–165.005963
BullsMedium and Large 2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007982
BullsMedium and Large 2460139.97/cwt137.00–146.006444
SteersMedium and Large 1522156.73/cwt151.00–161.0081812
BullsMedium and Large 1623130.04/cwt129.00–131.008102
HeifersMedium and Large 2575119.18/cwt116.00–123.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 1373138.64/cwt138.00–140.005173
SteersMedium and Large 1700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009801
SteersMedium and Large 2462149.50/cwt146.00–154.006918
SteersMedium and Large 1436164.98/cwt164.00–170.0071912
SteersMedium and Large 1554152.52/cwt149.00–157.008454
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25759.37/cwt57.00–64.007465
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30069.30/cwt66.00–72.0090130
Bulls1,43078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1151
Bulls1,945100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9451
CowsLean 85-90%1,00652.82/cwt50.00–56.005318
Bulls1,79092.27/cwt88.00–95.001,6526
HeifersMedium and Large 3355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
SteersMedium and Large 3484139.95/cwt135.00–143.006775
BullsMedium and Large 1508143.32/cwt137.00–147.007283
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23580.04/cwt78.00–82.009882
BullsMedium and Large 1655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
CowsLean 85-90%1,14463.41/cwt60.00–67.0072510
SteersMedium and Large 3565137.49/cwt137.00–138.007772
BullsMedium and Large 3415134.52/cwt130.00–140.005586
SteersMedium and Large 3540138.00/cwt138.00–138.007452
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43569.52/cwt69.00–70.009982
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57762.06/cwt60.00–65.009793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36474.98/cwt74.00–77.001,0238
BullsMedium and Large 3595121.00/cwt121.00–121.007201
BullsMedium and Large 3383141.97/cwt140.00–144.005443
BullsMedium and Large 3235154.51/cwt154.00–155.003632
BullsMedium and Large 1400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 1300142.00/cwt142.00–142.004261
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,12671.20/cwt67.00–76.008024
HeifersMedium and Large 2425130.00/cwt126.00–133.0055311
BullsMedium and Large 2237163.06/cwt160.00–167.003863
BullsMedium and Large 3255152.00/cwt152.00–152.003881
HeifersMedium and Large 3270128.00/cwt128.00–128.003461
SteersMedium and Large 2378165.21/cwt163.00–168.006249
SteersMedium and Large 2422158.88/cwt154.00–162.006709
SteersMedium and Large 2770121.01/cwt120.00–122.009322
SteersMedium and Large 3380156.99/cwt156.00–158.005972
SteersMedium and Large 3443148.99/cwt148.00–150.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 3469121.67/cwt118.00–124.005717
SteersMedium and Large 2333167.51/cwt167.00–168.005582
SteersMedium and Large 2695130.00/cwt130.00–130.009041
SteersMedium and Large 2563142.31/cwt141.00–145.008013
HeifersMedium and Large 3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 3645102.00/cwt102.00–102.006581
HeifersMedium and Large 3428121.11/cwt118.00–125.005189
BullsMedium and Large 2771105.00/cwt105.00–105.0081014
SteersMedium and Large 2620136.03/cwt135.00–137.008432
HeifersMedium and Large 2461126.97/cwt125.00–130.005857
HeifersMedium and Large 3325127.66/cwt124.00–132.004154
HeifersMedium and Large 3526112.27/cwt110.00–115.005914
SteersMedium and Large 3725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 2335138.00/cwt138.00–138.004621

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.