Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-04-20

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 20
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
209 vs last sale 441 57 vs year ago 289 · 19.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
41 vs last sale 113 4 vs year ago 68 · +5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
1 vs last sale 13 53 vs year ago 67 · 79.1%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.01/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$141.01
8 head · 274 lb average
Value per head Derived
$386
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.53
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1228149.033402thin
Medium and Large 2289138.344006thin
One grade step is worth $10.69/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale8 hd
141.01
GA average15 barns · 1,452 hd
127.48
+13.53
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
BullsLow1,61385.201,3745thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18661.5873121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42858.508352thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11651.4857411

Every lot, as filed

17 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 1290173.50/cwt172.00–175.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 1228149.03/cwt146.00–152.003402
HeifersMedium and Large 2318135.02/cwt134.00–136.004292
HeifersMedium and Large 2275140.00/cwt138.00–142.003854
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,165800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,3201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00087.00/cwt87.00–87.008701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38563.00/cwt63.00–63.008731
CowsLean 85-90%1,02549.30/cwt48.00–51.005052
Bulls1,61076.42/cwt75.00–78.001,2302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24057.17/cwt55.00–59.007096
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47054.00/cwt54.00–54.007941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,071975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,4424
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-393880.00/cwt80.00–80.007502
BullsMedium and Large 3213157.59/cwt155.00–160.003362
Bulls1,61591.05/cwt88.00–96.001,4703
CowsLean 85-90%1,13651.96/cwt47.00–56.005909
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16563.35/cwt60.00–67.0073815

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.