Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bull calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower and replacement cows absent.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.54/cwt on 69 head.

Average price

$130.54

69 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$270

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

$13.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.37

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	387	135.90	526	13thin
Medium and Large 2	510	130.88	667	45
Medium and Large 1	648	122.81	795	11thin

One grade step is worth $13.09/cwt here — about −$270 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 sale69 hd

130.54

—

GA average14 barns · 636 hd

132.91

−2.37

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	—	Average	1,978	84.27	1,667	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	67.45	849	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	63.00	920	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	56.52	628	23

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	245	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	134.61/cwt	130.00–140.00	525	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	128.45/cwt	124.00–133.00	602	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	139.89/cwt	137.00–141.00	595	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	116.98/cwt	116.00–118.00	333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	133.03/cwt	130.00–136.00	350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	590	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	104.33/cwt	104.00–105.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	124.01/cwt	120.00–127.00	472	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	123.95/cwt	122.00–125.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	88.51/cwt	87.00–90.00	690	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	128.23/cwt	127.00–129.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	122.99/cwt	121.00–125.00	572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	118.22/cwt	116.00–120.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	129.92/cwt	128.00–132.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	125.09/cwt	125.00–127.00	723	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	105.67/cwt	105.00–107.00	604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	135.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	568	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	245	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	382	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	59.77/cwt	57.00–63.00	663	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	920	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	61.93/cwt	60.00–64.00	810	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	956	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	68.43/cwt	65.00–72.00	843	20
Bulls	—	—	1,732	88.93/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	134.02/cwt	131.00–140.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	280	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	487	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	148.35/cwt	144.00–152.00	601	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	51.87/cwt	49.00–55.00	573	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	850	1
Bulls	—	—	2,348	77.27/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	715	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	571	105.60/cwt	104.00–107.00	603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	115.81/cwt	115.00–120.00	850	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	101.95/cwt	100.00–104.00	543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	96.95/cwt	95.00–100.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	107.49/cwt	104.00–112.00	468	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	293	148.03/cwt	144.00–152.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	121.06/cwt	120.00–125.00	493	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	140.59/cwt	138.00–144.00	387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	110.49/cwt	109.00–112.00	396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	147.52/cwt	145.00–150.00	491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	108.20/cwt	105.00–110.00	563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	140.21/cwt	137.00–144.00	453	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	147.33/cwt	144.00–150.00	557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	109.13/cwt	107.00–111.00	573	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 May 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 285Last week 406Year ago 261

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 37Year ago 43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	144.00	144.00
2	—	428	120.00–123.00	121.51
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
5	—	571	104.00–107.00	105.60
3	—	628	95.00–100.00	96.95
2	—	373	130.00–136.00	132.98
3	—	275	138.00–144.00	140.59
5	—	520	105.00–110.00	108.20
2	—	460	118.00–120.00	119.00
1	—	730	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	140.00	140.00
4	—	465	125.00–129.00	126.98
3	—	617	104.00–105.00	104.33
3	—	512	122.00–125.00	123.95
1	—	585	116.00	116.00
6	—	421	130.00–140.00	135.01
1	—	245	156.00	156.00
2	—	333	145.00–150.00	147.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	150.00	150.00
1	—	340	162.00	162.00
1	—	280	174.00	174.00
3	—	405	144.00–152.00	148.35
2	—	465	135.00–136.00	135.51
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	390	130.00–140.00	134.61
1	—	715	101.00	101.00
1	—	590	124.00	124.00
2	—	293	144.00–152.00	148.03
1	—	220	152.00	152.00
3	—	323	137.00–144.00	140.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	124.00–133.00	128.45
7	—	425	137.00–141.00	139.89
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
2	—	518	125.00–126.00	125.50
1	—	295	160.00	160.00
23	—	578	125.00–127.00	125.09
5	—	378	144.00–150.00	147.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
1	—	410	144.00	144.00
3	—	517	131.00–140.00	134.02
6	—	734	115.00–120.00	115.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	116.00–118.00	116.98
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
2	—	533	100.00–104.00	101.95
1	—	560	100.00	100.00
2	—	490	100.00–105.00	102.50
4	—	435	104.00–112.00	107.49
1	—	220	122.00	122.00
2	—	358	109.00–112.00	110.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	130.00–136.00	133.03
5	—	381	120.00–127.00	124.01
2	—	780	87.00–90.00	88.51
1	—	685	96.00	96.00
4	—	483	116.00–120.00	118.22
3	—	572	105.00–107.00	105.67
1	—	635	106.00	106.00
9	—	407	120.00–125.00	121.06
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
1	—	245	134.00	134.00
6	—	525	107.00–111.00	109.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	127.00–129.00	128.23
7	—	465	121.00–125.00	122.99
2	—	370	128.00–132.00	129.92
1	—	500	120.00	120.00
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
1	—	670	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,110	57.00–63.00	59.77
11	—	1,104	49.00–55.00	51.87
1	—	1,180	72.00	72.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,308	60.00–64.00	61.93
4	—	1,275	75.00	75.00
20	—	1,232	65.00–72.00	68.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,732	87.00–90.00	88.93
2	—	2,348	75.00–80.00	77.27

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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