Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.57/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$118.57

57 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$18.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.68

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	120.92	583	27
Medium and Large 2	436	118.64	517	26
Medium and Large 3	499	102.23	510	4thin

One grade step is worth $18.69/cwt here — about $73 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 sale57 hd

118.57

—

GA average16 barns · 1,262 hd

119.25

−0.68

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	—	High	1,698	91.31	1,550	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	66.63	768	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	56.79	581	14

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,900	97.89/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,860	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	90.34/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,527	4
Bulls	—	—	1,325	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,087	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	51.46/cwt	49.00–54.00	514	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	59.75/cwt	56.00–63.00	620	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	68.41/cwt	65.00–72.00	769	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	124.46/cwt	122.00–127.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	140.38/cwt	136.00–145.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	114.84/cwt	111.00–118.00	655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	112.16/cwt	108.00–115.00	582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	125.71/cwt	125.00–128.00	533	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	132.02/cwt	130.00–134.00	778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	136.00/cwt	133.00–140.00	709	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	130.77/cwt	128.00–135.00	622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	128.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	115.38/cwt	112.00–119.00	540	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	129.73/cwt	128.00–133.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	117.76/cwt	115.00–124.00	599	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	143.23/cwt	142.00–146.00	677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	127.01/cwt	123.00–130.00	544	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	105.59/cwt	100.00–108.00	599	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	98.49/cwt	97.00–100.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	147.00/cwt	145.00–148.00	382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	147.60/cwt	142.00–152.00	477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	140.24/cwt	139.00–142.00	597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	150.80/cwt	148.00–154.00	543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	112.62/cwt	110.00–115.00	582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	139.71/cwt	136.00–144.00	659	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	122.35/cwt	120.00–124.00	453	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	121.06/cwt	114.00–125.00	506	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	128.66/cwt	128.00–130.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	150.85/cwt	147.00–155.00	637	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	105.97/cwt	105.00–107.00	501	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	61.89/cwt	60.00–63.00	760	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	1,229.22/cwt	1,075.00–1,350.00	12,391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	120.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	729	2

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 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 212Last week 285Year ago 192

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 83Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,900	96.00–100.00	97.89
4	—	1,690	88.00–92.00	90.34
1	—	1,325	82.00	82.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	999	49.00–54.00	51.46
9	—	1,037	56.00–63.00	59.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,124	65.00–72.00	68.41
6	—	1,228	60.00–63.00	61.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	122.00–127.00	124.46
6	—	570	111.00–118.00	114.84
7	—	424	125.00–128.00	125.71
3	—	370	128.00–130.00	128.98
9	—	509	115.00–124.00	117.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	112.00–119.00	115.38
5	—	517	110.00–115.00	112.62
6	—	370	120.00–124.00	122.35
10	—	418	114.00–125.00	121.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	97.00–100.00	98.49
2	—	473	105.00–107.00	105.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	136.00–145.00	140.38
6	—	519	108.00–115.00	112.16
5	—	476	128.00–135.00	130.77
5	—	567	100.00–108.00	105.59
3	—	260	145.00–148.00	147.00
4	—	323	142.00–152.00	147.60
4	—	426	139.00–142.00	140.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	123.00–130.00	127.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	148.00–154.00	150.80
10	—	472	136.00–144.00	139.71
6	—	422	147.00–155.00	150.85
2	—	515	118.00–124.00	120.97
2	—	615	117.00–120.00	118.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	589	130.00–134.00	132.02
4	—	521	133.00–140.00	136.00
4	—	670	128.00–133.00	129.73
5	—	473	142.00–146.00	143.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	128.00–130.00	128.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,008	1,075.00–1,350.00	1,229.22

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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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

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Feeder Cattle

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