Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2021-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.61/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −74.56 against this barn's trailing median of $209.17.

Average price

$134.61

72 head · 429 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$14.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.44

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	447	143.42	641	11thin
Medium and Large 2	434	136.48	592	34
Medium and Large 3	415	128.66	534	27

One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $108 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $214.23, low $194.44, median $209.17 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale72 hd

134.61

—

GA average14 barns · 1,304 hd

128.17

+6.44

This barn, trailing median4 sales

209.17

−74.56

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	1,797	98.67	1,773	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,294	69.64	901	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,206	62.47	753	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	61.00	885	1thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	521	111.99/cwt	108.00–118.00	583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	115.68/cwt	115.00–116.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	116.98/cwt	115.00–118.00	828	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	141.66/cwt	140.00–146.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	126.65/cwt	123.00–129.00	726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	114.49/cwt	114.00–116.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	146.81/cwt	145.00–149.00	545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	223	144.49/cwt	144.00–145.00	322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	112.49/cwt	112.00–113.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	134.98/cwt	134.00–136.00	425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	151.20/cwt	148.00–154.00	479	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	133.71/cwt	130.00–138.00	608	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	154.42/cwt	152.00–158.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	128.46/cwt	127.00–130.00	546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	455	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	123.23/cwt	122.00–125.00	582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	121.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	858	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,720	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	79.52/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,137	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	56.04/cwt	52.00–59.00	642	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	759	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,237	64.21/cwt	61.00–68.00	794	11
Bulls	—	—	1,835	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	138.02/cwt	136.00–140.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	119.48/cwt	117.00–122.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	608	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	147.99/cwt	147.00–149.00	629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	123.48/cwt	123.00–124.00	512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	243	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	366	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	885	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	74.27/cwt	71.00–77.00	882	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	62.94/cwt	60.00–67.00	878	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	151.04/cwt	149.00–152.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	124.56/cwt	123.00–126.00	467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	133.59/cwt	132.00–136.00	753	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	152.49/cwt	149.00–153.00	726	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	116.61/cwt	112.00–120.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	111.68/cwt	110.00–115.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	134.51/cwt	134.00–135.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	121.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	132.37/cwt	130.00–134.00	702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	118.97/cwt	117.00–121.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	128.96/cwt	128.00–130.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	134.04/cwt	130.00–136.00	369	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	150.55/cwt	147.00–154.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	120.61/cwt	120.00–123.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	393	138.33/cwt	136.00–140.00	544	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	280	145.92/cwt	140.00–150.00	409	4

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 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 243Last week 212Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 65Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 9Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	108.00–118.00	111.99
2	—	415	123.00–124.00	123.48
2	—	243	150.00–151.00	150.51
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
2	—	583	107.00–108.00	107.50
5	—	460	120.00–125.00	121.45
6	—	393	136.00–140.00	138.33
4	—	280	140.00–150.00	145.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	140.00–146.00	141.66
4	—	371	145.00–149.00	146.81
1	—	785	95.00	95.00
9	—	317	148.00–154.00	151.20
7	—	455	130.00–138.00	133.71
3	—	560	112.00–120.00	116.61
5	—	527	120.00–123.00	120.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	112.00–113.00	112.49
4	—	371	152.00–158.00	154.42
1	—	455	146.00	146.00
2	—	425	147.00–149.00	147.99
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
1	—	310	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	115.00–116.00	115.68
2	—	280	142.00	142.00
2	—	315	134.00–136.00	134.98
1	—	665	111.00	111.00
2	—	425	127.00–130.00	128.46
7	—	472	122.00–125.00	123.23
5	—	512	120.00–125.00	121.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	114.00–116.00	114.49
2	—	223	144.00–145.00	144.49
1	—	565	115.00	115.00
2	—	473	117.00–121.00	118.97
2	—	445	124.00	124.00
2	—	380	128.00–130.00	128.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	375	123.00–126.00	124.56
3	—	470	110.00–115.00	111.68
1	—	790	91.00	91.00
4	—	275	130.00–136.00	134.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	115.00–118.00	116.98
3	—	573	123.00–129.00	126.65
1	—	500	136.00	136.00
1	—	650	123.00	123.00
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	335	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	118.00	118.00
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
1	—	775	119.00	119.00
1	—	520	143.00	143.00
1	—	670	128.00	128.00
5	—	564	132.00–136.00	133.59
16	—	476	149.00–153.00	152.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	136.00–140.00	138.02
2	—	590	117.00–122.00	119.48
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
3	—	382	149.00–152.00	151.04
2	—	483	134.00–135.00	134.51
5	—	530	130.00–134.00	132.37
2	—	330	147.00–154.00	150.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,835	98.00	98.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	79.00–80.00	79.52
16	—	1,188	71.00–77.00	74.27
14	—	1,395	60.00–67.00	62.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,146	52.00–59.00	56.04
1	—	1,100	69.00	69.00
11	—	1,237	61.00–68.00	64.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	61.00	61.00

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	2	—	980	600.00	600.00

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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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Slaughter Cattle

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