Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-06-15

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 15
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
305 head
278 vs last sale 583 57 vs year ago 248 · +23.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
21 vs last sale 105 51 vs year ago 33 · +154.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
6 vs last sale 24 15 vs year ago 3 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 3.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.58/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$123.58
99 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$576
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.91
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511130.2066627
Medium and Large 2462123.7157251
Medium and Large 3417114.7847921
One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $187 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 sale99 hd
123.58
GA average14 barns · 1,709 hd
124.49
−0.91
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
BullsAverage1,78497.301,7357thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27674.4095025
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40573.001,0261thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05361.2464536

Every lot, as filed

79 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2260137.38/cwt136.00–139.003573
BullsMedium and Large 2532128.67/cwt128.00–130.006853
SteersMedium and Large 2615127.00/cwt127.00–127.007811
SteersMedium and Large 2595128.00/cwt128.00–128.007623
BullsMedium and Large 2277159.36/cwt158.00–160.004413
BullsMedium and Large 2420140.98/cwt140.00–142.005922
BullsMedium and Large 2474134.70/cwt129.00–138.0063810
SteersMedium and Large 2400153.00/cwt153.00–153.006121
SteersMedium and Large 2680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
SteersMedium and Large 2390155.00/cwt155.00–155.006051
BullsMedium and Large 1572126.98/cwt126.00–129.007263
BullsMedium and Large 1323172.47/cwt169.00–176.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1710111.00/cwt111.00–111.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2640116.00/cwt116.00–116.007421
BullsMedium and Large 2665110.00/cwt110.00–110.007321
BullsMedium and Large 2375153.16/cwt150.00–156.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 1330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 1473133.20/cwt132.00–136.006304
SteersMedium and Large 1280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1600119.00/cwt119.00–119.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1550133.00/cwt133.00–133.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1519134.69/cwt133.00–140.006994
HeifersMedium and Large 1374137.22/cwt135.00–140.005134
HeifersMedium and Large 1683114.67/cwt114.00–115.007833
BullsMedium and Large 1463142.00/cwt142.00–142.006572
SteersMedium and Large 1568135.48/cwt134.00–137.007702
HeifersMedium and Large 1515132.22/cwt125.00–134.0068112
SteersMedium and Large 1325166.00/cwt166.00–166.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1540146.50/cwt146.00–147.007912
SteersMedium and Large 1480156.34/cwt154.00–159.007503
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2895900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,0552
SteersMedium and Large 1640136.00/cwt136.00–136.008704
BullsMedium and Large 1417149.57/cwt147.00–154.006243
CowsLean 85-90%1,03654.89/cwt52.00–58.0056911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24973.85/cwt70.00–77.0092217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54866.29/cwt65.00–68.001,0262
Bulls1,86198.42/cwt96.00–100.001,8325
Bulls1,58083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26378.68/cwt78.00–80.009946
CowsLean 85-90%1,07869.00/cwt69.00–69.007442
CowsLean 85-90%1,05963.61/cwt60.00–67.0067423
Bulls1,600106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6961
HeifersMedium and Large 3370118.19/cwt115.00–120.004374
BullsMedium and Large 1275174.00/cwt174.00–174.004791
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-390870.56/cwt66.00–74.006412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00578.00/cwt78.00–78.007841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-280592.00/cwt92.00–92.007411
BullsMedium and Large 1660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007721
HeifersMedium and Large 3468110.00/cwt110.00–110.005152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-395066.00/cwt66.00–66.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 3665100.00/cwt100.00–100.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 3585101.00/cwt101.00–101.005911
SteersMedium and Large 3480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 3267122.22/cwt120.00–125.003263
SteersMedium and Large 3410140.00/cwt140.00–140.005741
BullsMedium and Large 3525118.60/cwt115.00–122.006232
BullsMedium and Large 3373139.48/cwt134.00–144.005208
HeifersMedium and Large 3330126.48/cwt125.00–128.004172
BullsMedium and Large 3565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
BullsMedium and Large 3338137.96/cwt136.00–140.004662
BullsMedium and Large 3615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 3423114.85/cwt110.00–120.004862
SteersMedium and Large 3525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 3514106.64/cwt100.00–110.005485
HeifersMedium and Large 2630113.97/cwt110.00–116.007184
BullsMedium and Large 2575124.00/cwt124.00–124.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 2531118.80/cwt114.00–122.006318
HeifersMedium and Large 3220134.00/cwt134.00–134.002951
BullsMedium and Large 3283152.39/cwt150.00–155.004312
BullsMedium and Large 3425125.90/cwt120.00–130.005357
HeifersMedium and Large 2429125.52/cwt122.00–127.005388
HeifersMedium and Large 2467123.72/cwt120.00–128.0057813
SteersMedium and Large 2515135.20/cwt131.00–140.006964
BullsMedium and Large 3461120.62/cwt118.00–125.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 2576114.67/cwt110.00–120.006606
HeifersMedium and Large 2357129.35/cwt125.00–132.004626
SteersMedium and Large 2465142.76/cwt140.00–148.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 2312138.00/cwt138.00–138.004313

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.