Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-07-20

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 20
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
491 head
42 vs last sale 449 218 vs year ago 273 · +79.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
21 vs last sale 94 53 vs year ago 20 · +265.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
18 vs last sale 35 13 vs year ago 4 · +325.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady to 4.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.49/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$134.49
136 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.90
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444141.1362675
Medium and Large 2474130.8162034
Medium and Large 3455120.6754927
One grade step is worth $20.46/cwt here — about $77 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 sale136 hd
134.49
GA average15 barns · 1,726 hd
129.59
+4.90
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
BullsLow1,58593.641,4849thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24370.6187821
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,15368.987952thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12761.7769615

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1Value Added360186.00/cwt186.00–186.006701
BullsMedium and Large 2265166.00/cwt166.00–166.004401
SteersMedium and Large 1423163.42/cwt162.00–165.006915
BullsMedium and Large 1490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007351
SteersMedium and Large 1518152.44/cwt146.00–153.0079013
HeifersMedium and Large 1555130.00/cwt130.00–130.007221
SteersMedium and Large 1675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009111
SteersMedium and Large 2350162.00/cwt162.00–162.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1414145.04/cwt140.00–148.0060019
BullsMedium and Large 2426151.36/cwt148.00–154.006458
HeifersMedium and Large 1470138.52/cwt135.00–144.0065118
BullsMedium and Large 2467141.63/cwt136.00–147.0066110
HeifersMedium and Large 1372147.80/cwt144.00–150.005507
HeifersMedium and Large 2368138.00/cwt138.00–138.005083
BullsMedium and Large 2564128.20/cwt127.00–129.007235
SteersMedium and Large 2560140.69/cwt139.00–142.007883
BullsMedium and Large 1230200.00/cwt200.00–200.004603
SteersMedium and Large 2525141.59/cwt140.00–144.0074310
HeifersMedium and Large 1233152.53/cwt150.00–155.003552
HeifersMedium and Large 2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
SteersMedium and Large 2477148.86/cwt144.00–154.007108
HeifersMedium and Large 2625122.00/cwt122.00–122.007631
SteersMedium and Large 1730124.00/cwt124.00–124.009054
SteersMedium and Large 1258192.00/cwt192.00–192.004951
BullsMedium and Large 1253195.05/cwt190.00–200.004932
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added270206.00/cwt206.00–206.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 1328150.01/cwt148.00–152.004923
BullsMedium and Large 1595133.00/cwt133.00–133.007911
SteersMedium and Large 1310202.00/cwt202.00–202.006261
BullsMedium and Large 1367171.62/cwt168.00–178.006309
SteersMedium and Large 1471158.24/cwt156.00–159.007458
SteersMedium and Large 1385188.00/cwt188.00–188.007241
HeifersMedium and Large 1534132.48/cwt130.00–134.0070721
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added320200.00/cwt200.00–200.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 1277155.39/cwt152.00–158.004303
BullsMedium and Large 1325180.97/cwt180.00–182.005882
SteersMedium and Large 1619138.75/cwt138.00–139.008594
BullsMedium and Large 1513134.00/cwt134.00–134.006874
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20572.56/cwt70.00–76.0087414
Bulls1,60787.75/cwt84.00–90.001,4103
Bulls1,455100.52/cwt100.00–101.001,4632
CowsLean 85-90%1,26353.20/cwt50.00–55.006725
CowsLean 85-90%1,05966.05/cwt63.00–70.0069910
Bulls1,63394.62/cwt93.00–97.001,5454
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added295168.00/cwt168.00–168.004961
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-370573.89/cwt72.00–76.005212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3965825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,9612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2651,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0016,1292
BullsMedium and Large 1423162.73/cwt158.00–168.006882
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15368.98/cwt68.00–70.007952
SteersMedium and Large 3526133.96/cwt130.00–138.007058
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31966.70/cwt64.00–69.008807
HeifersMedium and Large 3640106.25/cwt106.00–107.006804
HeifersMedium and Large 3240135.00/cwt135.00–135.003241
BullsMedium and Large 3700105.50/cwt105.00–106.007392
BullsMedium and Large 3660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 3503115.02/cwt110.00–120.005792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-391571.19/cwt70.00–74.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 3424126.62/cwt122.00–129.005374
BullsMedium and Large 3610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
SteersMedium and Large 3425140.00/cwt140.00–140.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 3330133.05/cwt130.00–136.004392
BullsMedium and Large 3584121.55/cwt120.00–125.007107
HeifersMedium and Large 3565107.00/cwt107.00–107.006051
BullsMedium and Large 3515122.30/cwt120.00–125.006304
BullsMedium and Large 3476126.01/cwt124.00–132.006008
BullsMedium and Large 2600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 2325142.94/cwt142.00–144.004652
BullsMedium and Large 2230173.00/cwt173.00–173.003981
BullsMedium and Large 3430138.79/cwt134.00–141.005978
SteersMedium and Large 2435156.50/cwt156.00–157.006812
BullsMedium and Large 2359157.27/cwt155.00–159.005657
HeifersMedium and Large 2685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 2413136.79/cwt136.00–137.005655
SteersMedium and Large 2625132.99/cwt132.00–138.0083115
SteersMedium and Large 3561128.98/cwt125.00–133.007247
BullsMedium and Large 2334165.84/cwt162.00–168.005544
BullsMedium and Large 3338148.95/cwt146.00–154.005034
HeifersMedium and Large 2585122.03/cwt120.00–124.007142
BullsMedium and Large 3382149.03/cwt144.00–153.005695
HeifersMedium and Large 2524126.51/cwt121.00–129.0066312
HeifersMedium and Large 3460119.05/cwt115.00–124.005487
BullsMedium and Large 3280157.04/cwt154.00–160.004403
HeifersMedium and Large 3380127.33/cwt125.00–130.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 2465131.38/cwt127.00–134.006117
HeifersMedium and Large 3275133.09/cwt128.00–138.003662
BullsMedium and Large 2531130.57/cwt128.00–138.0069310
HeifersMedium and Large 3655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
SteersMedium and Large 3463137.67/cwt134.00–142.006376

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.