Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-07-27

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 27
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 491▼ 49 vs year ago 378 · −13.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 73▲ 25 vs year ago 25 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 17▲ 9 vs year ago 4 · +225.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.82/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$135.82
89 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.50
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459142.3065344
Medium and Large 2414136.3256524
Medium and Large 3465121.6756621
One grade step is worth $20.63/cwt here — about $88 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 sale89 hd
135.82
—
GA average14 barns · 1,417 hd
131.32
+4.50
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
Bulls—Low1,707102.661,7523thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37672.721,00119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05559.9063210

Every lot, as filed

88 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 2—518134.49/cwt133.00–136.006972
SteersMedium and Large 3—375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465132.97/cwt130.00–136.006182
SteersMedium and Large 2—464150.22/cwt148.00–153.006974
SteersMedium and Large 2—390160.99/cwt160.00–162.006282
BullsMedium and Large 2—320165.06/cwt164.00–166.005282
SteersMedium and Large 2—433156.18/cwt150.00–160.006765
BullsMedium and Large 3—430139.44/cwt137.00–142.006002
BullsMedium and Large 2—235182.00/cwt182.00–182.004281
BullsMedium and Large 2—290188.00/cwt188.00–188.005451
BullsMedium and Large 2—379160.53/cwt158.00–162.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473144.92/cwt138.00–148.0068512
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585122.00/cwt122.00–122.007141
BullsMedium and Large 2—478143.49/cwt142.00–144.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433145.12/cwt140.00–150.0062813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270155.51/cwt155.00–156.004202
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
BullsMedium and Large 2—640124.00/cwt124.00–124.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277149.70/cwt144.00–154.004155
SteersMedium and Large 1—460160.18/cwt155.00–165.007374
SteersMedium and Large 1—633151.00/cwt150.00–152.009562
SteersMedium and Large 1—318200.99/cwt200.00–202.006392
SteersMedium and Large 1—414172.95/cwt168.00–178.007166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515134.20/cwt130.00–139.0069111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305145.97/cwt144.00–148.004452
SteersMedium and Large 1—550152.00/cwt152.00–152.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—405151.00/cwt151.00–151.006121
BullsMedium and Large 1—283194.98/cwt190.00–200.005525
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—510157.00/cwt157.00–157.008011
SteersMedium and Large 1—540146.00/cwt146.00–146.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2—567130.67/cwt130.00–131.007413
BullsMedium and Large 1—379172.85/cwt168.00–176.006555
BullsMedium and Large 1—323192.07/cwt186.00–194.006205
SteersMedium and Large 1—383184.56/cwt178.00–188.007074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375151.16/cwt148.00–156.005673
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—450168.00/cwt168.00–168.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555124.00/cwt124.00–124.006881
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32079.27/cwt79.00–80.001,0463
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,63068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1081
Bulls——1,38092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,2701
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10655.95/cwt52.00–59.006196
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07570.00/cwt70.00–70.007531
Bulls——1,870107.99/cwt106.00–110.002,0192
HeifersMedium and Large 3—685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
BullsMedium and Large 3—322150.00/cwt150.00–150.004833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,02860.38/cwt56.00–65.006212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,06567.00/cwt67.00–67.007141
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,025725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,4312
SteersMedium and Large 1—295210.00/cwt210.00–210.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 3—536116.04/cwt110.00–120.006225
HeifersMedium and Large 3—566112.24/cwt110.00–115.006354
CowsLean 85-90%—94564.43/cwt60.00–67.006093
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37071.73/cwt69.00–76.0098315
HeifersMedium and Large 3—605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
BullsMedium and Large 3—280164.68/cwt162.00–168.004614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380127.43/cwt125.00–130.004842
HeifersMedium and Large 3—205145.00/cwt145.00–145.002971
BullsMedium and Large 1—430162.97/cwt162.00–164.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—350180.00/cwt180.00–180.006301
SteersMedium and Large 3—635120.00/cwt120.00–120.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
SteersMedium and Large 3—472134.69/cwt130.00–140.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313138.02/cwt134.00–140.004323
HeifersMedium and Large 3—255140.00/cwt140.00–140.003571
BullsMedium and Large 3—528127.68/cwt125.00–130.006746
SteersMedium and Large 3—315157.00/cwt157.00–157.004951
BullsMedium and Large 3—225171.30/cwt167.00–176.003852
BullsMedium and Large 3—630114.00/cwt114.00–114.007181
BullsMedium and Large 3—740109.00/cwt109.00–109.008071
SteersMedium and Large 3—280160.00/cwt160.00–160.004481
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473120.97/cwt120.00–122.005722
BullsMedium and Large 3—368147.50/cwt147.00–148.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230146.00/cwt146.00–146.003361
BullsMedium and Large 2—660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428137.50/cwt137.00–138.005892
SteersMedium and Large 3—220160.00/cwt160.00–160.003521
SteersMedium and Large 3—503124.98/cwt120.00–130.006292
BullsMedium and Large 2—425150.24/cwt146.00–153.006393
SteersMedium and Large 2—565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007351
SteersMedium and Large 2—335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373141.25/cwt138.00–144.005275
BullsMedium and Large 3—466128.49/cwt125.00–134.005994
SteersMedium and Large 3—580121.98/cwt120.00–124.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—713106.52/cwt105.00–108.007592
SteersMedium and Large 2—605136.00/cwt136.00–136.008231
SteersMedium and Large 2—540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—514125.75/cwt125.00–127.006464

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.