Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-09-07

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 7
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
10 vs last sale 376 55 vs year ago 311 · +17.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
36 vs last sale 59 21 vs year ago 74 · +28.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
32 vs last sale 9 20 vs year ago 21 · +95.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.89/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 73.27 against this barn's trailing median of $209.17.
Average price
$135.89
113 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.62
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1431151.006515thin
Medium and Large 2417146.4461129
Medium and Large 3444131.0658279
One grade step is worth $19.94/cwt here — about $69 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
228212196180median 209.1701/0602/1705/0505/1205/12
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 sale113 hd
135.89
GA average15 barns · 1,219 hd
132.28
+3.62
This barn, trailing median4 sales
209.17
−73.27
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
BullsLow1,45684.921,2375thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28070.3490036
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37763.578759thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03360.6762727

Every lot, as filed

77 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
SteersMedium and Large 3513134.33/cwt134.00–135.006893
SteersMedium and Large 2466148.81/cwt148.00–150.006935
SteersMedium and Large 1566144.40/cwt140.00–150.008175
SteersMedium and Large 1523142.23/cwt140.00–145.007445
SteersMedium and Large 1478160.66/cwt156.00–166.007685
SteersMedium and Large 2515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007161
HeifersMedium and Large 2424131.44/cwt130.00–134.005577
SteersMedium and Large 2378160.08/cwt156.00–164.006052
SteersMedium and Large 3572125.96/cwt120.00–130.007205
SteersMedium and Large 2578135.77/cwt135.00–138.007854
SteersMedium and Large 2670134.00/cwt134.00–134.008981
SteersMedium and Large 2727130.65/cwt129.00–132.009503
HeifersMedium and Large 3342128.66/cwt128.00–130.004403
SteersMedium and Large 3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
SteersMedium and Large 3620126.00/cwt126.00–126.007811
SteersMedium and Large 3463136.47/cwt130.00–140.006323
SteersMedium and Large 2428158.36/cwt155.00–160.006785
SteersMedium and Large 3424144.67/cwt140.00–150.006137
HeifersMedium and Large 2505126.00/cwt126.00–126.006361
HeifersMedium and Large 2678119.51/cwt119.00–120.008102
HeifersMedium and Large 1474134.02/cwt131.00–136.006355
HeifersMedium and Large 2290145.00/cwt145.00–145.004211
HeifersMedium and Large 2563119.00/cwt118.00–120.006702
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500153.00/cwt153.00–153.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 3466119.56/cwt115.00–125.005577
HeifersMedium and Large 3524107.78/cwt105.00–110.005654
HeifersMedium and Large 3555105.00/cwt105.00–105.005831
HeifersMedium and Large 2487128.68/cwt127.00–130.006276
HeifersMedium and Large 3424125.99/cwt124.00–128.005348
HeifersMedium and Large 2376133.82/cwt130.00–138.005037
HeifersMedium and Large 2628120.49/cwt120.00–121.007572
BullsMedium and Large 2375154.97/cwt152.00–157.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 2324141.45/cwt138.00–146.004584
HeifersMedium and Large 3280135.48/cwt135.00–136.003792
HeifersMedium and Large 3213132.35/cwt130.00–135.002822
HeifersMedium and Large 3370124.22/cwt120.00–128.004602
BullsMedium and Large 2617123.65/cwt117.00–127.007633
BullsMedium and Large 2521130.44/cwt128.00–134.006804
BullsMedium and Large 3271149.54/cwt145.00–155.004055
BullsMedium and Large 2271160.82/cwt158.00–164.004364
HeifersMedium and Large 1570132.02/cwt130.00–134.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 1530131.81/cwt128.00–137.006995
BullsMedium and Large 2228170.00/cwt170.00–170.003882
BullsMedium and Large 3538119.35/cwt117.00–124.0064216
BullsMedium and Large 3421127.44/cwt124.00–132.0053720
BullsMedium and Large 3317151.32/cwt146.00–155.004805
BullsMedium and Large 2470132.96/cwt132.00–134.006252
BullsMedium and Large 1450144.00/cwt144.00–144.006481
BullsMedium and Large 3469129.78/cwt124.00–132.006099
BullsMedium and Large 3577120.54/cwt120.00–125.006969
BullsMedium and Large 3240156.28/cwt154.00–160.003754
BullsMedium and Large 3376143.60/cwt137.00–147.005409
BullsMedium and Large 3668110.51/cwt110.00–111.007382
BullsMedium and Large 2317161.68/cwt160.00–165.005133
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3868739.80/cwt700.00–775.006,42110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3670626.49/cwt600.00–675.004,1973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2955950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,0731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3727730.96/cwt625.00–775.005,3143
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29541,055.48/cwt975.00–1,125.0010,0696
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3868752.67/cwt725.00–775.006,5332
Bulls1,32981.65/cwt80.00–84.001,0854
Bulls1,96598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,9261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24671.79/cwt69.00–76.0089524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26577.00/cwt77.00–77.009741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35566.58/cwt63.00–68.0090211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38561.01/cwt60.00–62.008456
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36068.68/cwt68.00–70.009343
CowsLean 85-90%1,07067.00/cwt67.00–67.007171
CowsLean 85-90%1,03562.66/cwt59.00–66.0064920
CowsLean 85-90%1,01952.98/cwt50.00–57.005406
SteersMedium and Large 2608135.50/cwt134.00–137.008244
BullsMedium and Large 2414148.99/cwt145.00–154.006175
BullsMedium and Large 2583127.49/cwt126.00–129.007432
BullsMedium and Large 1570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
BullsMedium and Large 1285177.00/cwt177.00–177.005041
BullsMedium and Large 1545136.00/cwt136.00–136.007411
BullsMedium and Large 1305168.00/cwt168.00–168.005121

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.