Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-09-21

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 21
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
424 head
83 vs last sale 507 34 vs year ago 390 · +8.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
17 vs last sale 63 11 vs year ago 69 · +15.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
13 vs last sale 24 19 vs year ago 30 · 63.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.00/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$129.00
131 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.06
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422136.7257747
Medium and Large 2438126.7055540
Medium and Large 3365122.8444944
One grade step is worth $13.88/cwt here — about $128 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 sale131 hd
129.00
GA average15 barns · 1,668 hd
123.93
+5.06
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
BullsLow1,79488.971,5964thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30764.0083727
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,32057.007521thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07052.7356424

Every lot, as filed

80 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 3327125.20/cwt120.00–130.004095
HeifersMedium and Large 3512105.41/cwt102.00–111.005403
HeifersMedium and Large 3570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2468124.00/cwt120.00–128.0058014
HeifersMedium and Large 1320142.00/cwt142.00–142.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 2364131.83/cwt126.00–136.004809
HeifersMedium and Large 2521118.52/cwt115.00–122.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 2338137.38/cwt134.00–140.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 2725107.55/cwt105.00–110.007802
HeifersMedium and Large 1516128.16/cwt124.00–134.006615
HeifersMedium and Large 1368144.26/cwt138.00–146.0053112
HeifersMedium and Large 1555124.00/cwt124.00–124.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 2668108.99/cwt107.00–111.007282
HeifersMedium and Large 2433130.01/cwt129.00–131.005632
HeifersMedium and Large 2255141.02/cwt140.00–142.003602
SteersMedium and Large 3500128.00/cwt128.00–128.006401
SteersMedium and Large 3285160.56/cwt157.00–164.004582
SteersMedium and Large 3615107.00/cwt107.00–107.006581
SteersMedium and Large 3475131.73/cwt130.00–135.006264
SteersMedium and Large 3730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007811
SteersMedium and Large 1456150.52/cwt150.00–152.006864
SteersMedium and Large 2255165.00/cwt165.00–165.004211
SteersMedium and Large 2615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
SteersMedium and Large 2420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006091
SteersMedium and Large 2380150.00/cwt150.00–150.005701
SteersMedium and Large 3384140.10/cwt136.00–145.005386
SteersMedium and Large 3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
SteersMedium and Large 1715128.00/cwt128.00–128.009151
SteersMedium and Large 1523148.00/cwt148.00–148.007742
SteersMedium and Large 1578147.97/cwt147.00–149.008552
SteersMedium and Large 2330156.00/cwt156.00–156.005151
SteersMedium and Large 2523132.49/cwt130.00–135.006932
SteersMedium and Large 3413138.65/cwt136.00–140.005733
SteersMedium and Large 1615148.00/cwt148.00–148.009101
BullsMedium and Large 2283167.19/cwt160.00–169.004738
BullsMedium and Large 1420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1287172.02/cwt170.00–174.004943
BullsMedium and Large 1300168.00/cwt168.00–168.005041
BullsMedium and Large 1471144.28/cwt141.00–146.006804
BullsMedium and Large 1350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 3222137.00/cwt137.00–137.0030412
HeifersMedium and Large 3429119.29/cwt115.00–125.005127
HeifersMedium and Large 2220142.00/cwt142.00–142.003122
HeifersMedium and Large 1288148.00/cwt148.00–148.004269
HeifersMedium and Large 1710113.00/cwt113.00–113.008021
HeifersMedium and Large 3381120.77/cwt115.00–125.004606
HeifersMedium and Large 3287128.43/cwt125.00–135.003693
BullsMedium and Large 2323155.60/cwt152.00–162.0050310
BullsMedium and Large 2524125.25/cwt122.00–128.006564
BullsMedium and Large 2240170.00/cwt170.00–170.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 3610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 3485109.80/cwt105.00–115.005336
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13877.85/cwt76.00–80.008862
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28464.67/cwt62.00–67.0083019
CowsLean 85-90%1,02049.43/cwt46.00–52.0050412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43757.26/cwt55.00–61.008236
CowsLean 85-90%1,11956.04/cwt53.00–60.0062712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32057.00/cwt57.00–57.007521
Bulls1,53383.38/cwt82.00–85.001,2782
Bulls2,05594.55/cwt94.00–95.001,9432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-398552.00/cwt52.00–52.005121
BullsMedium and Large 3467118.20/cwt114.00–123.0055212
BullsMedium and Large 374594.00/cwt94.00–94.007001
BullsMedium and Large 3217158.73/cwt155.00–160.003444
BullsMedium and Large 367397.95/cwt91.00–100.006595
BullsMedium and Large 3269155.77/cwt150.00–159.004194
BullsMedium and Large 2355154.00/cwt154.00–154.005472
BullsMedium and Large 2488130.43/cwt126.00–135.006362
BullsMedium and Large 3426124.33/cwt120.00–130.0053011
BullsMedium and Large 3567106.02/cwt103.00–110.006017
BullsMedium and Large 3524115.11/cwt110.00–120.006038
BullsMedium and Large 2416136.22/cwt132.00–140.005677
BullsMedium and Large 2558120.66/cwt120.00–122.006733
HeifersMedium and Large 1436134.72/cwt133.00–136.005877
HeifersMedium and Large 1608116.99/cwt116.00–118.007112
BullsMedium and Large 2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
BullsMedium and Large 3370137.84/cwt134.00–142.005107
BullsMedium and Large 3333148.92/cwt142.00–150.004967
BullsMedium and Large 3635105.00/cwt104.00–106.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 1481130.21/cwt129.00–134.006268

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.