Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer and bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.67/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −77.50 against this barn's trailing median of $209.17.

Average price

$131.67

36 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.97

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	136.20	680	5thin
Medium and Large 2	446	133.53	595	25
Medium and Large 3	457	120.14	549	6thin

One grade step is worth $16.06/cwt here — about $130 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

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 sale36 hd

131.67

—

GA average16 barns · 1,507 hd

122.69

+8.97

This barn, trailing median4 sales

209.17

−77.50

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,367	76.35	1,044	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	55.59	651	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	47.80	492	8thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	121.95/cwt	116.00–125.00	516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	118.00/cwt	113.00–123.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	108.95/cwt	105.00–111.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	124.02/cwt	122.00–128.00	455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	133.00/cwt	132.00–134.00	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	147.02/cwt	142.00–152.00	484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	135.98/cwt	134.00–138.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	141.06/cwt	135.00–145.00	523	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	114.00/cwt	110.00–118.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	125.33/cwt	124.00–126.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	128.03/cwt	126.00–130.00	721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	146.65/cwt	144.00–148.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	136.02/cwt	134.00–138.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	123.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	110.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	128.97/cwt	124.00–134.00	862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	618	95.48/cwt	91.00–100.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	108.37/cwt	105.00–115.00	616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	117.04/cwt	114.00–120.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	128.63/cwt	126.00–132.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	113.81/cwt	109.00–115.00	585	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	120.50/cwt	117.00–124.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	125.01/cwt	122.00–127.00	713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	131.44/cwt	130.00–133.00	493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	118.04/cwt	116.00–120.00	614	2
Bulls	—	—	1,393	75.13/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,047	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	57.47/cwt	53.00–60.00	657	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	49.94/cwt	46.00–52.00	624	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	51.83/cwt	48.00–55.00	575	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	43.77/cwt	42.00–45.00	416	4
Bulls	—	—	1,290	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,032	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Tue Oct 19, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 312Year ago 271

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 40Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	116.00–125.00	121.95
2	—	470	113.00–123.00	118.00
3	—	367	122.00–128.00	124.02
6	—	568	105.00–115.00	108.37
2	—	628	105.00–110.00	107.49
5	—	514	109.00–115.00	113.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	105.00–111.00	108.95
3	—	478	110.00–112.00	110.66
2	—	618	91.00–100.00	95.48
2	—	370	114.00–120.00	117.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	130.00–132.00	131.01
2	—	520	116.00–120.00	118.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	132.00–134.00	133.00
2	—	478	140.00–142.00	141.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	142.00–152.00	147.02
5	—	426	134.00–138.00	135.98
5	—	371	135.00–145.00	141.06
2	—	610	110.00–118.00	114.00
3	—	507	124.00–126.00	125.33
3	—	465	126.00–132.00	128.63
3	—	570	122.00–127.00	125.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	117.00–124.00	120.50
2	—	375	130.00–133.00	131.44
2	—	527	107.00–110.00	108.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	126.00–130.00	128.03
3	—	528	144.00–148.00	146.65
3	—	627	134.00–138.00	136.02
4	—	668	124.00–134.00	128.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	120.00–128.00	123.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,393	73.00–77.00	75.13
1	—	1,290	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,144	53.00–60.00	57.47
3	—	1,250	46.00–52.00	49.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,109	48.00–55.00	51.83
4	—	950	42.00–45.00	43.77

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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