Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2021-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steer, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer and bull calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.35/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$130.35

53 head · 453 lb average

Value per head Derived

$590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$26.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.29

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	479	136.06	652	29
Medium and Large 2	403	128.02	516	18thin
Medium and Large 3	475	109.73	522	6thin

One grade step is worth $26.33/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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale53 hd

130.35

—

GA average16 barns · 1,286 hd

122.06

+8.29

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	—	High	1,848	81.33	1,503	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,189	59.03	702	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	45.49	512	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	288	177.97/cwt	177.00–179.00	513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	163.07/cwt	158.00–168.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	122.65/cwt	120.00–124.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	100.01/cwt	96.00–104.00	673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	124.56/cwt	122.00–128.00	640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	142.67/cwt	138.00–145.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	146.46/cwt	142.00–150.00	403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	135.80/cwt	132.00–138.00	501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	148.08/cwt	146.00–150.00	493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	121.62/cwt	118.00–125.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	152.35/cwt	148.00–158.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	139.49/cwt	137.00–142.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	152.69/cwt	150.00–154.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	120.20/cwt	118.00–124.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	120.46/cwt	117.00–124.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	155.00/cwt	154.00–156.00	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	128.02/cwt	124.00–130.00	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	107.57/cwt	105.00–110.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	114.66/cwt	110.00–118.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	136.54/cwt	130.00–140.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	127.00/cwt	124.00–130.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	127.03/cwt	122.00–130.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	120.52/cwt	119.00–122.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	152.72/cwt	149.00–159.00	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	143.62/cwt	138.00–148.00	517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	100.00/cwt	96.00–104.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	156.51/cwt	156.00–157.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	111.04/cwt	108.00–114.00	570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	165.99/cwt	164.00–168.00	470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	150.84/cwt	146.00–156.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	124.51/cwt	124.00–125.00	710	2
Bulls	—	—	1,980	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,782	1
Bulls	—	—	2,145	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,716	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	65.72/cwt	63.00–67.00	899	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	55.01/cwt	54.00–57.00	595	5
Bulls	—	—	1,420	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,051	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	532	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	41.98/cwt	41.00–43.00	490	2

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 243Last week 392Year ago 332

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 58Year ago 74

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	177.00–179.00	177.97
2	—	365	158.00–168.00	163.07
2	—	415	156.00–157.00	156.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	120.00–124.00	122.65
2	—	673	96.00–104.00	100.01
6	—	514	122.00–128.00	124.56
3	—	420	138.00–145.00	142.67
3	—	333	149.00–159.00	152.72
3	—	283	164.00–168.00	165.99
2	—	485	126.00–127.00	126.51
2	—	383	146.00–156.00	150.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	119.00–122.00	120.52
2	—	513	108.00–114.00	111.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	142.00–150.00	146.46
5	—	369	132.00–138.00	135.80
5	—	421	118.00–124.00	120.20
2	—	480	117.00–124.00	120.46
3	—	508	110.00–118.00	114.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	146.00–150.00	148.08
2	—	265	154.00–156.00	155.00
6	—	686	124.00–130.00	128.02
4	—	418	130.00–140.00	136.54
2	—	625	124.00–130.00	127.00
4	—	514	122.00–130.00	127.03
5	—	360	138.00–148.00	143.62
2	—	570	124.00–125.00	124.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	118.00–125.00	121.62
2	—	478	105.00–110.00	107.57
2	—	575	96.00–104.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	148.00–158.00	152.35
3	—	437	150.00–154.00	152.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	137.00–142.00	139.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,980	90.00	90.00
1	—	2,145	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,420	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	63.00–67.00	65.72
5	—	1,082	54.00–57.00	55.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	49.00	49.00
2	—	1,168	41.00–43.00	41.98

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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