Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-11-16

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 16
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
511 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 541▲ 128 vs year ago 383 · +33.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 47▲ 21 vs year ago 60 · +35.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 34▲ 8 vs year ago 14 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls, feeder steers and bulls lightly, feeder heifers 1.00 to 5.00 lower, steer calves 2.00 to 8.00 lower, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.24/cwt on 132 head.
Average price
$122.24
132 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$518
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.80
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478128.5861535
Medium and Large 2420123.4451857
Medium and Large 3381114.9943840
One grade step is worth $13.59/cwt here — about $177 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 sale132 hd
122.24
—
GA average16 barns · 2,180 hd
127.04
−4.80
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—Average1,37378.001,0712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41055.6178431
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63852.508602thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19247.9657226

Every lot, as filed

84 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 1—685129.00/cwt129.00–129.008841
SteersMedium and Large 3—480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005763
SteersMedium and Large 3—733106.73/cwt100.00–110.007823
SteersMedium and Large 3—383145.53/cwt144.00–147.005572
SteersMedium and Large 3—500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 2—309129.27/cwt129.00–132.0039915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522112.68/cwt110.00–120.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375134.00/cwt134.00–134.005031
HeifersMedium and Large 2—733100.00/cwt100.00–100.007332
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—630126.00/cwt126.00–126.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613114.34/cwt114.00–115.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 3—458110.38/cwt105.00–115.005065
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463121.25/cwt119.00–122.0056110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—205123.00/cwt123.00–123.002521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290133.97/cwt132.00–136.003892
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431111.41/cwt110.00–117.004805
HeifersMedium and Large 2—554112.56/cwt110.00–114.006247
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321121.95/cwt118.00–125.003918
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578101.45/cwt100.00–103.005862
HeifersMedium and Large 3—267121.00/cwt120.00–125.0032313
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370119.00/cwt119.00–119.004401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429128.02/cwt122.00–130.005494
SteersMedium and Large 2—615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
SteersMedium and Large 2—325166.00/cwt166.00–166.005401
SteersMedium and Large 3—563119.11/cwt115.00–120.006718
SteersMedium and Large 2—530132.28/cwt130.00–137.0070111
SteersMedium and Large 3—300156.00/cwt156.00–156.004681
SteersMedium and Large 3—427129.03/cwt128.00–137.005519
SteersMedium and Large 2—355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005331
SteersMedium and Large 1—577139.86/cwt136.00–143.008075
SteersMedium and Large 2—553130.99/cwt130.00–133.007243
SteersMedium and Large 2—473136.00/cwt136.00–136.006433
SteersMedium and Large 2—420141.38/cwt140.00–145.005947
SteersMedium and Large 1—608138.52/cwt134.00–141.008426
SteersMedium and Large 1—522144.53/cwt140.00–150.0075411
SteersMedium and Large 1—465147.51/cwt147.00–148.006862
BullsMedium and Large 2—468131.98/cwt129.00–135.006182
BullsMedium and Large 2—557118.30/cwt114.00–121.006593
BullsMedium and Large 1—450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1—390159.00/cwt159.00–159.006201
BullsMedium and Large 1—615121.05/cwt118.00–124.007442
BullsMedium and Large 1—515133.53/cwt130.00–137.006882
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11944.10/cwt41.00–47.0049310
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23750.38/cwt48.00–54.0062316
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,73555.00/cwt55.00–55.009541
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54050.00/cwt50.00–50.007701
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,51063.00/cwt63.00–63.009511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,40250.79/cwt48.00–54.0071211
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41058.01/cwt55.00–61.0081819
Bulls——1,24582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0211
Bulls——1,50074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,013558.70/cwt475.00–625.005,6602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,205900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,8451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—935650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,0781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—855737.65/cwt725.00–750.006,3072
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—890900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,0102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,315900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,8352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,7502
BullsMedium and Large 2—285152.07/cwt150.00–154.004332
BullsMedium and Large 3—472121.34/cwt120.00–124.005733
BullsMedium and Large 3—419129.50/cwt126.00–132.005436
BullsMedium and Large 3—73095.00/cwt95.00–95.006941
BullsMedium and Large 3—570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 3—540100.00/cwt100.00–100.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367129.41/cwt126.00–132.0047512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—504129.01/cwt127.00–130.006505
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675111.99/cwt110.00–113.007563
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426133.30/cwt131.00–138.005689
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468130.08/cwt126.00–135.006099
HeifersMedium and Large 3—69097.00/cwt97.00–97.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 3—630100.00/cwt100.00–100.006302
BullsMedium and Large 1—410154.00/cwt154.00–154.006311
BullsMedium and Large 2—418136.45/cwt135.00–140.005704
BullsMedium and Large 2—335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
BullsMedium and Large 3—68598.00/cwt98.00–98.006711
BullsMedium and Large 2—523122.46/cwt120.00–125.006404
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326136.46/cwt136.00–138.004454
BullsMedium and Large 3—230140.00/cwt140.00–140.003222
BullsMedium and Large 3—520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005722
BullsMedium and Large 3—374136.77/cwt132.00–141.005124
BullsMedium and Large 3—263140.00/cwt140.00–140.003686
BullsMedium and Large 2—375150.66/cwt150.00–152.005653
BullsMedium and Large 1—315166.00/cwt166.00–166.005231
BullsMedium and Large 3—313140.01/cwt135.00–145.004388

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.