Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-01-11

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 11
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 387▼ 121 vs year ago 454 · −26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 62▲ 19 vs year ago 69 · +27.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 14▲ 7 vs year ago 4 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.81/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$141.81
92 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.15
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474147.8170047
Medium and Large 2379140.8653427
Medium and Large 3356127.5745418thin
One grade step is worth $20.24/cwt here — about $246 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 sale92 hd
141.81
—
GA average13 barns · 1,240 hd
137.66
+4.15
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—High1,49296.681,44212
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29873.8595935
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05656.9260123
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55555.008551thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1—200175.00/cwt175.00–175.003501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374136.23/cwt134.00–138.005104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530132.98/cwt128.00–138.007054
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585107.00/cwt107.00–107.006261
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332143.73/cwt140.00–147.0047713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278135.94/cwt130.00–140.003784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475148.30/cwt146.00–150.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375150.40/cwt146.00–153.005649
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605141.54/cwt137.00–146.008562
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438140.00/cwt138.00–142.006134
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515108.00/cwt108.00–108.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 3—225130.00/cwt130.00–130.002931
SteersMedium and Large 3—420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006721
SteersMedium and Large 2—393182.50/cwt182.00–183.007172
SteersMedium and Large 3—278172.05/cwt167.00–177.004782
SteersMedium and Large 3—337177.31/cwt175.00–179.005983
SteersMedium and Large 2—550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007981
SteersMedium and Large 1—720148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0661
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—535172.00/cwt172.00–172.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1—580160.00/cwt160.00–160.009281
SteersMedium and Large 1—526163.44/cwt160.00–168.008604
SteersMedium and Large 1—427182.19/cwt179.00–186.007786
SteersMedium and Large 3—369172.52/cwt169.00–176.006374
SteersMedium and Large 2—420175.00/cwt175.00–175.007351
SteersMedium and Large 1—464181.63/cwt177.00–185.008438
BullsMedium and Large 1—476167.02/cwt165.00–170.007954
BullsMedium and Large 2—525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
BullsMedium and Large 2—378169.90/cwt165.00–173.006429
BullsMedium and Large 1—515163.37/cwt159.00–168.008412
BullsMedium and Large 1—428181.02/cwt177.00–185.007752
BullsMedium and Large 1—371182.90/cwt180.00–190.006794
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26281.37/cwt78.00–85.001,02714
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34773.32/cwt70.00–77.009888
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30766.09/cwt62.00–69.0086413
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07849.15/cwt45.00–51.005304
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13963.59/cwt61.00–68.007246
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01156.24/cwt53.00–60.0056913
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55555.00/cwt55.00–55.008551
Bulls——1,833106.17/cwt105.00–107.001,9462
Bulls——1,47396.35/cwt93.00–100.001,4198
Bulls——1,22588.52/cwt87.00–90.001,0842
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,2501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—1,000575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,7502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,120880.02/cwt750.00–1,000.009,8564
BullsMedium and Large 2—418172.06/cwt170.00–174.007192
BullsMedium and Large 2—285180.00/cwt180.00–180.005133
BullsMedium and Large 1—550159.00/cwt159.00–159.008751
BullsMedium and Large 2—470158.62/cwt156.00–160.007463
BullsMedium and Large 3—368153.43/cwt150.00–157.005652
BullsMedium and Large 3—490147.00/cwt147.00–147.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416150.31/cwt144.00–153.0062514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715124.00/cwt124.00–124.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572146.16/cwt144.00–148.0083610
BullsMedium and Large 3—235175.21/cwt170.00–180.004122
BullsMedium and Large 2—555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
BullsMedium and Large 3—423150.58/cwt149.00–152.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470117.59/cwt115.00–120.005533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519143.95/cwt140.00–148.007475
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320131.85/cwt130.00–137.004228
HeifersMedium and Large 2—280148.98/cwt148.00–150.004172
BullsMedium and Large 2—327179.41/cwt177.00–182.005878
BullsMedium and Large 3—284163.51/cwt160.00–170.004646
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—550151.00/cwt151.00–151.008311

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.