Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-01-18

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 18
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 333▼ 285 vs year ago 586 · −48.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 88▲ 5 vs year ago 65 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 11▼ 9 vs year ago 27 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, bull calves 1.00 to 4.00 higher and replacement cow lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.97/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$142.97
88 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.96
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462148.5768756
Medium and Large 2462137.1763421
Medium and Large 3442125.5455511thin
One grade step is worth $23.03/cwt here — about $132 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 sale88 hd
142.97
—
GA average14 barns · 1,607 hd
142.02
+0.96
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—Average1,53495.271,4615thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25476.4595835
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59564.001,0211thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95960.6558219

Every lot, as filed

79 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 3—610112.00/cwt110.00–114.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515134.00/cwt134.00–134.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375152.62/cwt149.00–157.005725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—512147.11/cwt144.00–152.0075311
SteersMedium and Large 2—506147.00/cwt147.00–147.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 2—615122.00/cwt122.00–122.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555134.00/cwt134.00–134.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 3—242142.65/cwt140.00–146.003453
SteersMedium and Large 1—563171.42/cwt165.00–174.0096510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330151.34/cwt150.00–152.004993
SteersMedium and Large 3—715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567143.57/cwt143.00–145.008149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471147.52/cwt145.00–151.0069511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476135.22/cwt130.00–140.006448
SteersMedium and Large 3—615129.02/cwt126.00–132.007932
SteersMedium and Large 3—458144.05/cwt140.00–150.006603
SteersMedium and Large 2—373181.41/cwt180.00–184.006773
SteersMedium and Large 3—405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
SteersMedium and Large 1—668154.53/cwt146.00–156.001,0327
SteersMedium and Large 1—523171.00/cwt170.00–172.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1—315202.03/cwt200.00–206.006363
SteersMedium and Large 2—600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
SteersMedium and Large 2—731140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0234
SteersMedium and Large 3—380177.00/cwt177.00–177.006731
SteersMedium and Large 3—328177.04/cwt176.00–178.005812
SteersMedium and Large 3—270175.19/cwt170.00–180.004732
SteersMedium and Large 1—472176.21/cwt172.00–180.008329
SteersMedium and Large 1—420186.73/cwt182.00–190.007846
SteersMedium and Large 1—615169.49/cwt169.00–170.001,0422
SteersMedium and Large 2—480168.48/cwt167.00–170.008092
SteersMedium and Large 2—435172.49/cwt170.00–175.007504
SteersMedium and Large 2—340192.00/cwt192.00–192.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1—518167.00/cwt166.00–168.008653
BullsMedium and Large 2—475166.02/cwt165.00–167.007892
BullsMedium and Large 1—272203.12/cwt200.00–207.005523
BullsMedium and Large 1—630139.00/cwt139.00–139.008761
BullsMedium and Large 1—439178.06/cwt172.00–182.0078211
BullsMedium and Large 1—470172.39/cwt168.00–174.008105
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0211
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26581.67/cwt79.00–85.001,03312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24474.64/cwt71.00–78.0092920
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27367.65/cwt64.00–70.008613
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01453.28/cwt50.00–55.005405
CowsLean 85-90%—94361.26/cwt58.00–64.0057810
CowsLean 85-90%—93168.34/cwt66.00–70.006364
Bulls——1,54395.45/cwt92.00–98.001,4733
Bulls——1,33587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1611
Bulls——1,705103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7561
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,130801.77/cwt775.00–825.009,0604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,230975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,9931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,170850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9451
BullsMedium and Large 3—565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
BullsMedium and Large 3—276169.84/cwt167.00–172.004694
BullsMedium and Large 3—345148.00/cwt148.00–148.005111
BullsMedium and Large 3—675114.91/cwt112.00–118.007762
BullsMedium and Large 2—675126.00/cwt126.00–126.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1—335193.09/cwt190.00–196.006472
BullsMedium and Large 2—325182.00/cwt182.00–182.005921
BullsMedium and Large 1—368190.65/cwt190.00–192.007023
BullsMedium and Large 1—558161.99/cwt160.00–164.009042
BullsMedium and Large 3—473143.38/cwt140.00–150.006783
BullsMedium and Large 2—375178.99/cwt178.00–180.006712
BullsMedium and Large 2—573150.46/cwt146.00–154.008624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675136.00/cwt136.00–136.009182
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605139.00/cwt139.00–139.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—260138.00/cwt138.00–138.003591
HeifersMedium and Large 3—70097.00/cwt97.00–97.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1—660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009041
BullsMedium and Large 2—775124.00/cwt124.00–124.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—390136.01/cwt135.00–137.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 2—740122.00/cwt122.00–122.009031
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368146.47/cwt145.00–148.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505122.00/cwt122.00–122.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422151.89/cwt150.00–154.006419
HeifersMedium and Large 2—412140.66/cwt140.00–142.005803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277150.64/cwt148.00–154.004173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—271158.38/cwt157.00–162.004295

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.