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
BullsAverage1,53495.271,4615thin
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 3610112.00/cwt110.00–114.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 2515134.00/cwt134.00–134.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1375152.62/cwt149.00–157.005725
HeifersMedium and Large 1512147.11/cwt144.00–152.0075311
SteersMedium and Large 2506147.00/cwt147.00–147.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 2615122.00/cwt122.00–122.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2555134.00/cwt134.00–134.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 3242142.65/cwt140.00–146.003453
SteersMedium and Large 1563171.42/cwt165.00–174.0096510
HeifersMedium and Large 1330151.34/cwt150.00–152.004993
SteersMedium and Large 3715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 1567143.57/cwt143.00–145.008149
HeifersMedium and Large 1471147.52/cwt145.00–151.0069511
HeifersMedium and Large 2476135.22/cwt130.00–140.006448
SteersMedium and Large 3615129.02/cwt126.00–132.007932
SteersMedium and Large 3458144.05/cwt140.00–150.006603
SteersMedium and Large 2373181.41/cwt180.00–184.006773
SteersMedium and Large 3405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
SteersMedium and Large 1668154.53/cwt146.00–156.001,0327
SteersMedium and Large 1523171.00/cwt170.00–172.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1315202.03/cwt200.00–206.006363
SteersMedium and Large 2600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
SteersMedium and Large 2731140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0234
SteersMedium and Large 3380177.00/cwt177.00–177.006731
SteersMedium and Large 3328177.04/cwt176.00–178.005812
SteersMedium and Large 3270175.19/cwt170.00–180.004732
SteersMedium and Large 1472176.21/cwt172.00–180.008329
SteersMedium and Large 1420186.73/cwt182.00–190.007846
SteersMedium and Large 1615169.49/cwt169.00–170.001,0422
SteersMedium and Large 2480168.48/cwt167.00–170.008092
SteersMedium and Large 2435172.49/cwt170.00–175.007504
SteersMedium and Large 2340192.00/cwt192.00–192.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1518167.00/cwt166.00–168.008653
BullsMedium and Large 2475166.02/cwt165.00–167.007892
BullsMedium and Large 1272203.12/cwt200.00–207.005523
BullsMedium and Large 1630139.00/cwt139.00–139.008761
BullsMedium and Large 1439178.06/cwt172.00–182.0078211
BullsMedium and Large 1470172.39/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
Bulls1,54395.45/cwt92.00–98.001,4733
Bulls1,33587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1611
Bulls1,705103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7561
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,130801.77/cwt775.00–825.009,0604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,230975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,9931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9451
BullsMedium and Large 3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
BullsMedium and Large 3276169.84/cwt167.00–172.004694
BullsMedium and Large 3345148.00/cwt148.00–148.005111
BullsMedium and Large 3675114.91/cwt112.00–118.007762
BullsMedium and Large 2675126.00/cwt126.00–126.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1335193.09/cwt190.00–196.006472
BullsMedium and Large 2325182.00/cwt182.00–182.005921
BullsMedium and Large 1368190.65/cwt190.00–192.007023
BullsMedium and Large 1558161.99/cwt160.00–164.009042
BullsMedium and Large 3473143.38/cwt140.00–150.006783
BullsMedium and Large 2375178.99/cwt178.00–180.006712
BullsMedium and Large 2573150.46/cwt146.00–154.008624
HeifersMedium and Large 1675136.00/cwt136.00–136.009182
HeifersMedium and Large 1605139.00/cwt139.00–139.008411
HeifersMedium and Large 3260138.00/cwt138.00–138.003591
HeifersMedium and Large 370097.00/cwt97.00–97.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009041
BullsMedium and Large 2775124.00/cwt124.00–124.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 3390136.01/cwt135.00–137.005302
HeifersMedium and Large 2740122.00/cwt122.00–122.009031
HeifersMedium and Large 2368146.47/cwt145.00–148.005392
HeifersMedium and Large 3670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 3505122.00/cwt122.00–122.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1422151.89/cwt150.00–154.006419
HeifersMedium and Large 2412140.66/cwt140.00–142.005803
HeifersMedium and Large 2277150.64/cwt148.00–154.004173
HeifersMedium and Large 1271158.38/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.