Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-02-15

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 15
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
603 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 418▲ 603 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 67▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 25▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower with outstanding cows 95.00 to 96.00, slaughter bull 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.48/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$167.48
112 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.06
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2474170.7981021
Medium and Large 1591168.1999374
Medium and Large 3454160.3272817thin
One grade step is worth $10.47/cwt here — about $82 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 sale112 hd
167.48
—
GA average17 barns · 1,627 hd
165.42
+2.06
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—High1,524103.291,57412
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22779.8197944
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28878.181,0072thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03967.2769951

Every lot, as filed

86 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 2—325184.00/cwt184.00–184.005981
SteersMedium and Large 2—429182.31/cwt176.00–186.007824
SteersMedium and Large 1—678148.16/cwt144.00–150.001,0056
HeifersMedium and Large 1—327161.71/cwt160.00–168.005296
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420151.27/cwt150.00–154.006353
SteersMedium and Large 1—363200.97/cwt200.00–202.007302
SteersMedium and Large 1—520186.48/cwt182.00–190.009704
SteersMedium and Large 1—404190.28/cwt187.00–196.0076910
SteersMedium and Large 2—585154.00/cwt154.00–154.009011
HeifersMedium and Large 3—673114.49/cwt114.00–115.007712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—238145.10/cwt140.00–150.003453
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450148.00/cwt148.00–148.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518142.00/cwt142.00–142.007362
SteersMedium and Large 2—278196.13/cwt194.00–198.005452
SteersMedium and Large 3—315177.00/cwt177.00–177.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 2—363149.73/cwt147.00–152.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 3—272146.23/cwt140.00–150.003983
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410145.38/cwt142.00–148.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 2—672122.31/cwt120.00–124.008223
SteersMedium and Large 2—367185.67/cwt182.00–190.006813
SteersMedium and Large 1—885133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1771
SteersMedium and Large 3—567134.63/cwt132.00–137.007633
SteersMedium and Large 3—280186.35/cwt184.00–190.005223
SteersMedium and Large 3—693124.98/cwt120.00–130.008662
SteersMedium and Large 2—540158.00/cwt158.00–158.008532
SteersMedium and Large 1—809150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,21412
SteersMedium and Large 2—467170.69/cwt170.00–172.007973
SteersMedium and Large 3—425168.69/cwt164.00–172.007173
SteersMedium and Large 2—650142.00/cwt142.00–142.009231
SteersMedium and Large 3—370175.27/cwt170.00–180.006482
SteersMedium and Large 1—317198.87/cwt196.00–202.006306
SteersMedium and Large 2—635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009534
SteersMedium and Large 1—475188.53/cwt184.00–192.008968
SteersMedium and Large 1—270206.00/cwt206.00–206.005561
SteersMedium and Large 1—715149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,06518
SteersMedium and Large 3—487159.65/cwt157.00–162.007773
SteersMedium and Large 1—560163.98/cwt160.00–168.009186
BullsMedium and Large 2—485164.00/cwt164.00–164.007951
BullsMedium and Large 2—331189.69/cwt186.00–195.0062810
BullsMedium and Large 2—525146.02/cwt144.00–148.007672
BullsMedium and Large 1—426179.24/cwt177.00–182.007648
BullsMedium and Large 1—370193.78/cwt190.00–200.007174
BullsMedium and Large 1—493176.99/cwt176.00–178.008732
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27970.83/cwt68.00–75.0090610
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25389.63/cwt87.00–94.001,1239
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19679.87/cwt76.00–86.0095525
CowsLean 85-90%—96373.60/cwt72.00–75.0070912
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28878.18/cwt75.00–81.001,0072
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10567.64/cwt63.00–70.0074730
CowsLean 85-90%—91857.57/cwt55.00–62.005289
Bulls——1,680114.78/cwt113.00–116.001,9284
Bulls——1,493107.27/cwt104.00–109.001,6023
Bulls——1,41791.72/cwt89.00–94.001,3005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,025875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,9691
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—880800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,0402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3201,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0014,5202
BullsMedium and Large 3—220180.34/cwt175.00–185.003972
BullsMedium and Large 3—750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
BullsMedium and Large 1—270206.00/cwt206.00–206.005561
BullsMedium and Large 3—485154.79/cwt150.00–158.007514
BullsMedium and Large 2—383177.48/cwt175.00–180.006802
BullsMedium and Large 3—430160.00/cwt160.00–160.006882
BullsMedium and Large 3—522136.63/cwt132.00–140.007137
BullsMedium and Large 3—587132.27/cwt130.00–137.007763
BullsMedium and Large 2—276192.07/cwt190.00–195.005305
BullsMedium and Large 1—650142.00/cwt142.00–142.009231
BullsMedium and Large 1—520155.00/cwt155.00–155.008061
BullsMedium and Large 3—370161.03/cwt160.00–162.005962
BullsMedium and Large 2—578144.25/cwt140.00–148.008343
HeifersMedium and Large 3—638117.96/cwt112.00–122.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265166.00/cwt166.00–166.004401
BullsMedium and Large 1—320200.04/cwt196.00–202.006407
BullsMedium and Large 3—284180.69/cwt175.00–185.005135
BullsMedium and Large 2—228198.28/cwt195.00–200.004523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320155.91/cwt152.00–159.0049911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—288156.49/cwt154.00–158.004514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387165.76/cwt164.00–167.006419
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560128.62/cwt126.00–130.007203
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365134.66/cwt130.00–140.004927
BullsMedium and Large 2—610141.68/cwt140.00–143.008643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—567145.95/cwt142.00–148.008285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480139.23/cwt136.00–146.0066813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—532125.64/cwt124.00–127.006683
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425138.69/cwt138.00–140.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 3—327145.77/cwt140.00–150.004775

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.