Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-03-15

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 15
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
401 head
192 vs last sale 593 45 vs year ago 446 · 10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
29 vs last sale 120 25 vs year ago 66 · +37.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
1 vs last sale 12 14 vs year ago 25 · 56.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 higher with out standing bulls 120 to 123 , feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.09/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$148.09
96 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$209
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.56
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460155.9671743
Medium and Large 2404145.1258628
Medium and Large 3369137.8750925
One grade step is worth $18.09/cwt here — about $209 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 sale96 hd
148.09
GA average15 barns · 1,793 hd
140.53
+7.56
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
BullsAverage1,525111.471,70015
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34584.371,13444
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51873.051,1095thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01172.4873317

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2650145.00/cwt145.00–145.009431
SteersMedium and Large 2625147.49/cwt146.00–149.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1395197.00/cwt197.00–197.007782
SteersMedium and Large 3469166.45/cwt166.00–167.007817
SteersMedium and Large 3323178.56/cwt177.00–180.005772
SteersMedium and Large 3405172.00/cwt172.00–172.006972
SteersMedium and Large 3268181.82/cwt178.00–187.004873
SteersMedium and Large 3600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 2320157.24/cwt154.00–160.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 2585127.00/cwt127.00–127.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1565148.03/cwt145.00–149.008364
HeifersMedium and Large 1510152.74/cwt151.00–157.007797
HeifersMedium and Large 1426157.18/cwt150.00–160.0067016
HeifersMedium and Large 1330168.00/cwt168.00–168.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 2625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 2424142.15/cwt139.00–148.006037
HeifersMedium and Large 2540138.51/cwt137.00–140.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 2650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 2290152.00/cwt152.00–152.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 3283144.36/cwt140.00–150.004094
SteersMedium and Large 3370166.92/cwt164.00–170.006182
SteersMedium and Large 2374190.00/cwt190.00–190.007114
SteersMedium and Large 3574140.04/cwt136.00–142.008044
SteersMedium and Large 3523147.39/cwt145.00–150.007712
SteersMedium and Large 1340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006701
SteersMedium and Large 2480182.00/cwt182.00–182.008741
SteersMedium and Large 2428180.73/cwt179.00–184.007743
SteersMedium and Large 2500162.00/cwt162.00–162.008101
SteersMedium and Large 2320191.48/cwt190.00–193.006132
SteersMedium and Large 2715135.00/cwt135.00–135.009651
SteersMedium and Large 1533184.10/cwt180.00–185.009819
SteersMedium and Large 1471192.70/cwt190.00–196.009084
SteersMedium and Large 1690149.34/cwt148.00–150.001,0303
SteersMedium and Large 1427195.68/cwt190.00–200.008363
SteersMedium and Large 1572171.00/cwt171.00–171.009782
SteersMedium and Large 1795135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0731
BullsMedium and Large 2540150.00/cwt150.00–150.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1415174.00/cwt174.00–174.007221
BullsMedium and Large 1269188.23/cwt185.00–195.005067
BullsMedium and Large 1559151.24/cwt148.00–154.008454
BullsMedium and Large 1224200.87/cwt196.00–204.004504
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30177.14/cwt72.00–80.001,00416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27392.53/cwt90.00–96.001,17813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54871.31/cwt70.00–75.001,1044
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45385.01/cwt81.00–88.001,23515
CowsLean 85-90%81853.50/cwt53.00–54.004382
CowsLean 85-90%1,03775.01/cwt71.00–78.0077815
Bulls1,367104.38/cwt102.00–109.001,4276
Bulls1,631116.20/cwt112.00–119.001,8959
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030814.50/cwt775.00–850.008,3892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,7001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3830653.61/cwt600.00–700.005,4254
BullsMedium and Large 2373173.91/cwt170.00–178.006493
BullsMedium and Large 3466146.09/cwt141.00–150.006815
BullsMedium and Large 378095.00/cwt95.00–95.007411
BullsMedium and Large 3368155.17/cwt150.00–160.005714
BullsMedium and Large 3270166.54/cwt160.00–170.004503
BullsMedium and Large 3410152.00/cwt152.00–152.006231
BullsMedium and Large 2253168.32/cwt165.00–170.004263
BullsMedium and Large 2770106.00/cwt106.00–106.008161
BullsMedium and Large 1388186.53/cwt185.00–188.007242
BullsMedium and Large 1322183.68/cwt182.00–185.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 3217150.94/cwt145.00–155.003285
HeifersMedium and Large 2232160.03/cwt156.00–164.003713
HeifersMedium and Large 2361148.52/cwt145.00–154.005364
HeifersMedium and Large 3365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
HeifersMedium and Large 3645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 1469158.18/cwt155.00–161.007427
HeifersMedium and Large 3433130.06/cwt126.00–134.005633
HeifersMedium and Large 3523129.04/cwt128.00–130.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added435162.00/cwt162.00–162.007051
BullsMedium and Large 2340172.54/cwt170.00–175.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 3563117.04/cwt114.00–120.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 3316142.28/cwt140.00–144.004505
HeifersMedium and Large 3473132.44/cwt129.00–136.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1250165.00/cwt165.00–165.004131
BullsMedium and Large 2420161.99/cwt160.00–164.006805
BullsMedium and Large 2490156.00/cwt156.00–156.007641
BullsMedium and Large 2660133.00/cwt133.00–133.008781
BullsMedium and Large 1533154.51/cwt154.00–155.008242
HeifersMedium and Large 1692140.00/cwt140.00–140.009692
HeifersMedium and Large 1363161.95/cwt160.00–166.005884
BullsMedium and Large 3232173.87/cwt168.00–178.004033
BullsMedium and Large 3610128.00/cwt128.00–128.007811

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.