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
Bulls—Average1,525111.471,70015
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 2—650145.00/cwt145.00–145.009431
SteersMedium and Large 2—625147.49/cwt146.00–149.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1—395197.00/cwt197.00–197.007782
SteersMedium and Large 3—469166.45/cwt166.00–167.007817
SteersMedium and Large 3—323178.56/cwt177.00–180.005772
SteersMedium and Large 3—405172.00/cwt172.00–172.006972
SteersMedium and Large 3—268181.82/cwt178.00–187.004873
SteersMedium and Large 3—600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320157.24/cwt154.00–160.005035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585127.00/cwt127.00–127.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565148.03/cwt145.00–149.008364
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510152.74/cwt151.00–157.007797
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426157.18/cwt150.00–160.0067016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330168.00/cwt168.00–168.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424142.15/cwt139.00–148.006037
HeifersMedium and Large 2—540138.51/cwt137.00–140.007482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290152.00/cwt152.00–152.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283144.36/cwt140.00–150.004094
SteersMedium and Large 3—370166.92/cwt164.00–170.006182
SteersMedium and Large 2—374190.00/cwt190.00–190.007114
SteersMedium and Large 3—574140.04/cwt136.00–142.008044
SteersMedium and Large 3—523147.39/cwt145.00–150.007712
SteersMedium and Large 1—340197.00/cwt197.00–197.006701
SteersMedium and Large 2—480182.00/cwt182.00–182.008741
SteersMedium and Large 2—428180.73/cwt179.00–184.007743
SteersMedium and Large 2—500162.00/cwt162.00–162.008101
SteersMedium and Large 2—320191.48/cwt190.00–193.006132
SteersMedium and Large 2—715135.00/cwt135.00–135.009651
SteersMedium and Large 1—533184.10/cwt180.00–185.009819
SteersMedium and Large 1—471192.70/cwt190.00–196.009084
SteersMedium and Large 1—690149.34/cwt148.00–150.001,0303
SteersMedium and Large 1—427195.68/cwt190.00–200.008363
SteersMedium and Large 1—572171.00/cwt171.00–171.009782
SteersMedium and Large 1—795135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0731
BullsMedium and Large 2—540150.00/cwt150.00–150.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1—450170.00/cwt170.00–170.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1—415174.00/cwt174.00–174.007221
BullsMedium and Large 1—269188.23/cwt185.00–195.005067
BullsMedium and Large 1—559151.24/cwt148.00–154.008454
BullsMedium and Large 1—224200.87/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
Bulls——1,367104.38/cwt102.00–109.001,4276
Bulls——1,631116.20/cwt112.00–119.001,8959
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,030814.50/cwt775.00–850.008,3892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,7001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—830653.61/cwt600.00–700.005,4254
BullsMedium and Large 2—373173.91/cwt170.00–178.006493
BullsMedium and Large 3—466146.09/cwt141.00–150.006815
BullsMedium and Large 3—78095.00/cwt95.00–95.007411
BullsMedium and Large 3—368155.17/cwt150.00–160.005714
BullsMedium and Large 3—270166.54/cwt160.00–170.004503
BullsMedium and Large 3—410152.00/cwt152.00–152.006231
BullsMedium and Large 2—253168.32/cwt165.00–170.004263
BullsMedium and Large 2—770106.00/cwt106.00–106.008161
BullsMedium and Large 1—388186.53/cwt185.00–188.007242
BullsMedium and Large 1—322183.68/cwt182.00–185.005913
HeifersMedium and Large 3—217150.94/cwt145.00–155.003285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—232160.03/cwt156.00–164.003713
HeifersMedium and Large 2—361148.52/cwt145.00–154.005364
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
HeifersMedium and Large 3—645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469158.18/cwt155.00–161.007427
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433130.06/cwt126.00–134.005633
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523129.04/cwt128.00–130.006752
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—435162.00/cwt162.00–162.007051
BullsMedium and Large 2—340172.54/cwt170.00–175.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 3—563117.04/cwt114.00–120.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 3—316142.28/cwt140.00–144.004505
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473132.44/cwt129.00–136.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—250165.00/cwt165.00–165.004131
BullsMedium and Large 2—420161.99/cwt160.00–164.006805
BullsMedium and Large 2—490156.00/cwt156.00–156.007641
BullsMedium and Large 2—660133.00/cwt133.00–133.008781
BullsMedium and Large 1—533154.51/cwt154.00–155.008242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—692140.00/cwt140.00–140.009692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363161.95/cwt160.00–166.005884
BullsMedium and Large 3—232173.87/cwt168.00–178.004033
BullsMedium and Large 3—610128.00/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.