Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-03-22

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Mar 22
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
585 head
▲ 184 vs last sale 401▲ 172 vs year ago 413 · +41.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 91▲ 21 vs year ago 72 · +29.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 11▲ 5 vs year ago 19 · +26.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 8.00 higher with outstanding cows 107.00 to 109.00, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher and replacement cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.56/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$174.56
169 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529175.91930125
Medium and Large 2448174.2378131
Medium and Large 3447162.3872613thin
One grade step is worth $13.53/cwt here — about $204 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 sale169 hd
174.56
—
GA average13 barns · 745 hd
171.33
+3.24
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—Average1,541108.441,67113
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31692.371,21634
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,26076.009581thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low99275.4974935

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1—620142.00/cwt140.00–146.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—436147.60/cwt144.00–151.0064411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—559126.97/cwt122.00–130.007105
HeifersMedium and Large 3—484130.01/cwt127.00–133.006296
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560136.00/cwt136.00–136.007621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—316141.01/cwt140.00–144.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517139.42/cwt136.00–144.007217
HeifersMedium and Large 2—624133.70/cwt130.00–138.008344
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466142.96/cwt139.00–149.0066614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519148.22/cwt145.00–150.0076910
SteersMedium and Large 1—725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0889
SteersMedium and Large 1—556174.45/cwt172.00–176.009709
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377160.56/cwt158.00–165.006057
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388150.35/cwt147.00–155.005838
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490156.00/cwt156.00–156.007641
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535128.76/cwt122.00–132.006896
SteersMedium and Large 3—535152.00/cwt152.00–152.008131
SteersMedium and Large 3—285180.00/cwt180.00–180.005131
SteersMedium and Large 2—368186.88/cwt184.00–190.006886
SteersMedium and Large 2—343190.00/cwt190.00–190.006522
SteersMedium and Large 3—478160.00/cwt160.00–160.007656
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273145.30/cwt140.00–150.003974
SteersMedium and Large 2—420176.51/cwt170.00–180.007417
SteersMedium and Large 1—423187.52/cwt185.00–194.0079315
SteersMedium and Large 3—435160.00/cwt160.00–160.006961
SteersMedium and Large 1—669158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,05726
SteersMedium and Large 3—340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323153.76/cwt150.00–156.004974
SteersMedium and Large 3—393166.98/cwt164.00–170.006562
SteersMedium and Large 1—469185.99/cwt184.00–190.0087219
SteersMedium and Large 1—537176.48/cwt175.00–182.0094830
SteersMedium and Large 1—341195.30/cwt195.00–196.0066617
SteersMedium and Large 2—538161.40/cwt160.00–167.008689
SteersMedium and Large 3—565155.00/cwt155.00–155.008761
SteersMedium and Large 2—461173.10/cwt170.00–180.007987
BullsMedium and Large 2—418169.60/cwt165.00–172.007093
BullsMedium and Large 2—733123.44/cwt120.00–127.009052
BullsMedium and Large 2—655138.00/cwt138.00–138.009042
BullsMedium and Large 1—570151.43/cwt150.00–153.008635
BullsMedium and Large 1—378188.33/cwt187.00–190.007123
BullsMedium and Large 1—623147.98/cwt147.00–149.009222
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26076.00/cwt76.00–76.009581
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03466.96/cwt64.00–70.0069210
CowsLean 85-90%—94784.64/cwt81.00–88.008028
CowsLean 85-90%—98876.20/cwt73.00–80.0075317
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24182.91/cwt77.00–85.001,0297
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,358100.72/cwt97.00–104.001,3687
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32892.76/cwt88.00–96.001,23220
Bulls——1,579107.17/cwt105.00–110.001,6924
Bulls——1,40098.25/cwt95.00–101.001,3764
Bulls——1,624117.62/cwt115.00–122.001,9105
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,135900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,2151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—925700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,4751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—995988.21/cwt900.00–1,100.009,8336
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8951,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.009,6212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3941,254.84/cwt1,200.00–1,350.0017,49212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,2351,090.45/cwt1,050.00–1,125.0013,4676
BullsMedium and Large 1—413181.00/cwt177.00–184.007483
BullsMedium and Large 2—465157.94/cwt156.00–160.007342
BullsMedium and Large 3—378160.19/cwt157.00–165.006064
BullsMedium and Large 3—470152.74/cwt150.00–155.007184
BullsMedium and Large 3—574133.25/cwt130.00–140.007655
BullsMedium and Large 3—429152.83/cwt150.00–156.006567
BullsMedium and Large 2—361172.72/cwt170.00–177.006246
BullsMedium and Large 2—568148.27/cwt147.00–149.008424
BullsMedium and Large 3—320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005445
BullsMedium and Large 3—730114.99/cwt114.00–116.008392
BullsMedium and Large 3—665130.00/cwt130.00–130.008651
BullsMedium and Large 3—250175.00/cwt175.00–175.004381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570144.00/cwt144.00–144.008211
BullsMedium and Large 3—640130.04/cwt125.00–135.008322
BullsMedium and Large 2—333176.98/cwt174.00–180.005892
BullsMedium and Large 2—295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
BullsMedium and Large 1—670141.00/cwt141.00–141.009451
BullsMedium and Large 3—530139.80/cwt137.00–146.007416
HeifersMedium and Large 3—608125.49/cwt124.00–127.007632
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429139.52/cwt135.00–142.005999
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372141.03/cwt138.00–144.005257
HeifersMedium and Large 1—417155.66/cwt152.00–161.0064911
BullsMedium and Large 2—536150.61/cwt148.00–155.008075
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008941
HeifersMedium and Large 3—685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
HeifersMedium and Large 3—223147.98/cwt146.00–150.003302

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.