Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-06-07

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 269▼ 173 vs year ago 583 · −29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 47▼ 33 vs year ago 105 · −31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 4▲ 11 vs year ago 24 · +45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher with outstanding cows 98.00 to 99.00, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.91/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$145.91
94 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.93
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490149.7673426
Medium and Large 2442147.4665229
Medium and Large 3380142.1954039
One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $193 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 sale94 hd
145.91
—
GA average13 barns · 1,015 hd
138.98
+6.93
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—Average1,637103.441,6934thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28385.631,09827
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47576.421,1273thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00566.0366421

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)825$6751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)993$8158

Every lot, as filed

66 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 3—430154.81/cwt150.00–158.0066610
SteersMedium and Large 1—550154.00/cwt154.00–154.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570133.00/cwt133.00–133.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006597
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467154.40/cwt152.00–156.0072110
SteersMedium and Large 1—425172.00/cwt172.00–172.007311
SteersMedium and Large 3—471149.93/cwt145.00–155.007066
SteersMedium and Large 3—369154.67/cwt150.00–160.005719
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463138.32/cwt137.00–140.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370155.00/cwt155.00–155.005742
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532132.33/cwt131.00–134.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570128.00/cwt128.00–128.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478143.34/cwt142.00–146.006859
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268156.54/cwt155.00–158.004202
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368144.50/cwt142.00–145.005326
HeifersMedium and Large 3—336142.65/cwt136.00–146.0047910
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429141.79/cwt135.00–144.0060811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528125.98/cwt122.00–130.006652
HeifersMedium and Large 3—232152.31/cwt150.00–155.003533
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275146.79/cwt140.00–150.004043
BullsMedium and Large 2—462152.30/cwt150.00–154.007043
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008322
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578141.98/cwt140.00–145.008213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520144.72/cwt141.00–146.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 2—434152.66/cwt151.00–154.0066311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—305154.00/cwt154.00–154.004701
BullsMedium and Large 3—326149.69/cwt145.00–155.004887
BullsMedium and Large 2—330176.00/cwt176.00–176.005811
BullsMedium and Large 2—735116.00/cwt116.00–116.008531
BullsMedium and Large 3—285166.51/cwt166.00–167.004752
BullsMedium and Large 3—470139.01/cwt138.00–140.006532
BullsMedium and Large 2—670126.01/cwt125.00–127.008442
BullsMedium and Large 3—575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007591
BullsMedium and Large 2—275173.42/cwt172.00–175.004774
BullsMedium and Large 3—375143.51/cwt140.00–147.0053810
BullsMedium and Large 3—615127.00/cwt127.00–127.007811
BullsMedium and Large 3—413141.26/cwt140.00–145.005834
BullsMedium and Large 3—525133.88/cwt130.00–140.007034
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,098954.61/head875.00–1,025.009554
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—888675.00/head675.00–675.006754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—825675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Bulls——1,618110.51/cwt110.00–111.001,7882
Bulls——1,65596.37/cwt93.00–99.001,5952
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27385.67/cwt84.00–88.001,0915
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26493.14/cwt90.00–97.001,17711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30678.11/cwt76.00–80.001,02011
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47576.42/cwt74.00–78.001,1273
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00076.00/cwt76.00–76.007601
CowsLean 85-90%—93960.83/cwt58.00–65.005719
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06069.38/cwt66.00–73.0073511
SteersMedium and Large 3—685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
SteersMedium and Large 2—383162.75/cwt161.00–170.006238
SteersMedium and Large 3—502143.34/cwt140.00–146.007203
SteersMedium and Large 3—555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007881
SteersMedium and Large 1—522161.39/cwt160.00–164.008423
SteersMedium and Large 2—675138.00/cwt138.00–138.009321
SteersMedium and Large 2—610146.00/cwt146.00–146.008911
SteersMedium and Large 2—575152.00/cwt152.00–152.008742
SteersMedium and Large 2—412165.93/cwt164.00–170.0068411
SteersMedium and Large 1—465165.59/cwt163.00–168.0077015
BullsMedium and Large 2—428153.00/cwt150.00–156.006556
BullsMedium and Large 2—366169.02/cwt166.00–172.006194
BullsMedium and Large 2—210175.00/cwt175.00–175.003681
BullsMedium and Large 1—370174.00/cwt174.00–174.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1—406174.98/cwt172.00–178.007104
BullsMedium and Large 1—550144.00/cwt144.00–144.007921

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.