Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-06-14

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 14
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
298 head
112 vs last sale 410 7 vs year ago 305 · 2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
13 vs last sale 72 1 vs year ago 84 · +1.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
1 vs last sale 35 16 vs year ago 18 · +88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.84/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$135.84
100 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.37
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570140.2579931
Medium and Large 2485137.1066447
Medium and Large 3481126.9261022
One grade step is worth $13.33/cwt here — about $189 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 sale100 hd
135.84
GA average16 barns · 1,755 hd
139.20
−3.37
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
BullsLow1,508104.871,5816thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24387.421,08635
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42680.961,1546thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00066.9666920

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)880$7501thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 3442154.67/cwt154.00–156.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 1511145.50/cwt142.00–149.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 2380148.47/cwt144.00–151.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 2687117.99/cwt114.00–120.008113
HeifersMedium and Large 1465145.42/cwt144.00–148.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 2417141.23/cwt140.00–143.0058913
SteersMedium and Large 2431160.49/cwt160.00–162.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 1583139.38/cwt137.00–144.0081317
HeifersMedium and Large 3383135.92/cwt132.00–140.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 3755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
SteersMedium and Large 2512154.62/cwt152.00–155.0079211
SteersMedium and Large 3325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
SteersMedium and Large 2735127.00/cwt127.00–127.009331
SteersMedium and Large 2638144.02/cwt142.00–146.009192
SteersMedium and Large 1652145.19/cwt140.00–148.009475
SteersMedium and Large 1953120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1444
SteersMedium and Large 2563149.77/cwt144.00–151.008439
SteersMedium and Large 2450160.00/cwt160.00–160.007201
SteersMedium and Large 3495146.00/cwt146.00–146.007231
SteersMedium and Large 3569133.74/cwt130.00–140.007615
SteersMedium and Large 3539141.74/cwt136.00–144.007648
SteersMedium and Large 1638148.00/cwt148.00–148.009443
BullsMedium and Large 3445141.00/cwt135.00–143.006274
BullsMedium and Large 3468134.23/cwt130.00–140.006285
BullsMedium and Large 2518142.13/cwt140.00–145.007366
BullsMedium and Large 2445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
BullsMedium and Large 2615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1613139.48/cwt138.00–141.008552
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25188.07/cwt84.00–91.001,10216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13177.25/cwt74.00–81.008748
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35070.00/cwt70.00–70.009451
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44183.15/cwt81.00–85.001,1985
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31293.86/cwt92.00–97.001,23111
CowsLean 85-90%94463.37/cwt60.00–67.0059811
CowsLean 85-90%94876.00/cwt76.00–76.007202
CowsLean 85-90%1,10270.03/cwt68.00–75.007727
Bulls1,33298.28/cwt97.00–99.001,3093
Bulls1,683111.46/cwt110.00–112.001,8763
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3880750.00/head750.00–750.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2531133.69/cwt130.00–138.007107
HeifersMedium and Large 2572131.96/cwt129.00–135.007553
BullsMedium and Large 3355153.55/cwt150.00–157.005452
BullsMedium and Large 1570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
BullsMedium and Large 3505137.00/cwt137.00–137.006921
BullsMedium and Large 2568137.28/cwt135.00–140.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 3578121.35/cwt120.00–124.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 1690132.00/cwt132.00–132.009111
HeifersMedium and Large 3623111.96/cwt110.00–114.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 3467126.36/cwt122.00–132.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 3315141.28/cwt140.00–142.004453
HeifersMedium and Large 2770113.00/cwt113.00–113.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 2457139.99/cwt135.00–143.0064016
HeifersMedium and Large 2640124.00/cwt124.00–124.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 3678103.01/cwt102.00–104.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 3270146.00/cwt146.00–146.003941
HeifersMedium and Large 3421135.48/cwt130.00–139.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 1604137.99/cwt135.00–140.008336

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.