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%
View

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
Bulls—Low1,508104.871,5816thin
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 3—442154.67/cwt154.00–156.006843
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511145.50/cwt142.00–149.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380148.47/cwt144.00–151.005643
HeifersMedium and Large 2—687117.99/cwt114.00–120.008113
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465145.42/cwt144.00–148.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417141.23/cwt140.00–143.0058913
SteersMedium and Large 2—431160.49/cwt160.00–162.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 1—583139.38/cwt137.00–144.0081317
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383135.92/cwt132.00–140.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
SteersMedium and Large 2—512154.62/cwt152.00–155.0079211
SteersMedium and Large 3—325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005361
SteersMedium and Large 2—735127.00/cwt127.00–127.009331
SteersMedium and Large 2—638144.02/cwt142.00–146.009192
SteersMedium and Large 1—652145.19/cwt140.00–148.009475
SteersMedium and Large 1—953120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1444
SteersMedium and Large 2—563149.77/cwt144.00–151.008439
SteersMedium and Large 2—450160.00/cwt160.00–160.007201
SteersMedium and Large 3—495146.00/cwt146.00–146.007231
SteersMedium and Large 3—569133.74/cwt130.00–140.007615
SteersMedium and Large 3—539141.74/cwt136.00–144.007648
SteersMedium and Large 1—638148.00/cwt148.00–148.009443
BullsMedium and Large 3—445141.00/cwt135.00–143.006274
BullsMedium and Large 3—468134.23/cwt130.00–140.006285
BullsMedium and Large 2—518142.13/cwt140.00–145.007366
BullsMedium and Large 2—445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006681
BullsMedium and Large 2—615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1—613139.48/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
Bulls——1,33298.28/cwt97.00–99.001,3093
Bulls——1,683111.46/cwt110.00–112.001,8763
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—880750.00/head750.00–750.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531133.69/cwt130.00–138.007107
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572131.96/cwt129.00–135.007553
BullsMedium and Large 3—355153.55/cwt150.00–157.005452
BullsMedium and Large 1—570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
BullsMedium and Large 3—505137.00/cwt137.00–137.006921
BullsMedium and Large 2—568137.28/cwt135.00–140.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578121.35/cwt120.00–124.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690132.00/cwt132.00–132.009111
HeifersMedium and Large 3—623111.96/cwt110.00–114.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 3—467126.36/cwt122.00–132.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315141.28/cwt140.00–142.004453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—770113.00/cwt113.00–113.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—457139.99/cwt135.00–143.0064016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640124.00/cwt124.00–124.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 3—678103.01/cwt102.00–104.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 3—270146.00/cwt146.00–146.003941
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421135.48/cwt130.00–139.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 1—604137.99/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.