Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-06-28

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 28
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
476 head
144 vs last sale 332 181 vs year ago 295 · +61.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
43 vs last sale 51 52 vs year ago 42 · +123.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
9 vs last sale 23 15 vs year ago 17 · +88.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special note: This market will not be covered next week. Market coverage will resume on 7-12-22.

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher with out standing cows 110.00 to 111.00, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers, bulls, and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.69/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$136.69
133 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.02
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2479138.5866454
Medium and Large 1595136.898148thin
Medium and Large 3397135.2353671
One grade step is worth $3.35/cwt here — about $128 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 sale133 hd
136.69
GA average14 barns · 1,234 hd
136.67
+0.02
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
BullsLow1,64097.321,5963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18197.311,14921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46588.571,2974thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03575.2777941

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,026$92112

Every lot, as filed

75 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 3740128.00/cwt128.00–128.009471
SteersMedium and Large 2525156.04/cwt154.00–158.008192
SteersMedium and Large 1565158.00/cwt158.00–158.008931
SteersMedium and Large 3770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
SteersMedium and Large 1635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009531
HeifersMedium and Large 2626122.99/cwt120.00–124.007704
HeifersMedium and Large 1538143.51/cwt143.00–144.007722
HeifersMedium and Large 3478128.03/cwt127.00–129.006123
HeifersMedium and Large 2695127.00/cwt127.00–127.008831
HeifersMedium and Large 2330148.54/cwt146.00–152.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 3217152.50/cwt150.00–155.003315
HeifersMedium and Large 3628116.66/cwt116.00–118.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 3317141.74/cwt140.00–145.0044912
HeifersMedium and Large 3412131.74/cwt130.00–139.005438
HeifersMedium and Large 2381142.93/cwt142.00–146.005454
SteersMedium and Large 3425158.00/cwt158.00–158.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 2255158.00/cwt158.00–158.004031
HeifersMedium and Large 2517135.85/cwt132.00–138.007027
HeifersMedium and Large 3377139.77/cwt137.00–141.0052712
HeifersMedium and Large 1550138.00/cwt138.00–138.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 1621133.77/cwt132.00–138.008314
SteersMedium and Large 2490164.00/cwt164.00–164.008041
HeifersMedium and Large 2205163.50/cwt162.00–165.003352
HeifersMedium and Large 2768116.00/cwt116.00–116.008912
HeifersMedium and Large 2426143.14/cwt141.00–145.006108
SteersMedium and Large 1450171.00/cwt171.00–171.007701
SteersMedium and Large 2432163.32/cwt160.00–170.007063
SteersMedium and Large 2710131.00/cwt131.00–131.009301
SteersMedium and Large 2590147.00/cwt147.00–147.008671
SteersMedium and Large 3295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
SteersMedium and Large 2665141.00/cwt141.00–141.009381
BullsMedium and Large 2521147.56/cwt143.00–152.007697
BullsMedium and Large 2455154.99/cwt152.00–158.007057
BullsMedium and Large 1510154.00/cwt154.00–154.007851
BullsMedium and Large 2323165.47/cwt164.00–170.005344
BullsMedium and Large 1323180.00/cwt180.00–180.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1463161.51/cwt160.00–163.007482
CowsLean 85-90%1,06866.98/cwt63.00–70.0071513
CowsLean 85-90%1,06484.07/cwt81.00–86.008958
CowsLean 85-90%1,00277.13/cwt73.00–80.0077320
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17196.86/cwt93.00–100.001,1348
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08987.05/cwt83.00–90.009486
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,0721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48392.76/cwt90.00–96.001,3763
CowsBoner 80-85%1,270106.61/cwt102.00–109.001,3547
Bulls1,22892.48/cwt92.00–93.001,1362
Bulls2,465107.00/cwt107.00–107.002,6381
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3910875.00/head875.00–875.008754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,084944.46/head900.00–1,025.009448
BullsMedium and Large 2210181.67/cwt180.00–185.003823
BullsMedium and Large 2260180.00/cwt180.00–180.004681
BullsMedium and Large 3581132.15/cwt130.00–137.007687
BullsMedium and Large 3219167.43/cwt160.00–170.003674
BullsMedium and Large 3468147.45/cwt140.00–150.006908
BullsMedium and Large 2425160.03/cwt156.00–164.0068012
BullsMedium and Large 3535132.83/cwt129.00–139.007116
BullsMedium and Large 3660114.00/cwt114.00–114.007521
BullsMedium and Large 2650132.00/cwt132.00–132.008581
BullsMedium and Large 2562146.32/cwt144.00–149.008223
BullsMedium and Large 1415164.50/cwt164.00–165.006832
BullsMedium and Large 3415148.98/cwt147.00–150.006183
BullsMedium and Large 3371155.57/cwt150.00–158.005777
HeifersMedium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
BullsMedium and Large 2378164.47/cwt160.00–170.0062210
BullsMedium and Large 3620121.00/cwt121.00–121.007501
BullsMedium and Large 3318158.61/cwt155.00–160.005048
BullsMedium and Large 3274159.19/cwt155.00–165.004367
HeifersMedium and Large 3271145.14/cwt140.00–150.0039314
HeifersMedium and Large 3522121.09/cwt120.00–129.006328
HeifersMedium and Large 3575122.00/cwt122.00–122.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 3719109.99/cwt103.00–113.007915
BullsMedium and Large 1640142.00/cwt142.00–142.009091
BullsMedium and Large 2620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 2480139.88/cwt135.00–143.0067115
HeifersMedium and Large 2568131.21/cwt127.00–134.007456

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.