Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-07-19

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 19
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
214 vs last sale 492 213 vs year ago 491 · 43.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
3 vs last sale 111 41 vs year ago 73 · +56.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 20 2 vs year ago 17 · 11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 8.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls, steer calves, feeder steers, bulls and heifers lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull Calves steady to 3.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.77/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$139.77
92 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484146.1470737
Medium and Large 2459139.3763930
Medium and Large 3448130.8358725
One grade step is worth $15.30/cwt here — about $121 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 sale92 hd
139.77
GA average16 barns · 2,207 hd
140.96
−1.18
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
BullsLow1,62798.751,6066thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52475.661,1533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24172.6690245
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05859.7463235

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)1,060$8252thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004552
HeifersMedium and Large 2509134.16/cwt130.00–139.006837
HeifersMedium and Large 3288142.52/cwt140.00–145.004102
HeifersMedium and Large 3467128.71/cwt124.00–133.006018
HeifersMedium and Large 2618122.89/cwt119.00–127.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 3420135.42/cwt130.00–138.005695
HeifersMedium and Large 3527124.78/cwt120.00–127.006585
HeifersMedium and Large 2373146.66/cwt144.00–148.005473
HeifersMedium and Large 2421143.88/cwt142.00–146.006067
HeifersMedium and Large 1650132.00/cwt132.00–132.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 2310149.03/cwt148.00–150.004622
HeifersMedium and Large 3575117.57/cwt115.00–120.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 3365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
SteersMedium and Large 3335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005861
SteersMedium and Large 3484159.63/cwt159.00–164.007739
SteersMedium and Large 1441179.00/cwt179.00–179.007894
SteersMedium and Large 1523166.69/cwt164.00–170.008723
HeifersMedium and Large 2475139.01/cwt137.00–143.006609
HeifersMedium and Large 1600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007801
SteersMedium and Large 2372175.00/cwt175.00–175.006513
SteersMedium and Large 3434163.72/cwt162.00–164.007117
SteersMedium and Large 2545161.00/cwt161.00–161.008771
SteersMedium and Large 2486168.00/cwt168.00–168.008168
SteersMedium and Large 3620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
SteersMedium and Large 2345180.00/cwt180.00–180.006211
SteersMedium and Large 1466175.52/cwt172.00–181.008186
BullsMedium and Large 1373173.04/cwt172.00–175.006453
BullsMedium and Large 1605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008472
BullsMedium and Large 2795118.00/cwt118.00–118.009381
BullsMedium and Large 2464154.05/cwt150.00–157.0071510
BullsMedium and Large 2519145.79/cwt142.00–151.0075710
BullsMedium and Large 2665132.35/cwt130.00–134.008803
CowsLean 85-90%97254.55/cwt50.00–57.0053013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27366.00/cwt62.00–69.008408
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47380.29/cwt78.00–82.001,1836
CowsLean 85-90%1,12267.21/cwt66.00–69.007545
CowsLean 85-90%1,10461.51/cwt58.00–65.0067917
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,0261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62874.49/cwt72.00–77.001,2132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18872.90/cwt70.00–77.0086631
Bulls1,34086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1521
Bulls1,684101.30/cwt98.00–104.001,7065
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,04570.00/cwt70.00–70.007321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,20564.00/cwt64.00–64.007711
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,060825.00/head825.00–825.008252
BullsMedium and Large 1560147.33/cwt146.00–148.008253
BullsMedium and Large 3740116.00/cwt116.00–116.008581
BullsMedium and Large 3668126.00/cwt126.00–126.008422
BullsMedium and Large 2568140.72/cwt139.00–144.007994
BullsMedium and Large 1450162.00/cwt162.00–162.007291
BullsMedium and Large 3525140.50/cwt140.00–141.007382
BullsMedium and Large 3775107.99/cwt107.00–109.008372
BullsMedium and Large 2335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005861
BullsMedium and Large 2715127.00/cwt127.00–127.009081
BullsMedium and Large 3473142.90/cwt138.00–148.006765
BullsMedium and Large 3415146.00/cwt146.00–146.006061
BullsMedium and Large 3380150.51/cwt150.00–151.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 1735121.00/cwt121.00–121.008891
HeifersMedium and Large 1514143.16/cwt140.00–145.0073614
HeifersMedium and Large 1410153.32/cwt152.00–154.006299
BullsMedium and Large 2608135.50/cwt135.00–136.008242
BullsMedium and Large 1518154.26/cwt152.00–156.007994
BullsMedium and Large 2355170.00/cwt170.00–170.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 1458149.08/cwt144.00–153.0068311

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.