Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-07-26

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 26
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
19 vs last sale 278 70 vs year ago 329 · 21.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
47 vs last sale 114 17 vs year ago 50 · +34.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
9 vs last sale 15 11 vs year ago 13 · +84.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, 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 $140.85/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$140.85
69 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.95
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494144.8171532
Medium and Large 2405142.0257623
Medium and Large 3411129.8753414thin
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about $182 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 sale69 hd
140.85
GA average15 barns · 1,395 hd
137.90
+2.95
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
BullsAverage1,45089.481,2977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28873.1794223
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64572.001,1841thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96057.6755320

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)1,220$9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)825$6751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)853$5752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$7002thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 3475125.03/cwt122.00–128.005942
HeifersMedium and Large 3200140.00/cwt140.00–140.002801
HeifersMedium and Large 2415145.00/cwt144.00–146.006023
HeifersMedium and Large 1705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
HeifersMedium and Large 1370152.00/cwt152.00–152.005621
SteersMedium and Large 1466176.00/cwt176.00–176.008204
HeifersMedium and Large 3268141.32/cwt140.00–142.003793
HeifersMedium and Large 3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 3610108.00/cwt108.00–108.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2512133.26/cwt130.00–139.006823
HeifersMedium and Large 3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1532145.64/cwt141.00–150.007756
HeifersMedium and Large 2465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 2795112.00/cwt112.00–112.008901
HeifersMedium and Large 2280148.98/cwt148.00–150.004172
HeifersMedium and Large 1665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 2371145.53/cwt140.00–150.005408
SteersMedium and Large 1425177.00/cwt177.00–177.007521
SteersMedium and Large 1391180.00/cwt180.00–180.007045
SteersMedium and Large 2530157.00/cwt157.00–157.008321
SteersMedium and Large 3465150.27/cwt145.00–154.006993
SteersMedium and Large 1501168.00/cwt168.00–168.0084213
HeifersMedium and Large 2323146.89/cwt145.00–149.004744
SteersMedium and Large 3400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
BullsMedium and Large 2500144.00/cwt144.00–144.007201
BullsMedium and Large 3235174.00/cwt174.00–174.004091
BullsMedium and Large 1400178.00/cwt178.00–178.007122
BullsMedium and Large 1368178.47/cwt177.00–182.006574
BullsMedium and Large 1655137.00/cwt137.00–137.008972
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35473.34/cwt70.00–77.0099313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18366.07/cwt64.00–69.007826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23183.28/cwt81.00–86.001,0254
CowsLean 85-90%92953.19/cwt50.00–56.004948
Bulls1,42892.98/cwt92.00–94.001,3283
CowsLean 85-90%98060.65/cwt57.00–64.0059412
Bulls1,46686.86/cwt84.00–90.001,2734
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3853575.00/head575.00–575.005752
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3935700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3825675.00/head675.00–675.006751
BullsMedium and Large 3680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
BullsMedium and Large 3590127.00/cwt127.00–127.007491
BullsMedium and Large 3283170.92/cwt167.00–175.004846
BullsMedium and Large 3475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006181
BullsMedium and Large 1330183.29/cwt182.00–188.006057
BullsMedium and Large 3425143.85/cwt140.00–147.006115
BullsMedium and Large 2321176.64/cwt172.00–178.005678
HeifersMedium and Large 1481146.60/cwt146.00–152.0070515
BullsMedium and Large 3375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2370165.00/cwt165.00–165.006111
BullsMedium and Large 2573137.01/cwt135.00–139.007852
BullsMedium and Large 2481147.36/cwt143.00–150.007096
HeifersMedium and Large 3418132.06/cwt129.00–135.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006182
BullsMedium and Large 2425154.19/cwt152.00–157.006554
BullsMedium and Large 2260181.92/cwt180.00–184.004732
BullsMedium and Large 2765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008571
BullsMedium and Large 3505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
HeifersMedium and Large 1428148.01/cwt147.00–150.006337

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.