Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-08-09

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 9
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 350▼ 188 vs year ago 575 · −32.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 42▼ 18 vs year ago 95 · −18.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 15▲ 1 vs year ago 13 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher with outstanding cows at 105.00 to 110.00, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves 1.00 to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.90/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$144.90
119 head · 428 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457152.2269647
Medium and Large 2371148.0655035
Medium and Large 3444132.6058937
One grade step is worth $19.62/cwt here — about $107 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 sale119 hd
144.90
—
GA average15 barns · 1,566 hd
143.66
+1.24
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—Low1,58398.541,5607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22091.891,12117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,36082.001,1152thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14374.6585319

Every lot, as filed

87 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 2—312149.25/cwt146.00–155.004669
SteersMedium and Large 1—628162.19/cwt161.00–166.001,0194
SteersMedium and Large 2—330189.00/cwt189.00–189.006241
SteersMedium and Large 3—745128.00/cwt128.00–128.009541
HeifersMedium and Large 3—467134.10/cwt130.00–138.006265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—260160.00/cwt160.00–160.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 3—222145.26/cwt140.00–150.003223
SteersMedium and Large 3—315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
SteersMedium and Large 3—435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—550146.00/cwt146.00–146.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 3—629122.02/cwt120.00–126.007684
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383145.68/cwt144.00–147.005583
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278152.66/cwt150.00–156.004246
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427156.34/cwt154.00–158.0066810
SteersMedium and Large 3—475152.42/cwt150.00–155.007242
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220165.00/cwt165.00–165.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 3—511130.48/cwt129.00–132.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 3—426136.56/cwt134.00–140.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 3—273139.96/cwt135.00–143.003824
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535139.82/cwt135.00–143.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430146.54/cwt145.00–149.006304
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335159.62/cwt158.00–160.005355
HeifersMedium and Large 2—215157.66/cwt155.00–162.003394
SteersMedium and Large 2—477171.00/cwt171.00–171.008163
SteersMedium and Large 2—715144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1—569167.49/cwt166.00–169.0095310
SteersMedium and Large 3—560147.00/cwt147.00–147.008231
SteersMedium and Large 3—610144.00/cwt144.00–144.008781
SteersMedium and Large 3—760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
SteersMedium and Large 1—418186.07/cwt182.00–190.007782
SteersMedium and Large 1—518168.44/cwt164.00–172.008737
SteersMedium and Large 1—357200.00/cwt200.00–200.007143
SteersMedium and Large 3—360164.00/cwt163.00–165.005902
SteersMedium and Large 3—295182.00/cwt182.00–182.005371
SteersMedium and Large 2—433175.34/cwt170.00–177.007594
SteersMedium and Large 1—478173.60/cwt173.00–177.0083010
SteersMedium and Large 2—385190.00/cwt190.00–190.007321
BullsMedium and Large 2—370172.73/cwt168.00–178.006392
BullsMedium and Large 1—412180.34/cwt176.00–182.007435
BullsMedium and Large 1—458166.00/cwt166.00–166.007602
BullsMedium and Large 2—515148.60/cwt147.00–152.007655
BullsMedium and Large 2—428164.40/cwt162.00–167.007042
BullsMedium and Large 1—385183.50/cwt182.00–185.007062
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39681.92/cwt80.00–86.001,1444
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12463.64/cwt60.00–66.007154
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12582.63/cwt79.00–86.009305
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,147100.18/cwt96.00–103.001,1496
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18190.47/cwt88.00–94.001,0687
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16075.07/cwt71.00–78.0087110
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,1861
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,16088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0211
Bulls——1,58383.89/cwt82.00–85.001,3282
Bulls——1,615109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,7602
Bulls——1,562101.34/cwt100.00–103.001,5833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,00481.72/cwt81.00–82.008204
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,10074.00/cwt74.00–74.008141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—83085.00/cwt85.00–85.007061
BullsMedium and Large 3—372160.85/cwt158.00–166.005983
BullsMedium and Large 3—273171.70/cwt167.00–177.004699
BullsMedium and Large 2—315177.97/cwt176.00–180.005612
BullsMedium and Large 2—570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008322
BullsMedium and Large 3—525138.50/cwt136.00–142.007276
BullsMedium and Large 3—473146.56/cwt140.00–150.006935
BullsMedium and Large 2—295180.00/cwt178.00–182.005312
BullsMedium and Large 3—628133.49/cwt132.00–135.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 2—595139.00/cwt139.00–139.008271
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690128.00/cwt128.00–128.008831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760126.00/cwt126.00–126.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613137.98/cwt137.00–139.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 3—566126.04/cwt120.00–129.007134
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008321
BullsMedium and Large 3—569136.99/cwt132.00–141.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370158.68/cwt158.00–159.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 3—359136.63/cwt132.00–142.004914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473146.96/cwt144.00–149.006953
HeifersMedium and Large 3—703104.51/cwt102.00–107.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323141.40/cwt140.00–144.004573
BullsMedium and Large 3—233178.52/cwt177.00–180.004162
BullsMedium and Large 3—318166.09/cwt162.00–172.005284
BullsMedium and Large 2—473158.87/cwt154.00–164.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—457151.36/cwt151.00–155.0069211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518150.08/cwt146.00–153.0077711
BullsMedium and Large 2—675135.66/cwt133.00–138.009163
BullsMedium and Large 1—326193.52/cwt188.00–197.006314
BullsMedium and Large 2—775126.00/cwt126.00–126.009771
BullsMedium and Large 2—635142.00/cwt142.00–142.009021
BullsMedium and Large 3—420154.11/cwt151.00–157.006472

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.