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
BullsLow1,58398.541,5607thin
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 2312149.25/cwt146.00–155.004669
SteersMedium and Large 1628162.19/cwt161.00–166.001,0194
SteersMedium and Large 2330189.00/cwt189.00–189.006241
SteersMedium and Large 3745128.00/cwt128.00–128.009541
HeifersMedium and Large 3467134.10/cwt130.00–138.006265
HeifersMedium and Large 1260160.00/cwt160.00–160.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 3222145.26/cwt140.00–150.003223
SteersMedium and Large 3315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
SteersMedium and Large 3435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006741
HeifersMedium and Large 1550146.00/cwt146.00–146.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 3629122.02/cwt120.00–126.007684
HeifersMedium and Large 2383145.68/cwt144.00–147.005583
HeifersMedium and Large 2278152.66/cwt150.00–156.004246
HeifersMedium and Large 1427156.34/cwt154.00–158.0066810
SteersMedium and Large 3475152.42/cwt150.00–155.007242
HeifersMedium and Large 1220165.00/cwt165.00–165.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 3511130.48/cwt129.00–132.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 3426136.56/cwt134.00–140.005824
HeifersMedium and Large 3273139.96/cwt135.00–143.003824
HeifersMedium and Large 2535139.82/cwt135.00–143.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 2430146.54/cwt145.00–149.006304
HeifersMedium and Large 1335159.62/cwt158.00–160.005355
HeifersMedium and Large 2215157.66/cwt155.00–162.003394
SteersMedium and Large 2477171.00/cwt171.00–171.008163
SteersMedium and Large 2715144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0301
SteersMedium and Large 1569167.49/cwt166.00–169.0095310
SteersMedium and Large 3560147.00/cwt147.00–147.008231
SteersMedium and Large 3610144.00/cwt144.00–144.008781
SteersMedium and Large 3760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
SteersMedium and Large 1418186.07/cwt182.00–190.007782
SteersMedium and Large 1518168.44/cwt164.00–172.008737
SteersMedium and Large 1357200.00/cwt200.00–200.007143
SteersMedium and Large 3360164.00/cwt163.00–165.005902
SteersMedium and Large 3295182.00/cwt182.00–182.005371
SteersMedium and Large 2433175.34/cwt170.00–177.007594
SteersMedium and Large 1478173.60/cwt173.00–177.0083010
SteersMedium and Large 2385190.00/cwt190.00–190.007321
BullsMedium and Large 2370172.73/cwt168.00–178.006392
BullsMedium and Large 1412180.34/cwt176.00–182.007435
BullsMedium and Large 1458166.00/cwt166.00–166.007602
BullsMedium and Large 2515148.60/cwt147.00–152.007655
BullsMedium and Large 2428164.40/cwt162.00–167.007042
BullsMedium and Large 1385183.50/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
Bulls1,58383.89/cwt82.00–85.001,3282
Bulls1,615109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,7602
Bulls1,562101.34/cwt100.00–103.001,5833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,00481.72/cwt81.00–82.008204
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,10074.00/cwt74.00–74.008141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-283085.00/cwt85.00–85.007061
BullsMedium and Large 3372160.85/cwt158.00–166.005983
BullsMedium and Large 3273171.70/cwt167.00–177.004699
BullsMedium and Large 2315177.97/cwt176.00–180.005612
BullsMedium and Large 2570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008322
BullsMedium and Large 3525138.50/cwt136.00–142.007276
BullsMedium and Large 3473146.56/cwt140.00–150.006935
BullsMedium and Large 2295180.00/cwt178.00–182.005312
BullsMedium and Large 3628133.49/cwt132.00–135.008382
HeifersMedium and Large 2595139.00/cwt139.00–139.008271
HeifersMedium and Large 1690128.00/cwt128.00–128.008831
HeifersMedium and Large 1760126.00/cwt126.00–126.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 1613137.98/cwt137.00–139.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 3566126.04/cwt120.00–129.007134
HeifersMedium and Large 2640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008321
BullsMedium and Large 3569136.99/cwt132.00–141.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 1370158.68/cwt158.00–159.005873
HeifersMedium and Large 3359136.63/cwt132.00–142.004914
HeifersMedium and Large 2473146.96/cwt144.00–149.006953
HeifersMedium and Large 3703104.51/cwt102.00–107.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 3323141.40/cwt140.00–144.004573
BullsMedium and Large 3233178.52/cwt177.00–180.004162
BullsMedium and Large 3318166.09/cwt162.00–172.005284
BullsMedium and Large 2473158.87/cwt154.00–164.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 1457151.36/cwt151.00–155.0069211
HeifersMedium and Large 1518150.08/cwt146.00–153.0077711
BullsMedium and Large 2675135.66/cwt133.00–138.009163
BullsMedium and Large 1326193.52/cwt188.00–197.006314
BullsMedium and Large 2775126.00/cwt126.00–126.009771
BullsMedium and Large 2635142.00/cwt142.00–142.009021
BullsMedium and Large 3420154.11/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.