Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-09-13

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 13
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
383 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 306▼ 124 vs year ago 507 · −24.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 59▼ 9 vs year ago 63 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 2▲ 4 vs year ago 24 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.13/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$145.13
99 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.36
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434157.9668618thin
Medium and Large 2493146.3172238
Medium and Large 3478138.7266343
One grade step is worth $19.25/cwt here — about $23 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 sale99 hd
145.13
—
GA average14 barns · 2,079 hd
152.49
−7.36
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—Low1,632101.091,6494thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,37885.931,18410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00666.8867221

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)985$8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$7251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$8852thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1—495152.00/cwt152.00–152.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670134.00/cwt134.00–134.008981
HeifersMedium and Large 3—695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456149.13/cwt146.00–151.006807
HeifersMedium and Large 2—763121.01/cwt120.00–122.009232
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730129.00/cwt129.00–129.009421
SteersMedium and Large 3—332177.73/cwt175.00–180.005903
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—400205.00/cwt205.00–205.008201
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529143.91/cwt140.00–148.007619
SteersMedium and Large 1—280210.00/cwt210.00–210.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323160.22/cwt159.00–162.005185
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315164.65/cwt164.00–166.005193
SteersMedium and Large 3—750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
SteersMedium and Large 3—395171.00/cwt171.00–171.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—392151.97/cwt150.00–156.005963
SteersMedium and Large 3—518148.65/cwt147.00–150.007703
SteersMedium and Large 3—465156.01/cwt150.00–160.007253
SteersMedium and Large 2—715137.02/cwt134.00–140.009802
SteersMedium and Large 2—532161.13/cwt157.00–167.0085712
SteersMedium and Large 2—478172.29/cwt170.00–175.008243
SteersMedium and Large 1—695155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0771
SteersMedium and Large 3—700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
SteersMedium and Large 3—685133.00/cwt133.00–133.009111
SteersMedium and Large 2—370190.00/cwt190.00–190.007031
SteersMedium and Large 1—485180.00/cwt180.00–180.008732
SteersMedium and Large 1—619164.96/cwt162.00–168.001,0214
SteersMedium and Large 3—560142.35/cwt140.00–145.007973
SteersMedium and Large 2—575158.14/cwt154.00–162.009092
SteersMedium and Large 2—785130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0211
SteersMedium and Large 1—570167.17/cwt166.00–168.0095311
SteersMedium and Large 3—443162.01/cwt160.00–164.007182
SteersMedium and Large 1—755144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0871
SteersMedium and Large 3—622134.65/cwt134.00–136.008383
SteersMedium and Large 1—428193.61/cwt190.00–197.008293
SteersMedium and Large 1—310201.64/cwt200.00–205.006253
SteersMedium and Large 1—365205.24/cwt202.00–207.007493
SteersMedium and Large 1—508171.00/cwt170.00–172.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1—560151.00/cwt151.00–151.008463
BullsMedium and Large 2—495163.39/cwt163.00–165.008095
BullsMedium and Large 1—470168.00/cwt168.00–168.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1—416184.27/cwt180.00–190.007675
BullsMedium and Large 1—373192.53/cwt188.00–195.007184
BullsMedium and Large 1—623146.31/cwt145.00–148.009123
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35874.91/cwt74.00–76.001,0173
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,64598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,6121
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00370.52/cwt68.00–73.0070712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34489.42/cwt86.00–93.001,2026
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00962.02/cwt60.00–67.006269
Bulls——1,21395.46/cwt93.00–98.001,1582
Bulls——2,050106.72/cwt105.00–109.002,1882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—985800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—895725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—925885.00/head885.00–885.008852
BullsMedium and Large 3—733122.51/cwt120.00–125.008982
BullsMedium and Large 3—520137.48/cwt135.00–140.007152
BullsMedium and Large 2—382173.55/cwt170.00–177.006633
BullsMedium and Large 3—484150.20/cwt145.00–155.0072711
BullsMedium and Large 3—433152.18/cwt147.00–157.006595
BullsMedium and Large 3—330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005613
BullsMedium and Large 2—715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009301
BullsMedium and Large 3—245175.00/cwt175.00–175.004291
BullsMedium and Large 3—390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006441
BullsMedium and Large 3—580135.09/cwt130.00–140.007842
BullsMedium and Large 2—517153.69/cwt150.00–157.0079511
BullsMedium and Large 2—562147.66/cwt141.00–150.008306
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368148.93/cwt147.00–150.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376163.78/cwt160.00–170.006167
BullsMedium and Large 1—668141.49/cwt140.00–143.009452
BullsMedium and Large 3—613129.50/cwt129.00–130.007942
BullsMedium and Large 2—419165.37/cwt160.00–170.006935
BullsMedium and Large 2—613141.68/cwt140.00–143.008683
HeifersMedium and Large 1—556147.82/cwt144.00–150.008226
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280155.09/cwt150.00–160.004342
HeifersMedium and Large 3—223153.87/cwt150.00–158.003432
BullsMedium and Large 2—210195.00/cwt195.00–195.004101
BullsMedium and Large 2—300178.50/cwt177.00–180.005362
BullsMedium and Large 2—770123.00/cwt123.00–123.009471
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473137.98/cwt135.00–140.0065313
HeifersMedium and Large 3—579134.95/cwt130.00–139.0078110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513136.69/cwt135.00–138.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431151.15/cwt150.00–155.006515
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620139.00/cwt139.00–139.008621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—410164.00/cwt164.00–164.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433138.84/cwt136.00–140.006017
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574141.02/cwt140.00–142.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625127.44/cwt125.00–130.007972

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.