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
BullsLow1,632101.091,6494thin
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 1495152.00/cwt152.00–152.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 2670134.00/cwt134.00–134.008981
HeifersMedium and Large 3695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 2456149.13/cwt146.00–151.006807
HeifersMedium and Large 2763121.01/cwt120.00–122.009232
HeifersMedium and Large 2730129.00/cwt129.00–129.009421
SteersMedium and Large 3332177.73/cwt175.00–180.005903
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400205.00/cwt205.00–205.008201
HeifersMedium and Large 2529143.91/cwt140.00–148.007619
SteersMedium and Large 1280210.00/cwt210.00–210.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2323160.22/cwt159.00–162.005185
HeifersMedium and Large 1315164.65/cwt164.00–166.005193
SteersMedium and Large 3750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
SteersMedium and Large 3395171.00/cwt171.00–171.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2392151.97/cwt150.00–156.005963
SteersMedium and Large 3518148.65/cwt147.00–150.007703
SteersMedium and Large 3465156.01/cwt150.00–160.007253
SteersMedium and Large 2715137.02/cwt134.00–140.009802
SteersMedium and Large 2532161.13/cwt157.00–167.0085712
SteersMedium and Large 2478172.29/cwt170.00–175.008243
SteersMedium and Large 1695155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0771
SteersMedium and Large 3700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
SteersMedium and Large 3685133.00/cwt133.00–133.009111
SteersMedium and Large 2370190.00/cwt190.00–190.007031
SteersMedium and Large 1485180.00/cwt180.00–180.008732
SteersMedium and Large 1619164.96/cwt162.00–168.001,0214
SteersMedium and Large 3560142.35/cwt140.00–145.007973
SteersMedium and Large 2575158.14/cwt154.00–162.009092
SteersMedium and Large 2785130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0211
SteersMedium and Large 1570167.17/cwt166.00–168.0095311
SteersMedium and Large 3443162.01/cwt160.00–164.007182
SteersMedium and Large 1755144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0871
SteersMedium and Large 3622134.65/cwt134.00–136.008383
SteersMedium and Large 1428193.61/cwt190.00–197.008293
SteersMedium and Large 1310201.64/cwt200.00–205.006253
SteersMedium and Large 1365205.24/cwt202.00–207.007493
SteersMedium and Large 1508171.00/cwt170.00–172.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1560151.00/cwt151.00–151.008463
BullsMedium and Large 2495163.39/cwt163.00–165.008095
BullsMedium and Large 1470168.00/cwt168.00–168.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1416184.27/cwt180.00–190.007675
BullsMedium and Large 1373192.53/cwt188.00–195.007184
BullsMedium and Large 1623146.31/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
Bulls1,21395.46/cwt93.00–98.001,1582
Bulls2,050106.72/cwt105.00–109.002,1882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3985800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3895725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3925885.00/head885.00–885.008852
BullsMedium and Large 3733122.51/cwt120.00–125.008982
BullsMedium and Large 3520137.48/cwt135.00–140.007152
BullsMedium and Large 2382173.55/cwt170.00–177.006633
BullsMedium and Large 3484150.20/cwt145.00–155.0072711
BullsMedium and Large 3433152.18/cwt147.00–157.006595
BullsMedium and Large 3330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005613
BullsMedium and Large 2715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009301
BullsMedium and Large 3245175.00/cwt175.00–175.004291
BullsMedium and Large 3390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006441
BullsMedium and Large 3580135.09/cwt130.00–140.007842
BullsMedium and Large 2517153.69/cwt150.00–157.0079511
BullsMedium and Large 2562147.66/cwt141.00–150.008306
HeifersMedium and Large 3368148.93/cwt147.00–150.005483
HeifersMedium and Large 1376163.78/cwt160.00–170.006167
BullsMedium and Large 1668141.49/cwt140.00–143.009452
BullsMedium and Large 3613129.50/cwt129.00–130.007942
BullsMedium and Large 2419165.37/cwt160.00–170.006935
BullsMedium and Large 2613141.68/cwt140.00–143.008683
HeifersMedium and Large 1556147.82/cwt144.00–150.008226
HeifersMedium and Large 3280155.09/cwt150.00–160.004342
HeifersMedium and Large 3223153.87/cwt150.00–158.003432
BullsMedium and Large 2210195.00/cwt195.00–195.004101
BullsMedium and Large 2300178.50/cwt177.00–180.005362
BullsMedium and Large 2770123.00/cwt123.00–123.009471
HeifersMedium and Large 3473137.98/cwt135.00–140.0065313
HeifersMedium and Large 3579134.95/cwt130.00–139.0078110
HeifersMedium and Large 3513136.69/cwt135.00–138.007013
HeifersMedium and Large 2431151.15/cwt150.00–155.006515
HeifersMedium and Large 2620139.00/cwt139.00–139.008621
HeifersMedium and Large 1410164.00/cwt164.00–164.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 3433138.84/cwt136.00–140.006017
HeifersMedium and Large 2574141.02/cwt140.00–142.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 3625127.44/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.