Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-01-10

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 10
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
486 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 353▲ 153 vs year ago 333 · +45.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 89▼ 27 vs year ago 88 · −30.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 6▲ 4 vs year ago 11 · +36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, steer calves 4.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves 3.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.82/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$155.82
133 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.02
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472161.0676184
Medium and Large 2490148.9373032
Medium and Large 3426142.9560817thin
One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about $153 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 sale133 hd
155.82
—
GA average15 barns · 1,627 hd
151.80
+4.02
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—Average1,62496.831,57311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30380.541,04910
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04567.7270827

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)935$8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)796$6935

Every lot, as filed

82 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—484161.59/cwt160.00–165.0078224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—578141.50/cwt135.00–142.0081814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521160.35/cwt155.00–165.008359
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473152.27/cwt150.00–155.007203
HeifersMedium and Large 3—563121.00/cwt120.00–122.006812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530150.00/cwt150.00–150.007952
SteersMedium and Large 1—460192.01/cwt191.00–195.008835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576153.74/cwt150.00–160.008868
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430163.77/cwt160.00–167.0070428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—685157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 3—390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005851
HeifersMedium and Large 3—263155.82/cwt150.00–160.004105
SteersMedium and Large 2—370196.62/cwt195.00–200.007273
SteersMedium and Large 3—335187.00/cwt187.00–187.006261
SteersMedium and Large 3—283193.49/cwt192.00–195.005482
SteersMedium and Large 1—401198.00/cwt198.00–198.007944
HeifersMedium and Large 1—631146.42/cwt145.00–150.009245
HeifersMedium and Large 2—628132.55/cwt130.00–135.008322
SteersMedium and Large 2—443190.66/cwt187.00–195.0084510
SteersMedium and Large 3—360182.31/cwt180.00–185.006563
SteersMedium and Large 3—700140.00/cwt140.00–140.009801
SteersMedium and Large 2—305202.00/cwt202.00–202.006167
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333160.49/cwt160.00–162.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—245180.00/cwt180.00–180.004411
SteersMedium and Large 2—663152.49/cwt150.00–155.001,0112
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—527195.63/cwt195.00–197.001,0313
SteersMedium and Large 1—730157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1461
SteersMedium and Large 3—571157.64/cwt152.00–159.009005
SteersMedium and Large 1—518187.83/cwt184.00–193.009739
SteersMedium and Large 1—580175.15/cwt174.00–182.001,0167
SteersMedium and Large 2—500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009001
SteersMedium and Large 2—474183.98/cwt183.00–185.0087210
SteersMedium and Large 1—772156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2042
SteersMedium and Large 3—417177.82/cwt175.00–182.007425
SteersMedium and Large 2—575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009782
BullsMedium and Large 1—512176.97/cwt172.00–182.009063
BullsMedium and Large 1—683162.45/cwt160.00–165.001,1102
BullsMedium and Large 1—563165.00/cwt165.00–165.009292
BullsMedium and Large 1—280230.00/cwt230.00–230.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—308228.99/cwt227.00–230.007053
BullsMedium and Large 1—705150.04/cwt145.00–155.001,0582
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29779.54/cwt76.00–82.001,0326
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05470.38/cwt68.00–74.0074216
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14075.00/cwt75.00–75.008551
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36884.39/cwt84.00–85.001,1543
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03263.85/cwt60.00–67.0065911
Bulls——1,61396.64/cwt94.00–99.001,5598
Bulls——1,53592.49/cwt92.00–93.001,4202
Bulls——1,895107.00/cwt107.00–107.002,0281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—935850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—739609.90/head525.00–700.006104
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0251,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
BullsMedium and Large 2—522165.03/cwt160.00–170.008615
BullsMedium and Large 3—675122.00/cwt122.00–122.008241
BullsMedium and Large 3—268173.42/cwt170.00–180.004653
BullsMedium and Large 3—364175.43/cwt170.00–180.006396
BullsMedium and Large 3—225185.00/cwt185.00–185.004161
BullsMedium and Large 3—752110.00/cwt110.00–110.008273
BullsMedium and Large 3—618129.86/cwt125.00–135.008032
BullsMedium and Large 1—610159.70/cwt155.00–162.009744
BullsMedium and Large 1—421190.42/cwt190.00–192.008027
BullsMedium and Large 2—315200.00/cwt200.00–200.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2—440182.29/cwt177.00–183.008028
BullsMedium and Large 3—430172.59/cwt170.00–175.007422
BullsMedium and Large 3—333170.00/cwt170.00–170.005662
BullsMedium and Large 1—321212.18/cwt207.00–215.006813
BullsMedium and Large 2—291200.00/cwt200.00–200.005822
BullsMedium and Large 2—383188.15/cwt185.00–195.007216
BullsMedium and Large 1—462181.70/cwt180.00–185.008393
BullsMedium and Large 3—520157.00/cwt157.00–157.008161
HeifersMedium and Large 2—260167.00/cwt167.00–167.004341
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
BullsMedium and Large 1—382200.66/cwt200.00–202.007673
BullsMedium and Large 2—453170.00/cwt170.00–170.007702
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367162.95/cwt162.00–165.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310166.78/cwt166.00–167.005175
HeifersMedium and Large 3—720122.00/cwt122.00–122.008781
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675122.00/cwt122.00–122.008241
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625125.00/cwt125.00–125.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418150.00/cwt150.00–150.006273
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377158.96/cwt157.00–160.005996
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325155.00/cwt155.00–155.005042

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.