Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-04-25

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 25
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
61 vs last sale 385 112 vs year ago 334 · +33.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
6 vs last sale 91 31 vs year ago 128 · 24.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
32 vs last sale 51 16 vs year ago 35 · 45.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, feeder steers steady, steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.25/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$185.25
116 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.40
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518195.661,01449
Medium and Large 2499186.2593035
Medium and Large 3513168.2386332
One grade step is worth $27.42/cwt here — about $151 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 sale116 hd
185.25
GA average16 barns · 1,642 hd
195.65
−10.40
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
BullsAverage1,405108.121,5196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40593.081,30744
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53587.151,3385thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11183.9693324

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)919$1,0433thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$1,3252thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2710152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0791
HeifersMedium and Large 2380201.71/cwt200.00–205.007663
HeifersMedium and Large 3566161.22/cwt160.00–162.009139
HeifersMedium and Large 2330205.00/cwt205.00–205.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 2418196.90/cwt190.00–200.0082312
HeifersMedium and Large 1509203.66/cwt200.00–210.001,0376
HeifersMedium and Large 2467184.69/cwt182.00–190.008633
HeifersMedium and Large 1710163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,15714
HeifersMedium and Large 2755150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1331
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added445217.00/cwt217.00–217.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 1600187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1221
HeifersMedium and Large 2620175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0851
HeifersMedium and Large 1370212.47/cwt210.00–215.007864
HeifersMedium and Large 2290220.00/cwt220.00–220.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1463207.39/cwt202.00–210.009605
SteersMedium and Large 3385220.00/cwt220.00–220.008471
SteersMedium and Large 3620170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0541
SteersMedium and Large 1705185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3042
SteersMedium and Large 1415235.99/cwt235.00–237.009792
SteersMedium and Large 1566220.42/cwt220.00–221.001,24812
HeifersMedium and Large 1321220.54/cwt215.00–225.007084
SteersMedium and Large 3473200.00/cwt200.00–200.009462
SteersMedium and Large 2606200.99/cwt195.00–203.001,2184
SteersMedium and Large 2515217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1181
SteersMedium and Large 3586192.67/cwt185.00–195.001,12911
SteersMedium and Large 3525206.06/cwt198.00–208.001,0829
SteersMedium and Large 3315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
SteersMedium and Large 1502222.67/cwt222.00–223.001,1186
SteersMedium and Large 1670194.61/cwt192.00–200.001,3046
SteersMedium and Large 1453235.80/cwt230.00–237.001,0686
SteersMedium and Large 2422229.46/cwt225.00–232.009687
SteersMedium and Large 2322231.58/cwt230.00–235.007463
SteersMedium and Large 2698188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3129
SteersMedium and Large 2561201.16/cwt200.00–207.001,1296
SteersMedium and Large 2478221.77/cwt215.00–225.001,0604
BullsMedium and Large 2315231.03/cwt230.00–232.007282
BullsMedium and Large 1515213.96/cwt210.00–220.001,1023
BullsMedium and Large 2470212.53/cwt210.00–215.009992
BullsMedium and Large 1450220.00/cwt220.00–220.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1245260.00/cwt260.00–260.006371
BullsMedium and Large 1655188.47/cwt185.00–192.001,2342
CowsLean 85-90%1,15678.68/cwt75.00–81.009107
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42884.82/cwt84.00–87.001,2118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,478102.19/cwt99.00–106.001,5108
CowsLean 85-90%1,01590.00/cwt90.00–90.009141
CowsLean 85-90%1,09885.89/cwt82.00–89.0094316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,1361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55586.25/cwt85.00–88.001,3413
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37792.84/cwt89.00–97.001,27828
Bulls1,475111.56/cwt109.00–113.001,6463
Bulls1,335104.68/cwt104.00–106.001,3973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29781,089.51/head1,050.00–1,125.001,0902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3800950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3252
BullsMedium and Large 3379207.66/cwt200.00–210.007874
BullsMedium and Large 3328213.20/cwt210.00–220.006993
BullsMedium and Large 3563180.99/cwt180.00–182.001,0192
BullsMedium and Large 3425195.18/cwt190.00–200.008302
BullsMedium and Large 3472195.69/cwt190.00–200.009245
BullsMedium and Large 3720156.00/cwt152.00–160.001,1232
BullsMedium and Large 3290220.00/cwt220.00–220.006381
BullsMedium and Large 2433211.69/cwt210.00–215.009173
BullsMedium and Large 1628194.38/cwt192.00–195.001,2215
BullsMedium and Large 3245240.00/cwt240.00–240.005881
BullsMedium and Large 2630187.52/cwt185.00–190.001,1812
BullsMedium and Large 2513204.04/cwt200.00–207.001,0473
HeifersMedium and Large 1670182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2191
HeifersMedium and Large 1565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1301
HeifersMedium and Large 1295227.00/cwt227.00–227.006701
BullsMedium and Large 1422226.34/cwt225.00–227.009553
BullsMedium and Large 2373222.00/cwt220.00–230.0082810
BullsMedium and Large 3535180.00/cwt180.00–180.009631
HeifersMedium and Large 3275200.00/cwt200.00–200.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 3525169.08/cwt160.00–170.0088811
HeifersMedium and Large 3418174.73/cwt170.00–180.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 3465163.96/cwt162.00–165.007623
HeifersMedium and Large 3790147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1611
HeifersMedium and Large 3383192.42/cwt190.00–195.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 3655150.00/cwt150.00–150.009831
HeifersMedium and Large 2591175.96/cwt175.00–185.001,04010
HeifersMedium and Large 1432209.20/cwt205.00–215.0090411
HeifersMedium and Large 2653167.49/cwt165.00–170.001,0942

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.