Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-06-06

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 6
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
381 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 391▼ 29 vs year ago 410 · −7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 84▲ 22 vs year ago 72 · +30.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 11▼ 23 vs year ago 35 · −65.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 2.00 to 9.00 higher, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 7.00 to 10.00 higher, bull calves 5.00 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 $216.84/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$216.84
108 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.30
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505221.751,11968
Medium and Large 2486210.791,02326
Medium and Large 3424204.1986514thin
One grade step is worth $17.56/cwt here — about $254 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 sale108 hd
216.84
—
GA average16 barns · 1,472 hd
212.54
+4.30
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—Average1,403118.151,6577thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,242107.771,33842
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,62895.191,5504thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00392.4392720

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)875$9251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)905$7001thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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—403243.70/cwt240.00–247.009827
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525218.37/cwt215.00–225.001,14625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310245.18/cwt240.00–250.007607
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528204.98/cwt200.00–210.001,0826
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270235.00/cwt235.00–235.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1—565241.97/cwt240.00–250.001,36715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365248.48/cwt247.00–250.009074
HeifersMedium and Large 1—292245.67/cwt245.00–247.007173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1722
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560193.74/cwt190.00–200.001,0854
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621203.55/cwt200.00–209.001,2647
SteersMedium and Large 2—740195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4431
SteersMedium and Large 3—580211.96/cwt207.00–217.001,2292
SteersMedium and Large 3—460226.59/cwt220.00–230.001,0423
SteersMedium and Large 3—315250.73/cwt250.00–252.007903
SteersMedium and Large 1—632228.38/cwt225.00–230.001,44312
SteersMedium and Large 1—480251.52/cwt249.00–257.001,20711
SteersMedium and Large 2—590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
SteersMedium and Large 2—428252.60/cwt250.00–255.001,0812
SteersMedium and Large 2—688210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4452
SteersMedium and Large 1—702225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5806
SteersMedium and Large 1—519251.62/cwt250.00–255.001,3066
SteersMedium and Large 3—430231.25/cwt227.00–235.009943
SteersMedium and Large 1—403275.98/cwt272.00–280.001,1122
SteersMedium and Large 2—350270.00/cwt270.00–270.009451
SteersMedium and Large 2—533230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2262
SteersMedium and Large 2—460245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1271
SteersMedium and Large 1—328282.56/cwt280.00–285.009272
SteersMedium and Large 1—395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1061
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—433286.01/cwt285.00–287.001,2382
SteersMedium and Large 1—682226.60/cwt220.00–230.001,5453
BullsMedium and Large 1—575222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2771
BullsMedium and Large 1—371276.95/cwt272.00–280.001,0275
BullsMedium and Large 1—668213.52/cwt212.00–215.001,4262
BullsMedium and Large 1—633212.99/cwt210.00–215.001,3483
BullsMedium and Large 2—290270.00/cwt270.00–270.007831
BullsMedium and Large 1—512236.71/cwt232.00–240.001,2125
CowsLean 85-90%—99285.20/cwt80.00–87.008456
CowsLean 85-90%—1,038100.98/cwt99.00–102.001,0484
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,309117.52/cwt113.00–122.001,53813
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,135107.06/cwt103.00–110.001,21519
Bulls——1,486124.46/cwt123.00–126.001,8494
CowsLean 85-90%—99593.34/cwt88.00–96.0092910
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57392.52/cwt92.00–93.001,4552
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68397.86/cwt95.00–101.001,6472
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35896.44/cwt93.00–100.001,31010
Bulls——1,292109.73/cwt105.00–114.001,4183
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—875925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—905700.00/head700.00–700.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2—466235.44/cwt232.00–240.001,0979
BullsMedium and Large 1—470246.00/cwt245.00–247.001,1562
BullsMedium and Large 2—545222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2101
BullsMedium and Large 2—395250.00/cwt250.00–250.009881
BullsMedium and Large 3—250232.50/cwt230.00–240.005814
BullsMedium and Large 1—430255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0971
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0552
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3241
BullsMedium and Large 3—505200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0101
BullsMedium and Large 3—425232.56/cwt230.00–235.009882
BullsMedium and Large 2—320261.02/cwt260.00–262.008352
BullsMedium and Large 1—328276.32/cwt272.00–282.009066
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430217.99/cwt217.00–220.009373
HeifersMedium and Large 2—337233.42/cwt230.00–235.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 3—577176.59/cwt170.00–180.001,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430210.00/cwt210.00–210.009033
BullsMedium and Large 1—280272.00/cwt272.00–272.007621
BullsMedium and Large 3—330242.00/cwt242.00–242.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 2—640197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668200.59/cwt199.00–205.001,34010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475207.00/cwt207.00–207.009831
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275221.00/cwt220.00–222.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368214.97/cwt210.00–220.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467217.08/cwt210.00–220.001,0147
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 3—303217.48/cwt215.00–220.006592

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.