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
BullsAverage1,403118.151,6577thin
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 1403243.70/cwt240.00–247.009827
HeifersMedium and Large 1525218.37/cwt215.00–225.001,14625
HeifersMedium and Large 1310245.18/cwt240.00–250.007607
HeifersMedium and Large 2528204.98/cwt200.00–210.001,0826
HeifersMedium and Large 2270235.00/cwt235.00–235.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 2735170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1565241.97/cwt240.00–250.001,36715
HeifersMedium and Large 1365248.48/cwt247.00–250.009074
HeifersMedium and Large 1292245.67/cwt245.00–247.007173
HeifersMedium and Large 1558210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1722
HeifersMedium and Large 2560193.74/cwt190.00–200.001,0854
HeifersMedium and Large 1621203.55/cwt200.00–209.001,2647
SteersMedium and Large 2740195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4431
SteersMedium and Large 3580211.96/cwt207.00–217.001,2292
SteersMedium and Large 3460226.59/cwt220.00–230.001,0423
SteersMedium and Large 3315250.73/cwt250.00–252.007903
SteersMedium and Large 1632228.38/cwt225.00–230.001,44312
SteersMedium and Large 1480251.52/cwt249.00–257.001,20711
SteersMedium and Large 2590220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2981
SteersMedium and Large 2428252.60/cwt250.00–255.001,0812
SteersMedium and Large 2688210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4452
SteersMedium and Large 1702225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5806
SteersMedium and Large 1519251.62/cwt250.00–255.001,3066
SteersMedium and Large 3430231.25/cwt227.00–235.009943
SteersMedium and Large 1403275.98/cwt272.00–280.001,1122
SteersMedium and Large 2350270.00/cwt270.00–270.009451
SteersMedium and Large 2533230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2262
SteersMedium and Large 2460245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1271
SteersMedium and Large 1328282.56/cwt280.00–285.009272
SteersMedium and Large 1395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1061
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added433286.01/cwt285.00–287.001,2382
SteersMedium and Large 1682226.60/cwt220.00–230.001,5453
BullsMedium and Large 1575222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2771
BullsMedium and Large 1371276.95/cwt272.00–280.001,0275
BullsMedium and Large 1668213.52/cwt212.00–215.001,4262
BullsMedium and Large 1633212.99/cwt210.00–215.001,3483
BullsMedium and Large 2290270.00/cwt270.00–270.007831
BullsMedium and Large 1512236.71/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
Bulls1,486124.46/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
Bulls1,292109.73/cwt105.00–114.001,4183
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2875925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3905700.00/head700.00–700.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2466235.44/cwt232.00–240.001,0979
BullsMedium and Large 1470246.00/cwt245.00–247.001,1562
BullsMedium and Large 2545222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2101
BullsMedium and Large 2395250.00/cwt250.00–250.009881
BullsMedium and Large 3250232.50/cwt230.00–240.005814
BullsMedium and Large 1430255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0971
HeifersMedium and Large 1475222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0552
HeifersMedium and Large 1770172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3241
BullsMedium and Large 3505200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0101
BullsMedium and Large 3425232.56/cwt230.00–235.009882
BullsMedium and Large 2320261.02/cwt260.00–262.008352
BullsMedium and Large 1328276.32/cwt272.00–282.009066
HeifersMedium and Large 2430217.99/cwt217.00–220.009373
HeifersMedium and Large 2337233.42/cwt230.00–235.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 3577176.59/cwt170.00–180.001,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 3430210.00/cwt210.00–210.009033
BullsMedium and Large 1280272.00/cwt272.00–272.007621
BullsMedium and Large 3330242.00/cwt242.00–242.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 2640197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2611
HeifersMedium and Large 1668200.59/cwt199.00–205.001,34010
HeifersMedium and Large 3475207.00/cwt207.00–207.009831
HeifersMedium and Large 3275221.00/cwt220.00–222.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 3368214.97/cwt210.00–220.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 2467217.08/cwt210.00–220.001,0147
HeifersMedium and Large 3545185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 3303217.48/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.