Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-06-27

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 27
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
549 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 494▲ 73 vs year ago 476 · +15.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 54▼ 22 vs year ago 94 · −23.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 22▼ 26 vs year ago 32 · −81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.00/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$212.00
166 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.45
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464223.271,03669
Medium and Large 2528206.561,09268
Medium and Large 3443197.9487629
One grade step is worth $25.33/cwt here — about $160 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 sale166 hd
212.00
—
GA average16 barns · 1,134 hd
210.55
+1.45
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—Low1,438113.951,63915
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31698.191,29227
CowsLean 85-90%Average97186.8784416

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)830$7001thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1Value Added—410240.00/cwt240.00–240.009842
HeifersMedium and Large 3—790160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2641
HeifersMedium and Large 3—350210.00/cwt210.00–210.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 1—414231.52/cwt227.00–237.009586
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3101
HeifersMedium and Large 3—520190.00/cwt190.00–190.009881
SteersMedium and Large 1—531240.87/cwt240.00–242.001,2798
SteersMedium and Large 1—345287.00/cwt287.00–287.009901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520202.96/cwt197.00–207.001,0553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385224.03/cwt222.00–225.008633
HeifersMedium and Large 2—627195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2233
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—368249.00/cwt249.00–249.009164
SteersMedium and Large 2—430249.82/cwt247.00–252.001,07416
SteersMedium and Large 3—600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 3—365247.00/cwt247.00–247.009024
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332228.42/cwt225.00–230.007583
SteersMedium and Large 1—612226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3834
SteersMedium and Large 1—381267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0173
SteersMedium and Large 2—580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2762
SteersMedium and Large 2—475245.98/cwt242.00–248.001,1688
SteersMedium and Large 3—434240.00/cwt235.00–245.001,0426
HeifersMedium and Large 2—477211.14/cwt207.00–215.001,00713
SteersMedium and Large 3—545210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1451
SteersMedium and Large 3—473240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1354
SteersMedium and Large 3—563212.49/cwt210.00–215.001,1962
SteersMedium and Large 2—527234.63/cwt230.00–239.001,2375
BullsMedium and Large 3—590197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1621
BullsMedium and Large 2—412241.10/cwt237.00–245.009939
BullsMedium and Large 1—330290.58/cwt287.00–295.009593
BullsMedium and Large 2—518226.62/cwt225.00–230.001,1743
BullsMedium and Large 1—508235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1942
BullsMedium and Large 1—645207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3351
CowsLean 85-90%—98589.14/cwt85.00–94.0087813
Bulls——1,357108.40/cwt105.00–111.001,4716
CowsLean 85-90%—91277.01/cwt74.00–82.007023
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38391.83/cwt90.00–93.001,2703
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,309106.52/cwt105.00–108.001,3944
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30797.48/cwt94.00–100.001,27420
Bulls——1,463116.74/cwt114.00–123.001,7088
Bulls——1,725125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,1561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—830700.00/head700.00–700.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1—403250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0082
BullsMedium and Large 2—340260.00/cwt260.00–260.008841
BullsMedium and Large 2—566215.62/cwt210.00–220.001,2209
BullsMedium and Large 3—473221.96/cwt215.00–225.001,05012
BullsMedium and Large 2—472233.49/cwt230.00–237.001,1025
BullsMedium and Large 3—430230.00/cwt230.00–230.009895
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516214.52/cwt210.00–220.001,10718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364235.18/cwt230.00–240.0085610
BullsMedium and Large 3—368221.29/cwt220.00–225.008144
BullsMedium and Large 1—650207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3461
BullsMedium and Large 3—535215.06/cwt210.00–220.001,1515
BullsMedium and Large 3—335234.93/cwt230.00–240.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583199.77/cwt197.00–202.001,1654
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468190.46/cwt187.00–195.008914
BullsMedium and Large 2—379249.61/cwt245.00–255.009466
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428213.52/cwt210.00–220.0091415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—571186.38/cwt185.00–190.001,0647
HeifersMedium and Large 3—304210.33/cwt210.00–212.006396
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415201.67/cwt200.00–205.008377
HeifersMedium and Large 2—270240.00/cwt240.00–240.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566209.19/cwt208.00–210.001,1845
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,31022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470221.05/cwt216.00–226.001,03923
HeifersMedium and Large 3—288220.00/cwt220.00–220.006342

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.