Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-07-18

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 18
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
422 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 565▲ 144 vs year ago 278 · +51.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 66▼ 90 vs year ago 114 · −78.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 18▲ 2 vs year ago 15 · +13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady. feeder steers, heifers, bulls 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 $217.31/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$217.31
104 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,025
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.88
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464229.911,06734
Medium and Large 2473214.641,01553
Medium and Large 3482200.4396517thin
One grade step is worth $29.47/cwt here — about $102 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 sale104 hd
217.31
—
GA average16 barns · 2,010 hd
218.19
−0.88
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—Low1,450115.701,6784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,535100.331,5403thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19484.721,01211

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$7252thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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
BullsMedium and Large 3—465206.74/cwt200.00–210.009613
BullsMedium and Large 2—512226.12/cwt220.00–230.001,1588
BullsMedium and Large 2—435232.31/cwt230.00–237.001,0113
BullsMedium and Large 3—380220.00/cwt220.00–220.008361
BullsMedium and Large 3—575200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 2—580210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2181
BullsMedium and Large 1—565222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2541
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423218.05/cwt215.00–220.009225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683199.45/cwt197.00–202.001,3622
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328228.16/cwt225.00–235.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2191
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435205.11/cwt200.00–210.008924
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—325255.00/cwt255.00–255.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580204.73/cwt200.00–207.001,1874
HeifersMedium and Large 1—454231.24/cwt230.00–235.001,0504
HeifersMedium and Large 2—387221.66/cwt220.00–225.008589
HeifersMedium and Large 1—360240.00/cwt240.00–240.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—285275.00/cwt275.00–275.007841
SteersMedium and Large 1—565241.98/cwt240.00–250.001,3675
SteersMedium and Large 1—377295.97/cwt290.00–300.001,1165
SteersMedium and Large 1—668227.31/cwt225.00–230.001,5183
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630204.77/cwt200.00–207.001,2904
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322246.46/cwt240.00–250.007949
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569213.49/cwt210.00–220.001,2154
SteersMedium and Large 3—578213.39/cwt210.00–217.001,2332
SteersMedium and Large 3—380244.92/cwt240.00–250.009315
SteersMedium and Large 3—337242.05/cwt240.00–250.008165
SteersMedium and Large 3—510220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1221
SteersMedium and Large 3—730195.00/cwt190.00–200.001,4242
SteersMedium and Large 1—260300.00/cwt300.00–300.007801
SteersMedium and Large 1—315297.58/cwt295.00–300.009374
SteersMedium and Large 2—421252.96/cwt247.00–255.001,0654
SteersMedium and Large 2—665207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3771
SteersMedium and Large 3—433240.76/cwt240.00–242.001,0425
SteersMedium and Large 2—473244.97/cwt240.00–250.001,1597
SteersMedium and Large 2—275280.00/cwt280.00–280.007701
SteersMedium and Large 1—720212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5261
SteersMedium and Large 1—405260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0531
SteersMedium and Large 2—550235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2931
SteersMedium and Large 2—369266.27/cwt260.00–270.009834
SteersMedium and Large 3—255255.00/cwt255.00–255.006501
SteersMedium and Large 2—325285.08/cwt280.00–290.009272
SteersMedium and Large 1—510245.03/cwt240.00–250.001,2508
BullsMedium and Large 1—750205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5381
BullsMedium and Large 1—475242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 1—377262.51/cwt260.00–270.009905
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—705217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5301
BullsMedium and Large 1—412251.88/cwt247.00–257.001,0383
BullsMedium and Large 1—313267.40/cwt265.00–270.008372
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,650100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6501
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3491
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,535106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6271
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23781.06/cwt77.00–85.001,0036
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14389.12/cwt87.00–92.001,0195
Bulls——1,198106.89/cwt105.00–109.001,2812
Bulls——1,520125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,9001
Bulls——1,885124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,3371
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,025725.00/head725.00–725.007252
BullsMedium and Large 3—308229.01/cwt225.00–232.007053
BullsMedium and Large 3—670180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2061
BullsMedium and Large 3—520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 3—400215.00/cwt215.00–215.008602
BullsMedium and Large 3—628190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1932
BullsMedium and Large 2—625205.68/cwt205.00–207.001,2863
BullsMedium and Large 1—290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
BullsMedium and Large 2—371245.08/cwt240.00–250.009094
BullsMedium and Large 2—652191.68/cwt190.00–195.001,2503
BullsMedium and Large 2—478230.15/cwt225.00–235.001,10020
BullsMedium and Large 1—650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 2—313252.95/cwt250.00–257.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 3—240235.00/cwt235.00–235.005641
HeifersMedium and Large 3—488202.54/cwt200.00–205.009882
BullsMedium and Large 1—608212.49/cwt210.00–215.001,2922
BullsMedium and Large 1—510237.00/cwt232.00–242.001,2093
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—760212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519195.95/cwt190.00–200.001,0175
HeifersMedium and Large 1—509225.97/cwt220.00–230.001,1505
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—640212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3571
HeifersMedium and Large 2—785180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4131
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472215.42/cwt210.00–220.001,01717
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0832
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383212.55/cwt210.00–215.008142
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515212.73/cwt205.00–215.001,09611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—730162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1831

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.