Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-09-12

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 12
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
431 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 284▲ 48 vs year ago 383 · +12.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 46▲ 20 vs year ago 54 · +37.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 17▼ 10 vs year ago 28 · −35.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower, steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, 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 $210.85/cwt on 104 head.
Average price
$210.85
104 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.89
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534223.241,19325
Medium and Large 2511211.581,08036
Medium and Large 3456203.0492643
One grade step is worth $20.20/cwt here — about $266 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
210.85
—
GA average16 barns · 1,595 hd
216.74
−5.89
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—Average1,509121.121,8285thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,540107.001,6482thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,255102.551,28734
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04488.9392815

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)990$1,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$1,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,055$9132thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 3—616190.50/cwt190.00–192.001,1734
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2524
HeifersMedium and Large 3—555190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—410220.58/cwt217.00–225.009043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474213.23/cwt210.00–220.001,01111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—760180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3681
HeifersMedium and Large 2—650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2351
SteersMedium and Large 1—463264.28/cwt260.00–267.001,2243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483194.54/cwt190.00–200.009407
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355230.00/cwt230.00–230.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378240.00/cwt240.00–240.009072
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4241
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518228.21/cwt225.00–232.001,1829
SteersMedium and Large 3—583222.49/cwt220.00–230.001,2974
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575206.12/cwt200.00–210.001,1854
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518213.91/cwt210.00–220.001,10811
SteersMedium and Large 3—660205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3531
SteersMedium and Large 1—610239.98/cwt239.00–242.001,4643
SteersMedium and Large 1—403267.48/cwt265.00–270.001,0782
SteersMedium and Large 1—513258.23/cwt252.00–262.001,32516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—402230.00/cwt230.00–230.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613200.67/cwt197.00–205.001,2303
SteersMedium and Large 2—380255.00/cwt255.00–255.009692
SteersMedium and Large 2—535244.91/cwt240.00–250.001,3102
SteersMedium and Large 2—603235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4178
SteersMedium and Large 2—478247.16/cwt240.00–250.001,1817
SteersMedium and Large 3—633215.06/cwt210.00–220.001,3612
SteersMedium and Large 3—428247.40/cwt245.00–250.001,0592
SteersMedium and Large 1—575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4389
SteersMedium and Large 2—713214.91/cwt210.00–220.001,5322
SteersMedium and Large 2—590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4161
SteersMedium and Large 3—472224.91/cwt220.00–230.001,0623
BullsMedium and Large 3—240240.00/cwt240.00–240.005761
BullsMedium and Large 2—380250.00/cwt250.00–250.009501
BullsMedium and Large 2—295270.00/cwt270.00–270.007971
BullsMedium and Large 1—400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 1—335297.00/cwt295.00–305.009955
BullsMedium and Large 1—383274.90/cwt270.00–280.001,0532
CowsLean 85-90%—98491.99/cwt89.00–95.009057
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,465112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6411
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11393.79/cwt90.00–97.001,0449
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,355117.94/cwt117.00–119.001,5982
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09484.29/cwt80.00–87.009227
CowsLean 85-90%—1,110100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1101
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,302104.64/cwt100.00–109.001,36223
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,615102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,6471
Bulls——1,560127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9811
Bulls——1,295116.20/cwt113.00–119.001,5053
Bulls——2,100130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,7301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—9901,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—8501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,130600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9801,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
BullsMedium and Large 2—421242.88/cwt240.00–245.001,0236
BullsMedium and Large 2—653198.51/cwt197.00–200.001,2962
BullsMedium and Large 3—473223.24/cwt220.00–227.001,0566
BullsMedium and Large 3—325234.69/cwt230.00–240.007632
BullsMedium and Large 3—795170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3521
BullsMedium and Large 3—600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 2—536217.96/cwt215.00–225.001,1685
BullsMedium and Large 2—325260.00/cwt260.00–260.008451
BullsMedium and Large 3—573201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,1522
BullsMedium and Large 3—520205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0661
BullsMedium and Large 3—365235.00/cwt235.00–235.008581
BullsMedium and Large 2—466232.96/cwt230.00–240.001,08610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627213.34/cwt210.00–215.001,3383
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428196.31/cwt190.00–200.008409
HeifersMedium and Large 3—295230.00/cwt230.00–230.006791
BullsMedium and Large 3—436229.44/cwt225.00–235.001,00011
BullsMedium and Large 2—553212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1752
BullsMedium and Large 2—638202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2892
HeifersMedium and Large 3—665181.74/cwt175.00–185.001,2093
HeifersMedium and Large 3—245235.00/cwt235.00–235.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371219.96/cwt215.00–225.008169
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335230.00/cwt230.00–230.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—688207.53/cwt205.00–210.001,4282
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523197.05/cwt190.00–200.001,0315

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.