Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-10-17

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 17
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
458 head
43 vs last sale 415 153 vs year ago 305 · +50.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
53 vs last sale 41 26 vs year ago 68 · +38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
3 vs last sale 11 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 higher, bull calves steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.30/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$218.30
76 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.82
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466224.601,04746
Medium and Large 3313220.996922thin
Medium and Large 2524207.741,08828
One grade step is worth $16.86/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale76 hd
218.30
GA average16 barns · 2,176 hd
211.47
+6.82
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
BullsLow1,497110.541,65510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44289.021,28412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17587.461,02711
CowsLean 85-90%Low98676.7975717

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)935$1,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,305$1,2501thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1409253.16/cwt247.00–257.001,0356
BullsMedium and Large 1488231.99/cwt230.00–235.001,1325
BullsMedium and Large 1343294.96/cwt290.00–300.001,0122
BullsMedium and Large 2425237.41/cwt235.00–240.001,0092
BullsMedium and Large 1518225.69/cwt220.00–230.001,1696
BullsMedium and Large 3370253.64/cwt250.00–257.009382
SteersMedium and Large 3415243.58/cwt240.00–247.001,0112
SteersMedium and Large 2522253.02/cwt250.00–257.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 2559210.35/cwt210.00–212.001,1766
HeifersMedium and Large 1550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2101
SteersMedium and Large 1584260.17/cwt257.00–264.001,5199
SteersMedium and Large 1483275.09/cwt270.00–278.001,32918
SteersMedium and Large 1378279.49/cwt275.00–280.001,05618
SteersMedium and Large 2410255.06/cwt250.00–260.001,0463
HeifersMedium and Large 1426224.55/cwt220.00–228.0095711
HeifersMedium and Large 2413210.99/cwt210.00–212.008712
HeifersMedium and Large 2664188.76/cwt185.00–190.001,2534
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2492
HeifersMedium and Large 1376244.99/cwt242.00–246.009218
HeifersMedium and Large 3313220.99/cwt220.00–222.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 1518216.94/cwt212.00–220.001,1247
HeifersMedium and Large 1473221.09/cwt220.00–225.001,04615
HeifersMedium and Large 2469210.98/cwt210.00–217.009897
HeifersMedium and Large 2610198.49/cwt197.00–200.001,2112
SteersMedium and Large 1534266.13/cwt265.00–270.001,4216
HeifersMedium and Large 1680198.42/cwt195.00–202.001,3492
BullsMedium and Large 2629203.29/cwt200.00–205.001,2794
BullsMedium and Large 1619211.78/cwt210.00–217.001,3114
BullsMedium and Large 2382263.87/cwt260.00–270.001,0085
BullsMedium and Large 2535213.96/cwt210.00–217.001,1453
HeifersMedium and Large 2383228.47/cwt227.00–230.008752
HeifersMedium and Large 2512209.37/cwt207.00–210.001,0725
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29351,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bulls1,570106.71/cwt104.00–109.001,6752
CowsLean 85-90%1,01073.96/cwt70.00–77.0074710
Bulls1,479111.50/cwt110.00–116.001,6498
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14390.89/cwt89.00–95.001,0396
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21383.34/cwt80.00–87.001,0115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41890.00/cwt88.00–92.001,2766
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57399.86/cwt97.00–103.001,5712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41382.14/cwt79.00–85.001,1614
CowsLean 85-90%95180.84/cwt79.00–82.007697

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.