Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-11-07

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 7
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
623 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 578▲ 110 vs year ago 513 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 76▼ 7 vs year ago 66 · −10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 8▼ 2 vs year ago 24 · −8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers steady, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $207.98/cwt on 110 head.
Average price
$207.98
110 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$928
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483213.741,03244
Medium and Large 2469205.3996232
Medium and Large 3378202.9576634
One grade step is worth $10.79/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 sale110 hd
207.98
—
GA average16 barns · 1,605 hd
204.94
+3.04
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—Average1,676110.251,8486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30591.401,19220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32590.621,2012thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97074.2372015

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)943$8323thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)810$6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,095$7764thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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—578180.04/cwt175.00–185.001,0413
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374196.85/cwt190.00–202.007364
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358213.48/cwt210.00–217.007642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319231.63/cwt227.00–235.007394
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561198.01/cwt192.00–200.001,1116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413221.74/cwt218.00–226.0091615
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329221.19/cwt220.00–225.007286
SteersMedium and Large 1—483268.43/cwt265.00–270.001,29713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364223.80/cwt220.00–230.008154
HeifersMedium and Large 2—462203.60/cwt200.00–210.009416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,0932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—312212.30/cwt207.00–215.006623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,22510
SteersMedium and Large 2—360267.00/cwt267.00–267.009611
SteersMedium and Large 3—445240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0681
SteersMedium and Large 3—520196.50/cwt195.00–197.001,0224
SteersMedium and Large 2—700212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—725182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3201
SteersMedium and Large 1—603244.44/cwt240.00–255.001,47411
SteersMedium and Large 2—418253.84/cwt250.00–260.001,0619
SteersMedium and Large 1—760217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6491
SteersMedium and Large 1—527252.41/cwt250.00–257.001,3307
SteersMedium and Large 3—380255.00/cwt255.00–255.009692
HeifersMedium and Large 3—230215.00/cwt215.00–215.004951
SteersMedium and Large 3—465228.48/cwt227.00–230.001,0622
SteersMedium and Large 1—380278.65/cwt270.00–280.001,0597
SteersMedium and Large 2—619236.50/cwt235.00–237.001,4644
SteersMedium and Large 2—483248.85/cwt240.00–255.001,2024
SteersMedium and Large 2—542239.47/cwt238.00–245.001,2986
SteersMedium and Large 1—433272.21/cwt265.00–275.001,17912
SteersMedium and Large 2—590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4161
SteersMedium and Large 2—673224.12/cwt224.00–225.001,5088
SteersMedium and Large 1—575249.69/cwt245.00–256.001,4369
SteersMedium and Large 2—340260.00/cwt260.00–260.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1—475244.47/cwt242.00–247.001,1612
BullsMedium and Large 1—620205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2711
BullsMedium and Large 1—250285.00/cwt285.00–285.007131
BullsMedium and Large 1—555232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1—415256.03/cwt247.00–262.001,0637
BullsMedium and Large 1—327269.57/cwt265.00–272.008813
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27897.98/cwt96.00–100.001,2524
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32091.75/cwt88.00–95.001,21112
CowsLean 85-90%—95376.61/cwt75.00–81.0073010
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00569.46/cwt67.00–70.006985
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32590.62/cwt86.00–94.001,2012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28583.75/cwt83.00–84.001,0764
Bulls——1,697112.07/cwt111.00–113.001,9023
Bulls——2,155118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,5431
Bulls——1,405103.63/cwt102.00–105.001,4562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—943832.20/head700.00–975.008323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—810650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,095776.14/head650.00–900.007764
BullsMedium and Large 3—273231.77/cwt230.00–235.006336
BullsMedium and Large 3—560180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 3—725170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2331
BullsMedium and Large 3—481212.24/cwt210.00–215.001,0214
BullsMedium and Large 3—517193.57/cwt190.00–200.001,0013
BullsMedium and Large 3—354226.24/cwt220.00–235.008014
BullsMedium and Large 3—615183.53/cwt180.00–187.001,1292
BullsMedium and Large 2—273255.23/cwt250.00–260.006972
BullsMedium and Large 2—468225.93/cwt220.00–230.001,0576
BullsMedium and Large 3—655177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1591
BullsMedium and Large 3—333230.00/cwt230.00–230.007662
BullsMedium and Large 3—431213.16/cwt210.00–220.009198
BullsMedium and Large 2—610191.01/cwt190.00–192.001,1652
BullsMedium and Large 2—518218.52/cwt215.00–222.001,1322
BullsMedium and Large 1—364263.08/cwt260.00–270.009585
BullsMedium and Large 2—795175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3911
BullsMedium and Large 2—385247.08/cwt240.00–255.009516
BullsMedium and Large 3—228238.21/cwt230.00–245.005433
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625170.99/cwt170.00–172.001,0692
HeifersMedium and Large 3—269219.24/cwt215.00–220.0059013
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431194.41/cwt190.00–202.008385
BullsMedium and Large 2—418235.47/cwt230.00–240.009845
BullsMedium and Large 1—520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1702
BullsMedium and Large 2—565211.65/cwt210.00–215.001,1963
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562207.21/cwt205.00–209.001,1659
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516200.41/cwt197.00–207.001,0347
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525183.43/cwt180.00–187.009632
HeifersMedium and Large 2—408211.32/cwt210.00–212.008623
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1501

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.