Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-11-28

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 28
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
478 head
▲ 478 vs last sale 0▼ 125 vs year ago 603 · −20.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 107 vs last sale 0▲ 24 vs year ago 83 · +28.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 13 vs year ago 25 · −52.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed the previous week for holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.40/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$221.40
87 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.68
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1416232.1196646
Medium and Large 2409215.1087927
Medium and Large 3379198.3175214thin
One grade step is worth $33.80/cwt here — about $214 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 sale87 hd
221.40
—
GA average9 barns · 692 hd
203.71
+17.68
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—Low1,481110.461,6369thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36291.001,2393thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36290.691,23638
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11883.4093228

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)778$7553thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)730$6501thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332223.42/cwt220.00–225.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428193.36/cwt190.00–197.008282
HeifersMedium and Large 3—500185.00/cwt185.00–185.009251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528214.24/cwt210.00–220.001,1319
HeifersMedium and Large 1—363245.12/cwt235.00–250.0089012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323237.56/cwt235.00–240.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1311
SteersMedium and Large 1—665225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4961
SteersMedium and Large 1—555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2771
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0761
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419217.39/cwt210.00–225.009118
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272233.77/cwt230.00–240.006365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468205.08/cwt200.00–210.009604
SteersMedium and Large 2—735182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3381
SteersMedium and Large 2—680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
HeifersMedium and Large 2—590187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1031
HeifersMedium and Large 3—600170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365210.99/cwt210.00–212.007702
SteersMedium and Large 1—362283.36/cwt280.00–285.001,0263
SteersMedium and Large 3—514214.26/cwt210.00–220.001,1014
SteersMedium and Large 2—469233.28/cwt230.00–235.001,0949
SteersMedium and Large 1—472242.78/cwt240.00–247.001,1466
SteersMedium and Large 3—425237.59/cwt235.00–240.001,0102
SteersMedium and Large 3—675177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1951
SteersMedium and Large 1—325284.46/cwt282.00–287.009242
SteersMedium and Large 3—378250.00/cwt250.00–250.009452
SteersMedium and Large 2—572211.49/cwt210.00–220.001,2107
SteersMedium and Large 1—617223.32/cwt220.00–230.001,3783
SteersMedium and Large 1—530240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2721
SteersMedium and Large 1—415257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0671
SteersMedium and Large 3—475215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0212
SteersMedium and Large 2—612210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2853
SteersMedium and Large 2—315263.48/cwt262.00–265.008302
SteersMedium and Large 2—380257.00/cwt257.00–257.009771
SteersMedium and Large 2—520230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1962
SteersMedium and Large 2—428250.97/cwt250.00–252.001,0742
SteersMedium and Large 3—570197.59/cwt195.00–200.001,1262
BullsMedium and Large 1—331282.00/cwt282.00–282.009333
BullsMedium and Large 1—558212.47/cwt210.00–215.001,1862
BullsMedium and Large 3—308237.32/cwt230.00–245.007312
BullsMedium and Large 3—270247.12/cwt240.00–252.006673
BullsMedium and Large 3—360240.00/cwt240.00–240.008641
BullsMedium and Large 3—478212.54/cwt210.00–215.001,0162
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2742
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,235103.42/cwt101.00–106.001,2773
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37791.88/cwt90.00–98.001,26521
CowsLean 85-90%—99874.84/cwt70.00–79.007473
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36886.17/cwt83.00–89.001,17914
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13084.03/cwt80.00–88.0095024
Bulls——1,335104.80/cwt103.00–107.001,3993
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1091
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1691
Bulls——1,673119.47/cwt119.00–120.001,9992
Bulls——1,495110.21/cwt108.00–116.001,6484
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—730650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—778755.35/head650.00–875.007553
BullsMedium and Large 2—479220.51/cwt220.00–222.001,0564
BullsMedium and Large 1—240285.00/cwt285.00–285.006841
BullsMedium and Large 1—417252.30/cwt250.00–257.001,0523
BullsMedium and Large 1—455230.99/cwt230.00–232.001,0512
BullsMedium and Large 2—300265.00/cwt265.00–265.007951
BullsMedium and Large 1—394260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0246
BullsMedium and Large 2—535215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 1—281286.93/cwt280.00–290.008064
BullsMedium and Large 1—625206.59/cwt200.00–210.001,2913
BullsMedium and Large 1—527223.26/cwt220.00–230.001,1773
BullsMedium and Large 3—230260.00/cwt260.00–260.005981
BullsMedium and Large 3—445227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0103
BullsMedium and Large 2—280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2—705177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2482
HeifersMedium and Large 3—205220.00/cwt220.00–220.004511
BullsMedium and Large 2—373252.25/cwt245.00–257.009413
BullsMedium and Large 2—565205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1581
BullsMedium and Large 2—415237.00/cwt237.00–237.009841
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319203.05/cwt200.00–210.006484
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2391
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1901
HeifersMedium and Large 1—490218.12/cwt215.00–222.001,0698
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415236.14/cwt235.00–240.009806
BullsMedium and Large 2—645192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—278248.72/cwt245.00–252.006912
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358221.74/cwt220.00–225.007943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—220260.86/cwt255.00–265.005745
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278205.23/cwt200.00–210.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—585170.00/cwt170.00–170.009951

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.