Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-12-19

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 19
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
361 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 406▼ 144 vs year ago 505 · −28.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 51▼ 37 vs year ago 95 · −38.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 10▲ 7 vs year ago 17 · +41.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special note: This market will not be covered for next two weeks due to holidays. Coverage will resume on 1/09/2024.

Compared to one week ago slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.54/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$216.54
97 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.75
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464228.711,06144
Medium and Large 2452214.4496828
Medium and Large 3473197.4793425
One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about $127 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 sale97 hd
216.54
—
GA average16 barns · 1,493 hd
206.79
+9.75
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—High1,409111.321,5684thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25392.361,15724
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00783.3583916

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)924$9004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)864$8125
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)615$7001thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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—790150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1851
BullsMedium and Large 3—411231.41/cwt227.00–235.0095110
BullsMedium and Large 3—590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
BullsMedium and Large 1—608208.48/cwt207.00–210.001,2682
BullsMedium and Large 1—400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1001
BullsMedium and Large 2—510212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 3—563218.25/cwt210.00–225.001,2293
SteersMedium and Large 3—415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
SteersMedium and Large 3—512225.02/cwt220.00–230.001,1523
SteersMedium and Large 3—205250.00/cwt250.00–250.005131
SteersMedium and Large 3—735170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1—267290.00/cwt290.00–290.007742
SteersMedium and Large 1—370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
SteersMedium and Large 2—550227.50/cwt225.00–230.001,2512
SteersMedium and Large 1—603220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3273
SteersMedium and Large 2—630212.44/cwt210.00–215.001,3382
SteersMedium and Large 2—480240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1521
SteersMedium and Large 1—332297.00/cwt297.00–297.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1—460252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1591
SteersMedium and Large 1—430265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1401
SteersMedium and Large 2—675210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4182
SteersMedium and Large 2—398267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0633
SteersMedium and Large 1—525250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3131
HeifersMedium and Large 3—673170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395227.00/cwt227.00–227.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380211.69/cwt210.00–215.008043
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285250.00/cwt250.00–250.007131
SteersMedium and Large 3—475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0691
SteersMedium and Large 1—728214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5583
HeifersMedium and Large 2—685172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327243.47/cwt240.00–245.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422230.91/cwt225.00–240.009746
HeifersMedium and Large 3—454197.93/cwt190.00–200.008995
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522202.32/cwt197.00–210.001,0563
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550193.33/cwt190.00–200.001,0633
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382250.16/cwt247.00–252.0095611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527218.34/cwt215.00–222.001,15111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433216.45/cwt210.00–222.0093711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—464211.43/cwt210.00–217.009815
CowsLean 85-90%—98384.78/cwt81.00–88.0083314
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17573.33/cwt71.00–76.008622
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23084.06/cwt83.00–85.001,0342
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,292100.46/cwt98.00–105.001,2983
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24991.95/cwt90.00–95.001,14819
Bulls——1,565122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,9091
Bulls——1,745115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,0071
Bulls——1,163104.13/cwt103.00–105.001,2112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—615700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—975919.06/head825.00–975.009193
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—698650.54/head600.00–700.006512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0801,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—872858.65/head775.00–900.008593
BullsMedium and Large 2—720172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2381
BullsMedium and Large 3—485200.00/cwt200.00–200.009701
BullsMedium and Large 1—367276.29/cwt272.00–280.001,0143
BullsMedium and Large 1—260295.00/cwt295.00–295.007671
BullsMedium and Large 1—318295.24/cwt290.00–300.009393
BullsMedium and Large 1—523234.51/cwt230.00–242.001,2263
BullsMedium and Large 2—330261.31/cwt260.00–265.008624
BullsMedium and Large 2—376260.02/cwt255.00–265.009784
BullsMedium and Large 2—555215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1932
BullsMedium and Large 2—423247.60/cwt245.00–250.001,0472
BullsMedium and Large 1—465245.00/cwt240.00–250.001,1394
BullsMedium and Large 2—265273.14/cwt270.00–280.007243
HeifersMedium and Large 3—265230.00/cwt230.00–230.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 3—712155.71/cwt147.00–160.001,1093
BullsMedium and Large 3—270250.00/cwt250.00–250.006751
BullsMedium and Large 2—480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281
BullsMedium and Large 3—673168.47/cwt167.00–170.001,1342
BullsMedium and Large 3—515205.10/cwt200.00–210.001,0562
HeifersMedium and Large 1—552215.02/cwt210.00–220.001,1873
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338255.00/cwt255.00–255.008625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2042
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330222.50/cwt220.00–225.007348
HeifersMedium and Large 3—765140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—595185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0364
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1972

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.