Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-01-30

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 30
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
587 head
▲ 213 vs last sale 374▲ 380 vs year ago 207 · +183.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 88▲ 8 vs year ago 87 · +9.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 6▼ 17 vs year ago 37 · −45.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves 5.00 to 10 .00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.57/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$235.57
155 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.24
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476252.291,20070
Medium and Large 3442223.9699125
Medium and Large 2544220.901,20260
One grade step is worth $31.39/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale155 hd
235.57
—
GA average16 barns · 1,830 hd
235.33
+0.24
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—Low1,430118.601,69612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,530108.781,6643thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,295107.121,38735
CowsLean 85-90%Low98692.6591322

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)875$1,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,027$9694thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)879$9443thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—464310.20/cwt295.00–320.001,4397
SteersMedium and Large 1—622248.31/cwt245.00–250.001,5443
SteersMedium and Large 1—705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
SteersMedium and Large 1—520271.72/cwt267.00–275.001,4138
HeifersMedium and Large 3—570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0831
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523214.83/cwt210.00–220.001,1242
HeifersMedium and Large 3—680180.99/cwt180.00–182.001,2312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—411240.02/cwt235.00–245.009865
SteersMedium and Large 3—490260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2741
SteersMedium and Large 3—622223.27/cwt220.00–225.001,3893
HeifersMedium and Large 2—750175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3134
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620206.53/cwt200.00–217.001,2804
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424221.92/cwt215.00–230.009418
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2784
HeifersMedium and Large 3—322247.51/cwt235.00–255.007976
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573217.71/cwt210.00–222.001,24716
HeifersMedium and Large 2—684190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3005
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275277.55/cwt275.00–280.007632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225305.00/cwt305.00–305.006861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529227.40/cwt222.00–230.001,2035
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472237.27/cwt230.00–245.001,12010
SteersMedium and Large 1—565267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5091
SteersMedium and Large 1—370331.82/cwt325.00–340.001,2285
SteersMedium and Large 2—562257.75/cwt257.00–260.001,4494
SteersMedium and Large 2—423301.69/cwt300.00–305.001,2763
SteersMedium and Large 2—538263.03/cwt260.00–265.001,4154
SteersMedium and Large 1—412324.82/cwt315.00–335.001,3386
SteersMedium and Large 1—755223.36/cwt217.00–225.001,6865
SteersMedium and Large 1—335342.57/cwt340.00–345.001,1482
SteersMedium and Large 3—240300.00/cwt300.00–300.007201
SteersMedium and Large 3—678202.02/cwt200.00–210.001,3705
SteersMedium and Large 3—315294.52/cwt285.00–305.009282
SteersMedium and Large 3—410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0251
SteersMedium and Large 2—450290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3051
SteersMedium and Large 2—635235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4925
SteersMedium and Large 3—382293.54/cwt280.00–300.001,1213
SteersMedium and Large 3—821160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3143
SteersMedium and Large 2—373312.55/cwt310.00–315.001,1662
BullsMedium and Large 2—430290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2471
BullsMedium and Large 1—375318.33/cwt315.00–320.001,1943
BullsMedium and Large 1—400300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 3—795180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4311
BullsMedium and Large 3—434277.69/cwt270.00–280.001,2054
BullsMedium and Large 3—573214.89/cwt210.00–220.001,2312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,255108.39/cwt104.00–115.001,36020
CowsLean 85-90%—96087.08/cwt80.00–90.0083610
CowsLean 85-90%—1,120105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1761
CowsLean 85-90%—99796.60/cwt92.00–102.0096311
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,530108.78/cwt106.00–110.001,6643
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32497.52/cwt92.00–102.001,29110
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,397121.26/cwt117.00–126.001,6945
Bulls——1,345114.35/cwt110.00–118.001,5386
Bulls——1,385130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,8011
Bulls——1,540121.43/cwt118.00–125.001,8705
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,002942.10/head900.00–975.009423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—8751,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—908965.29/head925.00–1,000.009652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—820900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1—459292.65/cwt289.00–300.001,3439
BullsMedium and Large 3—370277.70/cwt270.00–285.001,0272
BullsMedium and Large 1—311337.89/cwt330.00–345.001,0515
BullsMedium and Large 1—605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4521
BullsMedium and Large 1—265340.00/cwt340.00–340.009011
BullsMedium and Large 2—230330.00/cwt330.00–330.007591
BullsMedium and Large 3—720182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3101
BullsMedium and Large 3—470260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2221
BullsMedium and Large 1—690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
BullsMedium and Large 2—577231.62/cwt230.00–235.001,3363
BullsMedium and Large 1—559249.68/cwt240.00–252.001,3968
BullsMedium and Large 2—745195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4531
HeifersMedium and Large 3—645190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2261
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380230.00/cwt230.00–230.008741
BullsMedium and Large 2—328312.37/cwt310.00–315.001,0252
BullsMedium and Large 3—545235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2811
BullsMedium and Large 2—671200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3427
BullsMedium and Large 2—453277.49/cwt275.00–280.001,2572
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520236.86/cwt232.00–242.001,23212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365271.76/cwt265.00–275.009923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430266.12/cwt260.00–275.001,14423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329281.88/cwt280.00–290.009275
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278270.00/cwt270.00–270.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—720177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558233.99/cwt232.00–235.001,3063
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368258.66/cwt255.00–260.009524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—468258.87/cwt250.00–270.001,21213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3446
HeifersMedium and Large 2—300275.00/cwt275.00–275.008251

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.