Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-02-13

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 13
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
7 vs last sale 476 135 vs year ago 348 · +38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
14 vs last sale 71 12 vs year ago 45 · +26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
15 vs last sale 16 18 vs year ago 13 · +138.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, bull calves steady to 5.00 higher and replacement cows sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.23/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$239.23
136 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,178
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$357
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.28
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548246.781,35260
Medium and Large 2463242.951,12630
Medium and Large 3439226.9599546
One grade step is worth $19.83/cwt here — about $357 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 sale136 hd
239.23
GA average16 barns · 2,481 hd
238.95
+0.28
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
BullsLow1,703128.702,1928thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,283110.911,42321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,395101.561,4173thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03894.8598417

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)1,088$1,2987
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)894$1,1379
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)954$1,0125

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 2720190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3681
HeifersMedium and Large 3527206.93/cwt200.00–210.001,0915
HeifersMedium and Large 3378238.02/cwt230.00–245.009007
HeifersMedium and Large 3760170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2921
HeifersMedium and Large 2525227.31/cwt225.00–230.001,1933
HeifersMedium and Large 3415236.72/cwt230.00–240.0098213
HeifersMedium and Large 2285270.00/cwt270.00–270.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1444279.11/cwt270.00–281.001,23911
HeifersMedium and Large 2485244.79/cwt240.00–250.001,18710
HeifersMedium and Large 2325265.00/cwt265.00–265.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 3695187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3001
SteersMedium and Large 1330375.38/cwt370.00–377.001,2394
SteersMedium and Large 1452326.60/cwt325.00–327.001,4765
HeifersMedium and Large 1377275.63/cwt272.00–280.001,0393
HeifersMedium and Large 1470266.60/cwt265.00–270.001,2533
HeifersMedium and Large 1593234.37/cwt230.00–235.001,39015
HeifersMedium and Large 2370252.43/cwt250.00–260.009344
SteersMedium and Large 2424322.60/cwt320.00–330.001,3684
SteersMedium and Large 1813232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8864
HeifersMedium and Large 3474223.10/cwt220.00–230.001,0578
HeifersMedium and Large 3556208.76/cwt205.00–210.001,1614
HeifersMedium and Large 3278245.00/cwt245.00–245.006812
SteersMedium and Large 1416337.92/cwt335.00–350.001,4065
SteersMedium and Large 3440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3201
SteersMedium and Large 2382334.65/cwt330.00–337.001,2783
SteersMedium and Large 1565282.26/cwt275.00–287.001,59521
SteersMedium and Large 1381350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3344
SteersMedium and Large 3390315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2291
SteersMedium and Large 3680220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4961
SteersMedium and Large 2482303.54/cwt300.00–304.001,4639
SteersMedium and Large 3292340.00/cwt340.00–340.009935
SteersMedium and Large 2665240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5961
SteersMedium and Large 1735236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7357
SteersMedium and Large 1650256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6646
SteersMedium and Large 3453287.46/cwt280.00–295.001,3022
SteersMedium and Large 2810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
SteersMedium and Large 2325354.77/cwt350.00–360.001,1533
BullsMedium and Large 3585235.97/cwt232.00–240.001,3804
BullsMedium and Large 2429307.51/cwt305.00–315.001,3198
BullsMedium and Large 3270325.00/cwt325.00–325.008781
BullsMedium and Large 3336313.74/cwt300.00–320.001,0544
BullsMedium and Large 3388301.61/cwt300.00–305.001,1706
BullsMedium and Large 3530244.86/cwt240.00–250.001,2984
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226121.50/cwt118.00–125.001,4904
CowsBoner 80-85%1,237111.63/cwt108.00–116.001,38110
CowsLean 85-90%1,06887.58/cwt80.00–90.009356
CowsLean 85-90%945103.41/cwt102.00–105.009772
CowsLean 85-90%1,03897.80/cwt93.00–100.001,0159
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,403103.34/cwt102.00–105.001,4502
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,382103.83/cwt100.00–106.001,4357
Bulls1,265117.12/cwt115.00–120.001,4822
Bulls2,057136.14/cwt135.00–138.002,8003
Bulls1,642128.99/cwt127.00–130.002,1183
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3740950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0461,318.58/head1,100.00–1,475.001,3194
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0281,118.96/head1,025.00–1,250.001,1193
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3843851.63/head800.00–900.008522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3773992.21/head925.00–1,050.009925
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1461,356.05/head1,200.00–1,525.001,3566
BullsMedium and Large 2557255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4202
BullsMedium and Large 1371339.92/cwt335.00–345.001,2615
BullsMedium and Large 1255360.00/cwt360.00–360.009181
BullsMedium and Large 3665200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3301
BullsMedium and Large 2517270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3964
BullsMedium and Large 1405325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3161
BullsMedium and Large 3240305.00/cwt305.00–305.007321
BullsMedium and Large 1516286.56/cwt275.00–290.001,4796
BullsMedium and Large 2672230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5462
BullsMedium and Large 2321344.87/cwt330.00–350.001,1077
BullsMedium and Large 1313362.54/cwt360.00–365.001,1354
BullsMedium and Large 1463312.30/cwt305.00–320.001,4462
BullsMedium and Large 3489264.01/cwt262.00–270.001,2914
BullsMedium and Large 3628230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4442
BullsMedium and Large 3420294.61/cwt290.00–297.001,2373
BullsMedium and Large 2370320.27/cwt315.00–332.001,1857
BullsMedium and Large 2480292.15/cwt280.00–300.001,4029
BullsMedium and Large 2277350.21/cwt340.00–355.009703
HeifersMedium and Large 3220250.00/cwt250.00–250.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 2426250.03/cwt245.00–260.001,0657
HeifersMedium and Large 1523244.80/cwt240.00–249.001,28013
HeifersMedium and Large 2562224.61/cwt220.00–227.001,2623
HeifersMedium and Large 3313236.18/cwt230.00–240.007394
BullsMedium and Large 2640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5041
HeifersMedium and Large 1639228.34/cwt220.00–231.001,45912
HeifersMedium and Large 1698224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5643

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.