Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls 8.00 higher, Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls lightly tested, Steer calves lightly tested, Heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, Bull calves unevenly steady to 5.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.21/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −148.55 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$243.21

13 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,369

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.97

vs GA average

−23.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	559	246.51	1,377	10thin
Medium and Large 3	577	232.23	1,340	3thin

One grade step is worth $14.28/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.17, low $311.96, median $391.76 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale13 hd

243.21

—

GA average14 barns · 326 hd

249.18

−5.97

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−23.66

This barn, trailing median33 sales

391.76

−148.55

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,675	152.48	2,554	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,477	138.54	2,046	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	134.46	1,688	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	954	108.22	1,032	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,525	2thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	142.52/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,697	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	127.94/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,616	12
Bulls	—	—	1,945	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	3,268	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	100.08/cwt	99.00–101.00	831	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	144.16/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,180	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	128.33/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	353.73/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,111	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	283.79/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	244.27/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,405	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	276.72/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,126	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	136.89/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	294.82/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	360.13/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	411	333.78/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,372	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	276.26/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	345.90/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,328	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	281.26/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	275.12/cwt	270.00–280.00	996	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	283.19/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,320	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	232.23/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	263.32/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,095	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	233.60/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,682	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	263.86/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	342.80/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,114	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	131.04/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	293.98/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	363.32/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	251.73/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,309	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	362.36/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	271.57/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,244	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	137.18/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,744	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	136.80/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,979	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	107.70/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,177	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	116.89/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,096	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	147.19/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,304	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,475	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Tue Mar 26, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 313Last week 315Year ago 282

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 80Year ago 48

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 16Year ago 15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,191	140.00–147.00	142.52
12	—	1,263	124.00–131.00	127.94
14	—	1,271	134.00–139.00	137.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	99.00–101.00	100.08
2	—	1,093	105.00–110.00	107.70
2	—	938	115.00–119.00	116.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,512	140.00–145.00	144.16
3	—	1,443	126.00–130.00	128.33
5	—	1,447	133.00–139.00	136.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	168.00	168.00
2	—	1,565	145.00–149.00	147.19
2	—	1,650	150.00	150.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	350.00–360.00	353.73
5	350–400	384	342.00–350.00	345.90
2	450–500	488	290.00–298.00	293.98
4	500–550	508	280.00–290.00	283.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	325	340.00–350.00	342.80
2	400–450	425	290.00–300.00	294.82
7	450–500	466	280.00–290.00	283.19
4	500–550	515	270.00–280.00	276.26
2	550–600	570	260.00–268.00	263.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	360.00–365.00	362.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	280.00–285.00	281.26
3	400–450	407	270.00–280.00	276.72
3	500–550	520	250.00–255.00	251.73
7	550–600	575	240.00–246.00	244.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	362	270.00–280.00	275.12
5	400–450	416	260.00–270.00	263.32
3	550–600	577	230.00–237.00	232.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	458	270.00–280.00	271.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	355.00–365.00	360.13
4	400–450	411	330.00–335.00	333.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	307	360.00–365.00	363.32
2	700–750	720	230.00–237.00	233.60

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,365	134.00–140.00	136.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,168	130.00–133.00	131.04
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	815	119.00	119.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Pulaski Co

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle