Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady. All feeder classes steady. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $213.12/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −178.64 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$213.12

33 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$8.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs GA average

−26.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	215.57	1,176	24
Medium and Large 3	532	206.59	1,100	9thin

One grade step is worth $8.98/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale33 hd

213.12

—

GA average15 barns · 519 hd

212.14

+0.98

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−26.97

This barn, trailing median33 sales

391.76

−178.64

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	—	Low	1,704	142.74	2,432	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,343	113.76	1,528	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	99.00	985	1thin

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
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	890	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	322.62/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,049	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	269.84/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,268	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	212.57/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,239	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	201.64/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,165	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	225.99/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,076	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	290.00/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	215.50/cwt	213.00–218.00	1,315	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	313.46/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,053	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	336	307.19/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,032	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	303.37/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	229.70/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,429	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	155.11/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	262.56/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	271.51/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	298.97/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	200.17/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	218.57/cwt	215.00–223.00	1,110	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	208.43/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,084	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	232.71/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	234.79/cwt	230.00–236.00	974	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	249.03/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	242.50/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	204.91/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	276.02/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,151	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	216.95/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,224	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	222.02/cwt	220.00–228.00	955	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	286	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	852	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—	—	1,590	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,972	1
Bulls	—	—	1,580	145.97/cwt	145.00–147.00	2,306	2
Bulls	—	—	2,065	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	3,201	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,656	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	108.66/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,284	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	985	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	114.33/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,629	5

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 Sep 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 457Year ago 444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 18Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 37Year ago 30

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady. All feeder classes steady. Replacement cattle steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	320.00–325.00	322.62
2	350–400	378	298.00–300.00	298.97
15	450–500	470	268.00–272.00	269.84
10	600–650	622	229.00–231.00	229.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	300.00–310.00	303.37
2	400–450	433	270.00–273.00	271.51
5	450–500	475	255.00–265.00	262.56
2	500–550	530	248.00–250.00	249.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	415	230.00–236.00	234.79
12	500–550	508	215.00–223.00	218.57
12	550–600	583	208.00–218.00	212.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	782	150.00–160.00	155.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	430	220.00–228.00	222.02
7	500–550	520	205.00–210.00	208.43
2	550–600	575	195.00–205.00	200.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	298.00	298.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	336	300.00–308.00	307.19
2	350–400	385	285.00–295.00	290.00
8	450–500	476	224.00–230.00	225.99
3	550–600	578	200.00–205.00	201.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	417	270.00–280.00	276.02
4	500–550	515	228.00–238.00	232.71
2	600–650	610	213.00–218.00	215.50
2	650–700	687	200.00–210.00	204.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	336	310.00–320.00	313.46
2	450–500	485	240.00–245.00	242.50
5	550–600	564	210.00–220.00	216.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,580	145.00–147.00	145.97
1	—	2,065	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,182	106.00–110.00	108.66
5	—	1,425	112.00–117.00	114.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	99.00	99.00

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle