Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer calves steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.46/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −163.30 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$228.46

32 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$18.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.00

vs GA average

−29.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	231.95	1,241	26
Medium and Large 3	574	213.33	1,225	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.62/cwt here — about $17 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 sale32 hd

228.46

—

GA average14 barns · 551 hd

221.46

+7.00

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−29.93

This barn, trailing median33 sales

391.76

−163.30

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	—	Average	1,707	142.20	2,427	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,620	119.54	1,936	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	114.84	1,466	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	909	105.31	957	5thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,875	138.75/cwt	137.00–140.00	2,602	2
Bulls	—	—	1,812	151.90/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,752	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,129	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	963	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	119.58/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,596	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	107.98/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	306.64/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,184	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	268.51/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,391	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	197.48/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	290.73/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,207	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	334	304.91/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,018	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	199.06/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,234	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	235.49/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,135	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	241.53/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,024	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	297.50/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	232.25/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	270.27/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,014	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	313.35/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,156	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	252.45/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	238.98/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	284.37/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	318.79/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,173	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	269.90/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	277.48/cwt	275.00–280.00	869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	324.01/cwt	323.00–325.00	1,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	231.90/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,229	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	231.05/cwt	225.00–235.00	952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	294.85/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	256.03/cwt	250.00–260.00	981	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	282.55/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	221.73/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	258.18/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,126	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	108.18/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,020	3
Bulls	—	—	1,055	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,266	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	113.52/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,511	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	118.72/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	213.33/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,225	6

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 Nov 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 349Last week 457Year ago 623

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 60Year ago 59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,875	137.00–140.00	138.75
3	—	1,812	149.00–155.00	151.90
1	—	1,055	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	122.00	122.00
3	—	1,578	117.00–120.00	118.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	112.00	112.00
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
3	—	943	107.00–110.00	108.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	118.00–121.00	119.58
2	—	1,053	107.00–109.00	107.98
4	—	1,331	113.00–115.00	113.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	303.00–310.00	306.64
4	400–450	415	290.00–293.00	290.73
4	450–500	471	265.00–275.00	269.90
2	500–550	515	250.00–255.00	252.45
2	550–600	563	238.00–240.00	238.98
2	650–700	670	195.00–200.00	197.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	300.00–310.00	304.91
3	350–400	380	290.00–300.00	294.85
5	400–450	438	280.00–285.00	282.55
2	600–650	620	195.00–203.00	199.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	318.00–320.00	318.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	369	310.00–315.00	313.35
8	500–550	518	265.00–270.00	268.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	323.00–325.00	324.01
2	400–450	435	295.00–300.00	297.50
3	450–500	464	280.00–290.00	284.37
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	215.00–225.00	221.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	275.00–280.00	277.48
3	350–400	375	268.00–275.00	270.27
10	400–450	424	240.00–245.00	241.53
7	450–500	482	233.00–240.00	235.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	436	250.00–260.00	258.18
22	500–550	530	231.00–240.00	231.90
4	550–600	564	230.00–233.00	232.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	250.00–260.00	256.03
3	400–450	412	225.00–235.00	231.05
6	550–600	574	210.00–215.00	213.33

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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