Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer and bull calves steady. Heifer calves steady 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 $220.74/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −171.02 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$220.74

13 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,205

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

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

$18.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.30

vs GA average

−44.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	223.61	1,206	11thin
Medium and Large 3	583	204.98	1,195	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.63/cwt here — about $11 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 sale13 hd

220.74

—

GA average14 barns · 352 hd

220.44

+0.30

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−44.36

This barn, trailing median33 sales

391.76

−171.02

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	1,586	135.57	2,150	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,180	110.51	1,304	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,547	109.75	1,698	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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,140	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,178	$1,235	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	770	$900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	323.36/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,035	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	201	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	186.49/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	307.19/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,250	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	236.23/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,361	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	326.20/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	219.99/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	235.06/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	273.41/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,293	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	265.94/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	329.91/cwt	325.00–335.00	957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	331	266.22/cwt	260.00–270.00	881	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	322.63/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	242.50/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	265.49/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,152	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	254.84/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,070	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	249.41/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,202	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	266.60/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,274	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	254.99/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,318	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	225.68/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,174	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	239.97/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,017	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	107.59/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,135	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,758	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	114.16/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,525	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	108.63/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,669	4
Bulls	—	—	1,870	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,842	1
Bulls	—	—	1,770	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,513	1
Bulls	—	—	1,430	127.95/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,830	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,322	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,544.08/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,544	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	114.96/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,460	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	925.96/head	900.00–950.00	926	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	965	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	298.32/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	204.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	274.91/cwt	270.00–280.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	312	301.93/cwt	300.00–310.00	942	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	312.97/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,177	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	251.35/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	255.04/cwt	250.00–260.00	944	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	233.95/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,125	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 Nov 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 427Last week 349Year ago 365

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 30Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 10Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	320.00–330.00	323.36
5	350–400	376	310.00–315.00	312.97
6	500–550	517	250.00–260.00	254.99
4	550–600	576	235.00–240.00	236.23
2	700–750	740	185.00–188.00	186.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	201	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	320.00–330.00	326.20
6	400–450	407	300.00–310.00	307.19
6	550–600	573	245.00–255.00	251.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	300.00–310.00	301.93
3	350–400	377	295.00–300.00	298.32
8	450–500	478	260.00–270.00	266.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	420	253.00–258.00	254.84
8	450–500	482	245.00–255.00	249.41
7	500–550	520	220.00–230.00	225.68
4	550–600	573	215.00–225.00	219.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	270.00–280.00	274.91
8	300–350	331	260.00–270.00	266.22
7	350–400	370	250.00–260.00	255.04
4	400–450	424	235.00–245.00	239.97
5	450–500	481	230.00–240.00	233.95
2	550–600	583	200.00–210.00	204.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	434	260.00–270.00	265.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	273.00–275.00	273.41
2	550–600	583	230.00–240.00	235.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	320.00–328.00	322.63
3	550–600	562	260.00–270.00	265.94
2	600–650	615	240.00–245.00	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	325.00–335.00	329.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,055	104.00–110.00	107.59
4	—	1,336	113.00–116.00	114.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	112.00	112.00
4	—	1,536	105.00–110.00	108.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,770	142.00	142.00
3	—	1,430	125.00–132.00	127.95

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	118.00	118.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,310	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,544.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,270	114.00–116.00	114.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,525.00	1,525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,045	900.00–950.00	925.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	100.00	100.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle