Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle sharply higher, feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer and bull calves steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.69/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −118.07 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$273.69

33 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$12.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.45

vs GA average

−24.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	275.09	1,604	18thin
Medium and Large 2	520	273.48	1,422	13thin
Medium and Large 3	530	262.50	1,391	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.59/cwt here — about $213 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

273.69

—

GA average15 barns · 410 hd

266.24

+7.45

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−24.14

This barn, trailing median33 sales

391.76

−118.07

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	1,380	166.50	2,298	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,208	158.41	1,913	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,523	155.04	2,362	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,080	125.45	1,355	5thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	980	$1,650	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	—	—	1,330	162.66/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,163	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	164.51/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,344	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	147.11/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,761	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	162.15/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,009	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,146	155.24/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,779	7
Bulls	—	—	1,430	170.34/cwt	169.00–172.00	2,436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	317.25/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,348	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,851	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	296.04/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	342.44/cwt	340.00–345.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	276.70/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	343.19/cwt	340.00–345.00	916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	333.23/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	321.51/cwt	320.00–323.00	1,386	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	421.63/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	306.22/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,136	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	237	425.07/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	333.86/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,626	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	512	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,510	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	220	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	275.09/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,604	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	321.61/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	273.48/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,422	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	210	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	333.56/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,224	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	265.07/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	363.58/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,494	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	398.08/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,294	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	373.68/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,424	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	385	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	379.28/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	326.39/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,410	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	304.90/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	372.54/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	353.27/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	319.35/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,450	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	157.50/cwt	156.00–159.00	2,402	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	140.76/cwt	138.00–146.00	2,327	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	131.63/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,527	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	121.33/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	501	295.00/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	262.50/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,391	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 Feb 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 383Last week 417Year ago 716

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 62Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 32Year ago 24

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle sharply higher, feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer and bull calves steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	160.00–166.00	162.66
2	—	1,430	169.00–172.00	170.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	163.00–165.00	164.51
2	—	1,525	156.00–159.00	157.50
3	—	1,653	138.00–146.00	140.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,197	146.00–149.00	147.11
15	—	1,239	159.00–165.00	162.15
7	—	1,146	152.00–158.00	155.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	129.00–134.00	131.63
3	—	1,027	119.00–125.00	121.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	340.00–345.00	343.19
3	300–350	311	330.00–335.00	333.23
7	350–400	374	320.00–325.00	321.61
8	400–450	425	315.00–318.00	317.25
3	450–500	477	290.00–300.00	296.04
13	500–550	520	270.00–275.00	273.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	340.00–345.00	342.44
8	350–400	371	300.00–310.00	306.22
3	450–500	460	275.00–280.00	276.70
2	500–550	530	260.00–265.00	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	330.00–335.00	333.56
8	400–450	431	320.00–323.00	321.51
16	450–500	454	310.00–320.00	319.35
18	550–600	583	274.00–278.00	275.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	487	332.00–342.00	333.86
14	700–750	701	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
2	350–400	385	398.00	398.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	375.00–385.00	379.28
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	501	290.00–300.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	287	415.00–425.00	421.63
8	300–350	325	390.00–400.00	398.08
11	350–400	381	370.00–375.00	373.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	420.00–430.00	425.07
2	300–350	325	370.00–375.00	372.54
3	350–400	377	350.00–360.00	353.27
7	400–450	432	320.00–330.00	326.39
2	450–500	480	300.00–310.00	304.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	512	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	470.00	470.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	411	360.00–370.00	363.58
4	650–700	661	260.00–270.00	265.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	1,650.00	1,650.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

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