Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle unevenly steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer, bull and heifer calves mostly 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 $308.08/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −83.69 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.

Average price

$308.08

27 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$1.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.27

vs GA average

−13.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	308.68	1,689	16thin
Medium and Large 2	532	307.19	1,634	11thin

One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale27 hd

308.08

—

GA average14 barns · 392 hd

305.81

+2.27

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−13.30

This barn, trailing median33 sales

391.76

−83.69

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	1,797	169.84	3,053	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,545	140.25	2,167	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	136.07	1,650	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	122.73	1,268	3thin

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)	1,279	$2,655	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,156	$2,178	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,097	$2,111	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,290	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	500–550	516	367.43/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	278.30/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	423.32/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	296.10/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	357.46/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	397.97/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,727	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,447.65/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,448	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,194	2,389.53/head	2,200.00–2,700.00	2,390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	221	425.44/cwt	420.00–430.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	382.97/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,792	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	334.09/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,547	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	353.33/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	349.95/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	463.09/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,250	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	1,831.50/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	307.19/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,634	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	296.70/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	371.35/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	322.04/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	356.04/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,332	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	122.73/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,268	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,684	128.38/cwt	125.00–132.00	2,162	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	157.62/cwt	157.00–159.00	2,222	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	143.87/cwt	142.00–146.00	2,014	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	135.90/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,644	14
Bulls	—	—	1,853	175.31/cwt	173.00–179.00	3,248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	396.75/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	331.99/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,567	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,279	2,655.08/head	2,150.00–3,000.00	2,655	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	344.16/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,666	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	320.62/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,664	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	436.93/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,429	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	394.70/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,303	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	394.92/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,054	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	224	486.42/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,090	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	333.34/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,127	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	391.65/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	371.28/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,775	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	322.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,355	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,085	1,774.42/head	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	240.03/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	347.29/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,986	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	299.40/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,704	9
Bulls	—	—	1,520	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,356	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	166.33/cwt	164.00–168.00	3,036	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	145.14/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,795	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	129.48/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,551	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	394.89/cwt	390.00–400.00	889	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	406.70/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,517	3

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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 372Last week 441Year ago 336

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 85Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 60Last week 53Year ago 24

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle unevenly steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer, bull and heifer calves mostly steady to 5.00 higher. 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
3	450–500	463	390.00–395.00	391.65
4	500–550	516	360.00–370.00	367.43
10	550–600	572	343.00–350.00	347.29
6	600–650	638	330.00–340.00	333.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	420.00–425.00	423.32
5	400–450	434	395.00–405.00	397.97
13	450–500	468	380.00–388.00	382.97
3	700–750	716	290.00–300.00	296.70
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	400.00–410.00	406.70
4	450–500	478	370.00–375.00	371.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	390.00–400.00	394.70
7	450–500	484	340.00–350.00	344.16
7	500–550	519	315.00–325.00	320.62
9	550–600	569	295.00–305.00	299.40
3	650–700	667	275.00–280.00	278.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	221	420.00–430.00	425.44
3	250–300	267	390.00–400.00	396.75
7	350–400	381	370.00–373.00	371.35
8	400–450	437	350.00–360.00	357.46
5	450–500	472	330.00–335.00	331.99
11	500–550	532	305.00–310.00	307.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	390.00–400.00	394.89
5	350–400	374	350.00–360.00	356.04
4	400–450	420	320.00–330.00	322.50
5	450–500	466	320.00–325.00	322.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	460.00–470.00	463.09
3	300–350	327	430.00–440.00	436.93
2	450–500	456	345.00–355.00	349.95
5	550–600	595	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	609	290.00–298.00	296.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	350.00–360.00	353.33
11	450–500	463	330.00–335.00	334.09
2	700–750	745	235.00–245.00	240.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	224	480.00–490.00	486.42
3	400–450	415	390.00–400.00	394.92
2	700–750	747	275.00	275.00

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)	3	—	1,203	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,447.65
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,194	2,200.00–2,700.00	2,389.53
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,279	2,150.00–3,000.00	2,655.08
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,000	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,831.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,085	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,774.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	2,050.00	2,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,033	120.00–125.00	122.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,684	125.00–132.00	128.38
3	—	1,410	157.00–159.00	157.62
2	—	1,400	142.00–146.00	143.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,210	133.00–138.00	135.90
9	—	1,237	142.00–150.00	145.14
12	—	1,198	125.00–132.00	129.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,853	173.00–179.00	175.31
1	—	1,520	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,825	164.00–168.00	166.33

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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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