Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-06-10

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 10
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
320 vs last sale 651 116 vs year ago 447 · 26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
49 vs last sale 88 19 vs year ago 58 · 32.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
115 vs last sale 122 15 vs year ago 22 · 68.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder steers, heifer, bulls and steer calves lightly tested heifer and bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.17/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits 76.59 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.
Average price
$315.17
22 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$344
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$65.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.27
vs GA average
25.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547328.251,79415thin
Medium and Large 2535319.921,7133thin
Medium and Large 3553262.551,4514thin
One grade step is worth $65.70/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
448398348298median 391.7612/1602/2404/2106/1608/18
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 sale22 hd
315.17
GA average12 barns · 530 hd
317.44
−2.27
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−25.75
This barn, trailing median33 sales
391.76
−76.59
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,677183.853,0839thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,293158.182,04514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,413148.002,0912thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,137134.331,5289thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,275$2,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450418372.49/cwt370.00–375.001,5572
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300275450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2381
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550500335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6751
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350340415.00/cwt410.00–420.001,4112
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413365.10/cwt360.00–370.001,50816
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550548357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,95611
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450419404.40/cwt400.00–410.001,6949
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2752,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470352.47/cwt350.00–360.001,6574
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300265394.72/cwt390.00–400.001,0462
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450447375.03/cwt370.00–380.001,6768
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600565256.73/cwt250.00–270.001,4513
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450433341.00/cwt335.00–350.001,4775
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550513324.88/cwt320.00–330.001,6672
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450423344.91/cwt330.00–350.001,4594
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350318365.03/cwt350.00–370.001,1615
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350321400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2844
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250235390.00/cwt390.00–390.009171
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473333.35/cwt330.00–335.001,5776
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350347368.76/cwt365.00–370.001,2804
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700660280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8481
SteersMedium and Large 3750–800795250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9881
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400365320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1681
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600595270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6071
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500457337.51/cwt330.00–340.001,5424
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550520309.96/cwt300.00–320.001,6127
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4421
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300277356.75/cwt350.00–370.009883
Bulls1,600172.19/cwt165.00–179.002,7553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,406149.76/cwt145.00–152.002,1065
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,216167.93/cwt165.00–172.002,0424
Bulls2,340207.00/cwt207.00–207.004,8441
Bulls1,590186.22/cwt181.00–190.002,9615
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450443315.08/cwt300.00–330.001,3962
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400378359.90/cwt355.00–365.001,3602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,242158.80/cwt154.00–164.001,9725
CowsLean 85-90%1,120126.55/cwt122.00–132.001,4174
CowsLean 85-90%1,151140.55/cwt138.00–146.001,6185
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,380156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1531
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350321460.67/cwt460.00–465.001,4797
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8901
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700675220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4851
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350334348.31/cwt345.00–350.001,1636
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500457306.72/cwt300.00–310.001,4023
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6441
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400353444.96/cwt440.00–450.001,5712
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350335442.28/cwt435.00–450.001,4822
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400351447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,5695
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576321.11/cwt315.00–330.001,8508
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9381
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250240460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1041
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450406450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8274
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511375.52/cwt365.00–380.001,91910
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750740265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9611
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700672308.07/cwt300.00–310.002,0705
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450431388.00/cwt380.00–405.001,6725
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300260448.43/cwt440.00–455.001,1663
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620304.92/cwt300.00–310.001,8912
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513336.41/cwt335.00–340.001,7267
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390404.96/cwt400.00–410.001,5793
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600565312.51/cwt310.00–315.001,7664
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350334389.88/cwt385.00–400.001,3026
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600588347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,0404
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383388.42/cwt375.00–395.001,4889
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470342.53/cwt340.00–350.001,6106
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250233400.00/cwt400.00–400.009323
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2781
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,83511
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300271427.05/cwt410.00–450.001,1577
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700695280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9461

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.