Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-06-17

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 17
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
97 vs last sale 331 28 vs year ago 456 · 6.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
9 vs last sale 39 8 vs year ago 38 · 21.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
24 vs last sale 7 16 vs year ago 15 · +106.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, bulls, heifers and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower and replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $326.01/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits 84.16 against this barn's trailing median of $410.18.
Average price
$326.01
26 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538331.011,78012thin
Medium and Large 2530323.411,71413thin
Medium and Large 3595300.001,7851thin
One grade step is worth $31.01/cwt here — about −$5 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

26 sales
455408360312median 410.1812/1602/2404/2807/0708/18
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $441.15, low $326.24, median $410.18 across 26 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 sale26 hd
326.01
GA average13 barns · 322 hd
319.98
+6.04
This barn, trailing median26 sales
410.18
−84.16
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
BullsLow1,515188.502,8562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,304160.662,09413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,498150.002,2462thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,246134.291,67311

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$2,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,018$2,3083thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)940$1,6502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,423$2,9504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,239$2,60214

Every lot, as filed

71 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550523320.84/cwt310.00–325.001,6786
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29901,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450417349.42/cwt330.00–355.001,4577
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5753
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500479324.26/cwt315.00–335.001,55314
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300265421.60/cwt420.00–425.001,1173
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8092
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550519325.46/cwt320.00–330.001,68910
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750730250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8251
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500489354.51/cwt350.00–355.001,73410
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8192
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375358.12/cwt350.00–365.001,3435
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250233408.39/cwt390.00–420.009524
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1204
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38901,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350339370.04/cwt360.00–375.001,2546
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600573301.23/cwt300.00–305.001,7264
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450428359.97/cwt350.00–370.001,54118
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500495330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6342
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350322406.93/cwt400.00–415.001,3105
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600595300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350320370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1841
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500460316.47/cwt300.00–330.001,45612
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450431329.97/cwt310.00–340.001,4224
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300278389.37/cwt380.00–400.001,0822
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350343347.45/cwt340.00–355.001,1922
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300278360.63/cwt350.00–370.001,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500450275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2381
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650620289.76/cwt280.00–300.001,7972
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,595145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,3131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,400155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,1701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,035148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,360166.49/cwt164.00–170.002,2644
CowsBoner 80-85%1,309159.32/cwt154.00–163.002,0858
Bulls1,380178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,4561
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450428308.29/cwt300.00–315.001,3193
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600578274.85/cwt270.00–280.001,5892
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250200370.00/cwt370.00–370.007401
Bulls1,650199.00/cwt199.00–199.003,2841
CowsLean 85-90%1,232140.98/cwt137.00–146.001,7377
CowsLean 85-90%1,271122.58/cwt120.00–126.001,5584
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600564325.42/cwt325.00–327.001,8355
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450411380.75/cwt375.00–387.001,56518
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550519335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7397
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5232
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400386326.54/cwt310.00–340.001,2604
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7021
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250228469.34/cwt450.00–490.001,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,9681
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650612306.94/cwt300.00–310.001,8785
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624323.39/cwt320.00–327.002,0184
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363399.53/cwt390.00–420.001,45010
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405364.72/cwt362.00–370.001,4776
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300283432.61/cwt430.00–435.001,2242
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350311389.02/cwt380.00–395.001,2105
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350316429.40/cwt420.00–435.001,3577
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567341.32/cwt340.00–342.001,9353
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550517347.98/cwt347.00–350.001,7993
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2452,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536343.23/cwt335.00–346.001,8406
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4232,949.65/head2,750.00–3,150.002,9504
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2392,601.76/head2,325.00–3,050.002,60214
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570317.07/cwt310.00–330.001,80716
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5787
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650627289.39/cwt280.00–300.001,81410
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386372.00/cwt370.00–375.001,43610
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500463343.35/cwt340.00–345.001,5903
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600567316.56/cwt310.00–320.001,7953
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400389375.54/cwt370.00–377.001,4619
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0182,308.27/head2,200.00–2,450.002,3083

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.