Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-11-04

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 4
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
36 vs last sale 367 54 vs year ago 349 · +15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
12 vs last sale 32 14 vs year ago 30 · +46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
28 vs last sale 57 19 vs year ago 10 · +190.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and bulls sharply higher, feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.11/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits 82.07 against this barn's trailing median of $410.18.
Average price
$328.11
19 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.01
vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522347.411,8159thin
Medium and Large 2554321.061,7796thin
Medium and Large 3551295.271,6254thin
One grade step is worth $52.14/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale19 hd
328.11
GA average15 barns · 403 hd
327.10
+1.01
This barn, trailing median26 sales
410.18
−82.07
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,768182.223,2214thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,372152.012,08620
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,748149.902,6202thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,089123.361,34411

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)1,075$2,0163thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)883$1,9002thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1500–550513360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8476
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8912
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530326.67/cwt320.00–340.001,7313
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700681285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9414
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350327410.67/cwt410.00–412.001,3433
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700688296.00/cwt295.00–297.002,0362
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450422373.41/cwt367.00–375.001,5765
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250245475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1641
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350325366.69/cwt360.00–375.001,1923
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278386.80/cwt375.00–395.001,0753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-37851,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0752,016.05/head2,000.00–2,025.002,0163
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400379395.03/cwt387.00–415.001,4974
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600577340.30/cwt337.00–345.001,9645
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550527320.67/cwt320.00–322.001,6903
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550528310.65/cwt307.00–312.001,6405
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500480314.88/cwt300.00–340.001,5114
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480379.02/cwt370.00–387.001,8193
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700695292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0291
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400368359.52/cwt350.00–370.001,3232
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450428336.98/cwt320.00–347.001,4428
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7171
SteersMedium and Large 3250–300285385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0971
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600578315.44/cwt310.00–327.001,8233
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600583300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7492
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500488357.38/cwt350.00–365.001,7442
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250235410.85/cwt390.00–430.009652
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600558293.54/cwt285.00–302.001,6382
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550543297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6132
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350331367.62/cwt355.00–375.001,2176
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500487315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5343
Bulls2,060210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,3261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,355141.12/cwt138.00–145.001,9127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,748149.90/cwt149.00–151.002,6202
CowsBoner 80-85%1,403162.35/cwt162.00–163.002,2783
Bulls1,515164.94/cwt159.00–172.002,4992
Bulls1,980189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,7421
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300255350.00/cwt350.00–350.008931
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300280395.17/cwt380.00–415.001,1065
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375156.54/cwt151.00–161.002,15210
CowsLean 85-90%1,230132.60/cwt131.00–134.001,6312
CowsLean 85-90%1,091123.07/cwt119.00–129.001,3437
CowsLean 85-90%943115.14/cwt114.00–116.001,0862
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550513352.38/cwt345.00–362.001,8087
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450430388.34/cwt380.00–397.001,67012
HeifersMedium and Large 3200–250200375.00/cwt375.00–375.007501
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400350375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3131
SteersMedium and Large 3200–250225395.00/cwt395.00–395.008891
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400375328.16/cwt325.00–335.001,2313
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450443427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,8923
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9001
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8322
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650605315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9061
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5811
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600551364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,0068
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300285411.04/cwt410.00–412.001,1712
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430372.30/cwt357.00–385.001,60113
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300279487.53/cwt465.00–510.001,3604
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455365.70/cwt362.00–370.001,6643
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350307392.70/cwt380.00–412.001,2069
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466424.44/cwt422.00–427.001,9786
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376380.46/cwt370.00–392.001,43116
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350333440.48/cwt420.00–470.001,4675
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750745295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1981
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650601333.80/cwt333.00–345.002,00615
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375408.25/cwt400.00–417.001,53111
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1784
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500472358.01/cwt357.00–360.001,6903
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400383384.20/cwt375.00–395.001,4716
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460364.99/cwt355.00–377.001,67912
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300295475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29802,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350335495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6584
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400369357.61/cwt357.00–360.001,3205
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473328.80/cwt320.00–335.001,5554

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.