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

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 11
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
254 vs last sale 403 278 vs year ago 427 · 65.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
11 vs last sale 44 4 vs year ago 37 · 10.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
8 vs last sale 29 9 vs year ago 30 · 30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers, feeder bulls unevenly steady and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.05/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits 57.71 against this barn's trailing median of $391.76.
Average price
$334.05
8 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,710
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.22
vs GA average
29.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1512334.051,7108thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale8 hd
334.05
GA average14 barns · 397 hd
320.83
+13.22
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−29.91
This barn, trailing median33 sales
391.76
−57.71
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
BullsHigh1,658183.463,0428thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,374152.692,0997thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,146132.961,52314

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)1,001$1,8645
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,605$2,9002thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 2450–500478350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6732
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250238465.16/cwt450.00–480.001,1072
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300265380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0071
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450415380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5771
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3331
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750700275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9251
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7681
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6801
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400387411.19/cwt410.00–415.001,5914
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350312436.69/cwt430.00–440.001,3623
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
BullsMedium and Large 3200–250233442.63/cwt430.00–455.001,0312
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400370330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0701,659.81/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6602
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600553360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9913
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300275450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2381
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368375.09/cwt370.00–380.001,3803
CowsLean 85-90%1,166120.15/cwt117.00–125.001,4017
CowsLean 85-90%1,120150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6803
CowsLean 85-90%1,130142.58/cwt140.00–145.001,6114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168146.23/cwt145.00–148.001,7082
CowsBoner 80-85%1,457155.28/cwt150.00–160.002,2625
Bulls1,730197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,4081
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350335415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3901
SteersMedium and Large 3250–300285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1691
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7851
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Bulls1,505188.72/cwt184.00–193.002,8402
Bulls1,705178.65/cwt170.00–182.003,0465
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650614326.67/cwt325.00–330.002,0063
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500482355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7113
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420410.20/cwt400.00–420.001,7233
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340470.10/cwt460.00–480.001,5983
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550512334.05/cwt330.00–337.001,7108
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383399.03/cwt385.00–400.001,52815
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450407470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9137
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518418.21/cwt410.00–427.002,1664
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400379421.69/cwt420.00–430.001,5986
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550531348.90/cwt347.00–355.001,8534
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29552,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6052,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9002
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400378485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8335
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423399.69/cwt380.00–410.001,69111
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500462351.62/cwt350.00–355.001,6243
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463439.45/cwt420.00–455.002,03511

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.