Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2019-05-21

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, May 21
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
398 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 464▲ 398 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 80▲ 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 17▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls steady, feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves 1.00 to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.60/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$122.60
99 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.83
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484131.0263412thin
Medium and Large 2459123.8656941
Medium and Large 3415119.2949546
One grade step is worth $11.73/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale99 hd
122.60
—
GA average15 barns · 1,179 hd
125.43
−2.83
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
Bulls—Average1,49580.721,20714
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30456.1973353
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20349.4559523

Every lot

53 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3308153.53/cwt150.00–157.004732
Steers—Medium and Large 3435132.20/cwt132.00–133.005755
Steers—Medium and Large 2451142.01/cwt140.00–146.006404
Steers—Medium and Large 3471127.93/cwt125.00–135.006035
Steers—Medium and Large 2513137.51/cwt135.00–140.007052
Steers—Medium and Large 1563137.04/cwt135.00–139.007722
Steers—Medium and Large 1634131.40/cwt131.00–138.0083324
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3225133.99/cwt130.00–140.003013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3260130.00/cwt130.00–130.003383
Heifers—Medium and Large 3314125.10/cwt120.00–130.003935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328138.97/cwt138.00–140.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379133.24/cwt132.00–134.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383127.47/cwt125.00–130.0048810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419125.38/cwt120.00–129.0052511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421132.53/cwt130.00–135.005584
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423116.03/cwt110.00–120.004919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460122.62/cwt120.00–126.005648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468129.07/cwt127.00–131.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472113.73/cwt110.00–116.005377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516130.51/cwt127.00–132.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520118.13/cwt115.00–120.0061410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530110.21/cwt105.00–114.005844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563130.99/cwt129.00–133.007372
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569117.36/cwt115.00–121.006685
Heifers—Medium and Large 3592104.67/cwt104.00–106.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3233160.66/cwt160.00–162.003743
Bulls—Medium and Large 2269165.99/cwt162.00–172.004476
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270155.73/cwt150.00–160.004208
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318152.44/cwt150.00–160.004854
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323142.67/cwt140.00–145.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355149.37/cwt147.00–150.005305
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373143.78/cwt140.00–145.005364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417141.00/cwt137.00–146.005887
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433131.21/cwt125.00–135.005685
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475133.30/cwt130.00–140.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477125.09/cwt120.00–129.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1482144.99/cwt144.00–146.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 2528127.45/cwt125.00–131.006736
Bulls—Medium and Large 3540118.78/cwt115.00–124.006415
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571119.39/cwt117.00–120.006825
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577126.34/cwt126.00–127.007293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2628117.97/cwt115.00–120.007415
Bulls—Medium and Large 3713106.96/cwt105.00–109.007632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28474.78/cwt72.00–78.009606
Bulls——1,60783.36/cwt80.00–85.001,3406
Bulls——1,79090.61/cwt90.00–91.001,6222
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10344.96/cwt42.00–47.004966
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23851.03/cwt48.00–55.0063217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27149.76/cwt47.00–52.0063213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29857.29/cwt54.00–61.0074434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40963.92/cwt63.00–66.009016
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,155714.18/cwt625.00–825.008,2494

This sale against other markets

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.