Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2019-06-18

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jun 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
337 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 244▲ 337 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 72▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 34▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.71/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$121.71
59 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$516
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1425132.385636thin
Medium and Large 2428125.4353725
Medium and Large 3419116.1048728
One grade step is worth $16.28/cwt here — about $76 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 sale59 hd
121.71
—
GA average16 barns · 1,111 hd
118.70
+3.00
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—Average2,22586.001,9142thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,54664.239935thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09657.6063115
CowsLean 85-90%High95349.734747thin

Every lot

33 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 · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270132.59/cwt130.00–135.003584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320135.01/cwt130.00–140.004328
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380122.43/cwt120.00–125.004654
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410113.43/cwt110.00–120.0046510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415126.05/cwt122.00–130.005234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425132.38/cwt129.00–135.005636
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485111.71/cwt106.00–116.005426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2486123.29/cwt120.00–125.005997
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513114.73/cwt110.00–120.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 3533106.52/cwt105.00–108.005684
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331162.07/cwt160.00–165.005368
Bulls—Medium and Large 3338140.82/cwt137.00–145.004768
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370137.04/cwt134.00–140.005074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372158.04/cwt155.00–162.005886
Bulls—Medium and Large 2387148.88/cwt145.00–155.005765
Bulls—Medium and Large 2421139.28/cwt136.00–145.005867
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467133.04/cwt127.00–137.006219
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485119.90/cwt115.00–125.005824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526131.44/cwt128.00–135.006918
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,22586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,9142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91445.55/cwt43.00–48.004164
Cows—Lean 85-90%92061.00/cwt61.00–61.005611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04852.44/cwt51.00–54.005502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06654.07/cwt50.00–57.005768
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13061.63/cwt58.00–65.006967
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42069.00/cwt69.00–69.009801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57863.04/cwt60.00–65.009954
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,055700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3852
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,120950.00/cwt950.00–950.0010,6402
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03077.16/cwt75.00–80.007952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03881.02/cwt75.00–85.008413
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,09074.00/cwt74.00–74.008071
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,28570.00/cwt70.00–70.009001

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.