Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2019-08-20

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 20
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 217▲ 325 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 69▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 16▲ 8 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, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher and 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 $112.43/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$112.43
94 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.91
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502115.7358120
Medium and Large 2447113.6750848
Medium and Large 3426107.6245926
One grade step is worth $8.12/cwt here — about $122 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 sale94 hd
112.43
—
GA average15 barns · 966 hd
111.52
+0.91
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—Low1,57884.251,3303thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30858.6776724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36556.007641thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00149.3049414

Every lot

55 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3313132.52/cwt130.00–135.004152
Steers—Medium and Large 2365138.95/cwt137.00–140.005073
Steers—Medium and Large 1375158.45/cwt155.00–162.005942
Steers—Medium and Large 2420142.35/cwt141.00–143.005983
Steers—Medium and Large 1425149.34/cwt145.00–154.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 2470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 1620126.46/cwt125.00–128.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1660122.48/cwt120.00–125.008082
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3230125.53/cwt120.00–130.002893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267126.30/cwt125.00–127.003373
Heifers—Medium and Large 3277120.67/cwt120.00–122.003346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318120.60/cwt117.00–125.003846
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379116.61/cwt114.00–120.0044211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385123.24/cwt122.00–125.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426108.99/cwt105.00–110.004645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433115.99/cwt115.00–119.005028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463115.00/cwt115.00–115.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470118.99/cwt118.00–120.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 351395.00/cwt90.00–100.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522109.49/cwt108.00–110.005726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530112.99/cwt111.00–114.005994
Heifers—Medium and Large 356296.39/cwt90.00–100.005429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563112.76/cwt109.00–115.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580105.26/cwt105.00–106.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605105.50/cwt105.00–106.006382
Heifers—Medium and Large 2616100.76/cwt100.00–103.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670100.99/cwt100.00–102.006772
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3253131.01/cwt130.00–132.003312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273149.05/cwt145.00–155.004073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275161.93/cwt160.00–165.004455
Bulls—Medium and Large 3305122.41/cwt120.00–127.003733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317152.28/cwt150.00–157.004836
Bulls—Medium and Large 2326137.95/cwt132.00–142.004504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1361146.82/cwt142.00–151.005304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371135.40/cwt130.00–140.005029
Bulls—Medium and Large 3395120.00/cwt120.00–120.004742
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415131.50/cwt129.00–136.005464
Bulls—Medium and Large 3429116.51/cwt110.00–120.005005
Bulls—Medium and Large 1452131.18/cwt130.00–135.005936
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473110.63/cwt110.00–114.005236
Bulls—Medium and Large 3510110.28/cwt109.00–112.005624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528121.44/cwt119.00–125.006416
Bulls—Medium and Large 3563105.34/cwt105.00–106.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573120.00/cwt115.00–122.006888
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620108.28/cwt104.00–112.006713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2672105.00/cwt105.00–105.007063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1081
Bulls——1,67586.37/cwt84.00–89.001,4472
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96844.83/cwt42.00–48.004346
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02652.66/cwt50.00–56.005408
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17754.16/cwt52.00–56.006377
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35959.80/cwt57.00–64.0081315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36556.00/cwt56.00–56.007641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38565.96/cwt65.00–67.009142
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,280925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,8402

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.