Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2019-10-08

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 8
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
309 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 358▲ 309 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 69▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 15 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 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, steer calves and feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers and heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady 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 $101.68/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$101.68
99 head · 485 lb average
Value per head Derived
$493
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$261
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.11
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601109.7866030
Medium and Large 2448106.1047525
Medium and Large 342693.6539944
One grade step is worth $16.13/cwt here — about $261 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
101.68
—
GA average16 barns · 1,363 hd
104.79
−3.11
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—Average1,85379.061,4659thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33846.5562326
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42045.006391thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06436.2038513

Every lot

57 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1363151.65/cwt150.00–155.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 3369122.64/cwt120.00–130.004534
Steers—Medium and Large 2428124.94/cwt120.00–130.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 3436110.74/cwt110.00–112.004834
Steers—Medium and Large 2452115.99/cwt113.00–120.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 1518126.24/cwt125.00–130.006544
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3307101.63/cwt100.00–105.003123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332117.52/cwt117.00–120.003906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375123.71/cwt122.00–126.004643
Heifers—Medium and Large 337593.76/cwt90.00–100.0035212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383111.01/cwt105.00–115.004254
Heifers—Medium and Large 341495.63/cwt90.00–100.0039617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423103.80/cwt102.00–108.004394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425121.76/cwt117.00–127.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480100.51/cwt100.00–101.004822
Heifers—Medium and Large 348589.23/cwt87.00–90.004334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518108.10/cwt104.00–112.005602
Heifers—Medium and Large 352190.00/cwt87.00–93.004695
Heifers—Medium and Large 252999.23/cwt97.00–102.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550118.00/cwt118.00–118.006491
Heifers—Medium and Large 258098.05/cwt95.00–100.005695
Heifers—Medium and Large 358586.01/cwt84.00–89.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626104.18/cwt100.00–110.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added650126.00/cwt126.00–126.008191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664104.95/cwt100.00–107.006975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727102.30/cwt97.00–106.007443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added733110.50/cwt110.00–111.008102
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3230129.25/cwt127.00–130.002974
Bulls—Medium and Large 3257121.75/cwt120.00–125.003133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315133.61/cwt130.00–137.004212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332140.00/cwt140.00–140.004653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367140.32/cwt137.00–142.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373108.34/cwt105.00–112.004042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383126.87/cwt120.00–130.004863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413127.00/cwt127.00–127.005252
Bulls—Medium and Large 3434108.75/cwt105.00–110.004728
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478111.60/cwt110.00–118.005336
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519106.52/cwt104.00–113.005537
Bulls—Medium and Large 356389.04/cwt87.00–91.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 256898.76/cwt95.00–104.005618
Bulls—Medium and Large 262495.53/cwt94.00–99.005966
Bulls—Medium and Large 268094.49/cwt94.00–95.006432
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,79872.45/cwt72.00–73.001,3032
Bulls——1,83679.77/cwt77.00–82.001,4655
Bulls——1,95083.88/cwt83.00–85.001,6362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04633.31/cwt30.00–36.003488
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09440.82/cwt39.00–44.004475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16841.42/cwt40.00–43.004845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36446.97/cwt43.00–50.0064118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42045.00/cwt45.00–45.006391
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46752.61/cwt52.00–54.007723
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-271070.00/cwt70.00–70.004971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,01556.00/cwt56.00–56.005681
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,07059.00/cwt59.00–59.006311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,32854.52/cwt54.00–55.007242
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,203661.33/cwt625.00–700.007,9564

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.