Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-01-14

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 14
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
366 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 349▲ 366 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 180▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 14▲ 9 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 1.00 higher, bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 1.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 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 $127.14/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$127.14
65 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.25
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502129.8865236
Medium and Large 2439125.0554923
Medium and Large 3352118.764186thin
One grade step is worth $11.12/cwt here — about $234 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 sale65 hd
127.14
—
GA average16 barns · 1,745 hd
125.89
+1.25
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—Average1,65769.571,1526thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35552.0970639
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10842.0846612

Every lot

47 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1387175.75/cwt172.00–180.006805
Steers—Medium and Large 3393146.49/cwt145.00–148.005762
Steers—Medium and Large 1410168.68/cwt165.00–172.006929
Steers—Medium and Large 3421136.23/cwt130.00–140.005744
Steers—Medium and Large 2435149.01/cwt147.00–150.006483
Steers—Medium and Large 1468158.51/cwt157.00–160.007422
Steers—Medium and Large 1504148.93/cwt145.00–155.0075111
Steers—Medium and Large 1555144.30/cwt142.00–149.0080114
Steers—Medium and Large 2588134.46/cwt131.00–138.007912
Steers—Medium and Large 2664125.99/cwt125.00–129.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 1679136.37/cwt136.00–139.009268
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3255116.02/cwt115.00–117.002962
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283134.73/cwt132.00–140.003813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323142.97/cwt140.00–145.004624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368137.33/cwt135.00–140.005053
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378122.62/cwt120.00–125.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390131.01/cwt130.00–132.005112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411130.39/cwt130.00–132.005365
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423117.63/cwt115.00–120.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427135.33/cwt135.00–137.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457133.91/cwt128.00–137.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471120.50/cwt120.00–122.005688
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513117.99/cwt115.00–120.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529124.01/cwt122.00–125.006569
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553120.00/cwt120.00–120.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555123.67/cwt122.00–124.006866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729124.00/cwt124.00–124.009045
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290171.02/cwt170.00–172.004962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1307176.63/cwt175.00–180.005423
Bulls—Medium and Large 3338157.44/cwt155.00–160.005322
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383160.41/cwt157.00–165.006144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1384173.78/cwt170.00–180.006674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420164.60/cwt162.00–170.006913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483142.49/cwt140.00–145.006882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533135.51/cwt130.00–138.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620117.96/cwt116.00–120.007313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61267.88/cwt65.00–71.001,0945
Bulls——1,88078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4661
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10838.60/cwt35.00–41.004287
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10946.96/cwt44.00–49.005215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21359.01/cwt58.00–60.007163
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35453.13/cwt50.00–57.0071927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40446.68/cwt45.00–48.006559
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,095600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,5702
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-380362.45/cwt60.00–65.005012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-385061.00/cwt61.00–61.005191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-286599.00/cwt99.00–99.008561

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.