Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-05-19

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, May 19
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 107 vs last sale 192▼ 99 vs year ago 398 · −24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 65▼ 45 vs year ago 106 · −42.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 17 · −58.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 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 $120.09/cwt on 83 head.
Average price
$120.09
83 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.22
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484124.0260037
Medium and Large 2411121.6350031
Medium and Large 3473107.1950715thin
One grade step is worth $16.83/cwt here — about $93 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 sale83 hd
120.09
—
GA average17 barns · 1,815 hd
117.87
+2.22
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—Average1,57991.251,4419thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34865.4088134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,17065.007612thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14350.155738thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
Steers—Medium and Large 1368150.97/cwt150.00–152.005562
Steers—Medium and Large 2385147.00/cwt147.00–147.005661
Steers—Medium and Large 3393132.48/cwt130.00–135.005212
Steers—Medium and Large 1430149.59/cwt147.00–152.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 3430125.06/cwt120.00–130.005382
Steers—Medium and Large 2435140.20/cwt137.00–142.006105
Steers—Medium and Large 2472133.39/cwt130.00–140.0063010
Steers—Medium and Large 3485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
Steers—Medium and Large 2503124.89/cwt122.00–130.006287
Steers—Medium and Large 3508118.00/cwt118.00–118.005992
Steers—Medium and Large 1515137.22/cwt136.00–140.007075
Steers—Medium and Large 1555126.00/cwt126.00–126.006991
Steers—Medium and Large 2568121.60/cwt119.00–125.006915
Steers—Medium and Large 3573112.81/cwt110.00–116.006464
Steers—Medium and Large 1611120.99/cwt120.00–122.007394
Steers—Medium and Large 2615115.00/cwt115.00–115.007071
Steers—Medium and Large 1650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 3678102.92/cwt100.00–106.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 1740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
Steers—Medium and Large 1760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009121
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215160.00/cwt160.00–160.003442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230141.00/cwt140.00–142.003242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260144.45/cwt142.00–147.003762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275132.21/cwt130.00–137.003644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319130.39/cwt130.00–132.004165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373133.83/cwt130.00–139.004995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425120.26/cwt119.00–122.005114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3429113.87/cwt110.00–115.004897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435128.02/cwt125.00–130.005574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466117.69/cwt115.00–120.005487
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468105.34/cwt100.00–110.004935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478121.66/cwt121.00–122.005823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added505131.00/cwt131.00–131.006621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523110.26/cwt108.00–112.005777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528117.85/cwt116.00–119.006226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572111.59/cwt109.00–118.006388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580106.00/cwt106.00–106.006151
Heifers—Medium and Large 358594.71/cwt90.00–97.005543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added593121.50/cwt121.00–122.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612116.33/cwt115.00–117.007123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3220140.00/cwt140.00–140.003081
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230154.61/cwt152.00–157.003562
Bulls—Medium and Large 2274148.94/cwt145.00–150.004085
Bulls—Medium and Large 3295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1305165.00/cwt165.00–165.005031
Bulls—Medium and Large 2313144.34/cwt140.00–150.004524
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330139.00/cwt139.00–139.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2362142.01/cwt140.00–145.005146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373153.43/cwt150.00–157.005722
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424147.20/cwt145.00–150.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433131.03/cwt130.00–132.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472132.42/cwt130.00–137.006255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488122.51/cwt120.00–125.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 3512104.98/cwt100.00–110.005373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519118.92/cwt114.00–123.0061712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520133.93/cwt132.00–137.006964
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579113.31/cwt110.00–116.006566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595118.00/cwt118.00–118.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 361597.48/cwt95.00–100.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2668100.00/cwt100.00–100.006682
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41184.02/cwt82.00–85.001,1864
Bulls——1,68694.04/cwt91.00–97.001,5864
Bulls——1,820109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,9841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10557.00/cwt55.00–59.006302
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15647.87/cwt44.00–50.005536
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17065.00/cwt65.00–65.007612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22953.89/cwt50.00–57.006626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31365.25/cwt61.00–68.0085718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48172.56/cwt69.00–76.001,07510
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,03066.00/cwt66.00–66.006801
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,28054.00/cwt54.00–54.006911
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3101,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0014,0832

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.