Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-08-11

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 11
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 117 vs last sale 410▲ 76 vs year ago 217 · +35.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 75▼ 42 vs year ago 69 · −60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 20▼ 9 vs year ago 16 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 7.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.31/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$130.31
58 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$737
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$151
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.13
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524132.6969626
Medium and Large 3456130.2159410thin
Medium and Large 1664127.5584622
One grade step is worth $5.15/cwt here — about −$151 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 sale58 hd
130.31
—
GA average16 barns · 1,039 hd
134.44
−4.13
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—Low1,68180.701,3575thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,90061.001,1591thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35458.957989thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04149.825187thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
Steers—Medium and Large 2360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
Steers—Medium and Large 3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Steers—Medium and Large 3425133.29/cwt130.00–135.005663
Steers—Medium and Large 2432139.38/cwt137.00–140.006025
Steers—Medium and Large 1453140.33/cwt140.00–141.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 3470125.00/cwt125.00–125.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 2471134.06/cwt130.00–139.006314
Steers—Medium and Large 2506130.21/cwt129.00–135.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 3535121.81/cwt116.00–126.006524
Steers—Medium and Large 2583130.98/cwt130.00–132.007648
Steers—Medium and Large 1638132.00/cwt132.00–132.008425
Steers—Medium and Large 1669124.38/cwt124.00–125.008328
Steers—Medium and Large 2678122.00/cwt122.00–122.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 1749125.00/cwt125.00–125.009364
Steers—Medium and Large 1850115.00/cwt115.00–115.009782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2205140.00/cwt140.00–140.002871
Heifers—Medium and Large 3245132.00/cwt132.00–132.003231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295142.00/cwt142.00–142.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363128.38/cwt125.00–132.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365137.37/cwt135.00–139.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375117.00/cwt117.00–117.004391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405134.00/cwt134.00–134.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421112.93/cwt110.00–117.004754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433119.82/cwt118.00–121.005196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480119.51/cwt119.00–120.005742
Heifers—Medium and Large 3495115.00/cwt115.00–115.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513117.95/cwt115.00–120.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525109.70/cwt105.00–114.005763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572121.39/cwt119.00–126.006947
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655113.00/cwt113.00–113.007401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710114.00/cwt114.00–114.008091
Heifers—Medium and Large 275090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2260168.27/cwt165.00–170.004383
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305157.00/cwt157.00–157.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360165.00/cwt165.00–165.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360125.07/cwt120.00–130.004502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420148.46/cwt147.00–150.006242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2437133.96/cwt130.00–140.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 3440120.00/cwt120.00–120.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473117.43/cwt115.00–120.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475127.00/cwt127.00–127.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518112.98/cwt110.00–115.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519120.43/cwt117.00–122.0062514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573118.51/cwt118.00–119.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573107.88/cwt105.00–111.006187
Bulls—Medium and Large 3600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2638110.00/cwt110.00–110.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63576.80/cwt74.00–79.001,2563
Bulls——1,75086.55/cwt86.00–87.001,5152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02855.39/cwt54.00–57.005693
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05045.65/cwt43.00–50.004794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30159.91/cwt58.00–63.007797
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54055.58/cwt55.00–56.008562
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,90061.00/cwt61.00–61.001,1591
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,095750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,2132

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.