Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-08-18

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 18
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 293▲ 155 vs year ago 325 · +47.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 27▼ 3 vs year ago 60 · −5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 7▲ 1 vs year ago 8 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls,feeder steers, heifers, bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.38/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −82.94 against this barn's trailing median of $209.32.
Average price
$126.38
109 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.70
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1379156.1659214thin
Medium and Large 2448132.6259539
Medium and Large 3493114.5956556
One grade step is worth $41.58/cwt here — about $27 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 sale109 hd
126.38
—
GA average17 barns · 1,448 hd
122.68
+3.70
This barn, trailing median2 sales
209.32
−82.94
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—Low1,41080.001,1281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30168.1588735
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40757.998163thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07851.9956014

Every lot

84 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3323144.96/cwt140.00–150.004682
Steers—Medium and Large 2360153.24/cwt150.00–160.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 1370170.68/cwt170.00–172.006323
Steers—Medium and Large 3373140.00/cwt140.00–140.005222
Steers—Medium and Large 3408128.31/cwt125.00–130.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added410167.00/cwt167.00–167.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 1411159.44/cwt155.00–162.006555
Steers—Medium and Large 2424140.92/cwt135.00–145.005988
Steers—Medium and Large 3459122.47/cwt120.00–127.005624
Steers—Medium and Large 1463148.05/cwt144.00–152.0068510
Steers—Medium and Large 2475135.59/cwt130.00–140.006449
Steers—Medium and Large 1510136.90/cwt135.00–140.0069810
Steers—Medium and Large 3515118.71/cwt115.00–120.006114
Steers—Medium and Large 2524129.27/cwt124.00–134.006777
Steers—Medium and Large 1569126.67/cwt125.00–130.007217
Steers—Medium and Large 3570112.41/cwt110.00–115.006412
Steers—Medium and Large 2575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 2612119.05/cwt115.00–122.007293
Steers—Medium and Large 1613124.67/cwt124.00–125.007643
Steers—Medium and Large 3615111.69/cwt110.00–114.006873
Steers—Medium and Large 2660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1715119.00/cwt119.00–119.008511
Steers—Medium and Large 2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3238136.71/cwt135.00–140.003253
Heifers—Medium and Large 3263135.63/cwt135.00–137.003573
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315111.02/cwt110.00–112.003502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2337131.33/cwt130.00–132.004433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340136.00/cwt135.00–137.004622
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365111.16/cwt107.00–115.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369132.86/cwt130.00–137.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380120.99/cwt120.00–122.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424126.36/cwt125.00–131.005367
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428110.98/cwt107.00–115.004752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430119.57/cwt117.00–120.005147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458119.50/cwt119.00–120.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468116.25/cwt115.00–118.005444
Heifers—Medium and Large 3471108.90/cwt105.00–110.005139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2508113.59/cwt110.00–118.0057712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521123.29/cwt120.00–127.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530105.00/cwt105.00–105.005571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562121.52/cwt117.00–124.006836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578109.62/cwt108.00–110.006345
Heifers—Medium and Large 3590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 361594.96/cwt90.00–100.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620119.06/cwt115.00–123.007383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655105.50/cwt105.00–106.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680110.55/cwt107.00–116.007523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705108.00/cwt108.00–108.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 271090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1205180.00/cwt180.00–180.003691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2220170.00/cwt170.00–170.003741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2260170.00/cwt170.00–170.004422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270178.44/cwt177.00–180.004822
Bulls—Medium and Large 3290142.00/cwt142.00–142.004121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2311152.89/cwt150.00–160.004757
Bulls—Medium and Large 3319137.02/cwt130.00–140.004375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335162.57/cwt160.00–165.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368159.62/cwt157.00–162.005872
Bulls—Medium and Large 3369120.40/cwt120.00–122.004445
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382149.96/cwt145.00–155.005733
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422118.64/cwt115.00–121.005019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427149.00/cwt142.00–152.006365
Bulls—Medium and Large 2436135.92/cwt130.00–140.005935
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478124.39/cwt122.00–130.005957
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483116.56/cwt110.00–120.0056313
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528108.38/cwt100.00–110.005726
Bulls—Medium and Large 2531116.10/cwt113.00–120.006169
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 3575104.52/cwt100.00–109.006018
Bulls—Medium and Large 3607105.68/cwt104.00–108.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623109.39/cwt109.00–110.006815
Bulls—Medium and Large 3683105.00/cwt105.00–105.007173
Bulls—Medium and Large 372795.39/cwt90.00–100.006933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,41080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04066.97/cwt66.00–68.006962
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07145.86/cwt45.00–47.004917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10254.59/cwt51.00–58.006025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28963.97/cwt60.00–67.0082514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30056.00/cwt56.00–56.007281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30359.48/cwt59.00–60.007752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31071.68/cwt69.00–76.0093920
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61555.00/cwt55.00–55.008881
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3870800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,9602

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.