Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-09-29

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 29
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
454 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 390▲ 96 vs year ago 358 · +26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 69▼ 13 vs year ago 69 · −18.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 30▲ 7 vs year ago 10 · +70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 10.00 to 12.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bull calves steady 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 $125.67/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$125.67
91 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.34
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613127.8278355
Medium and Large 2509127.0064626
Medium and Large 3546110.4060310thin
One grade step is worth $17.42/cwt here — about $180 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 sale91 hd
125.67
—
GA average16 barns · 945 hd
127.01
−1.34
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—Average1,49577.101,1533thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34751.0568820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48549.007282thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11945.0650413

Every lot

73 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 3395127.00/cwt127.00–127.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 2440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006251
Steers—Medium and Large 1453138.99/cwt138.00–140.006302
Steers—Medium and Large 2465132.87/cwt129.00–136.0061815
Steers—Medium and Large 3470122.58/cwt120.00–125.005762
Steers—Medium and Large 2519118.58/cwt115.00–120.006155
Steers—Medium and Large 1535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006966
Steers—Medium and Large 1567129.72/cwt124.00–130.0073621
Steers—Medium and Large 3568106.36/cwt100.00–109.006045
Steers—Medium and Large 3605105.00/cwt105.00–105.006351
Steers—Medium and Large 2620109.00/cwt109.00–109.006761
Steers—Medium and Large 1664126.00/cwt126.00–126.0083722
Steers—Medium and Large 368095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
Steers—Medium and Large 2725109.00/cwt109.00–109.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 2763105.50/cwt105.00–106.008052
Steers—Medium and Large 1766119.00/cwt119.00–119.009124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3290110.00/cwt110.00–110.003191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315122.00/cwt122.00–122.003841
Heifers—Medium and Large 3343112.48/cwt110.00–115.003862
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373112.42/cwt110.00–115.004192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385119.70/cwt117.00–122.004613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1396126.00/cwt126.00–126.004994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414114.00/cwt112.00–117.004727
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433104.80/cwt100.00–110.004546
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471111.91/cwt110.00–115.005275
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476102.74/cwt100.00–105.0048911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482120.00/cwt120.00–120.005789
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517107.32/cwt104.00–110.005553
Heifers—Medium and Large 351998.25/cwt95.00–102.005105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558115.33/cwt112.00–120.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 357095.50/cwt95.00–96.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590107.00/cwt107.00–107.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 360090.00/cwt90.00–90.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615105.50/cwt105.00–107.006494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660102.00/cwt102.00–102.006731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3215130.00/cwt130.00–130.002801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
Bulls—Medium and Large 3260130.00/cwt130.00–130.003381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320126.51/cwt120.00–130.004053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325147.00/cwt147.00–147.004781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360152.00/cwt152.00–152.005471
Bulls—Medium and Large 3360124.20/cwt120.00–130.004474
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380136.41/cwt132.00–142.005183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2403128.31/cwt125.00–130.005173
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417114.43/cwt110.00–120.004779
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423140.96/cwt137.00–147.005964
Bulls—Medium and Large 1452135.68/cwt132.00–140.006133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473119.65/cwt115.00–125.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 3484109.96/cwt105.00–115.005327
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520111.54/cwt107.00–117.0058011
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533100.61/cwt95.00–105.005368
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562119.00/cwt119.00–119.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569110.75/cwt110.00–112.006304
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573100.43/cwt95.00–105.005754
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625103.64/cwt102.00–105.006483
Bulls—Medium and Large 363092.00/cwt92.00–92.005801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660100.00/cwt100.00–100.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 371593.01/cwt92.00–94.006652
Bulls—Medium and Large 376590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 277094.00/cwt94.00–94.007241
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48071.15/cwt70.00–72.001,0532
Bulls——1,52589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,3571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08642.17/cwt40.00–45.004588
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17149.68/cwt46.00–52.005825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31347.04/cwt46.00–48.006185
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35852.39/cwt50.00–55.0071115
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43050.00/cwt50.00–50.007151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54048.00/cwt48.00–48.007391
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-376359.15/cwt54.00–64.004512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,04064.00/cwt64.00–64.006661
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,065775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,2542

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.