Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2020-10-27

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 27
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
332 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 271▼ 5 vs year ago 337 · −1.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 40▼ 15 vs year ago 89 · −16.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 16▲ 4 vs year ago 11 · +36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 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 $114.40/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$114.40
87 head · 429 lb average
Value per head Derived
$491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.33
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1483117.3956827
Medium and Large 2401115.3746349
Medium and Large 3422102.7343411thin
One grade step is worth $14.66/cwt here — about $134 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 sale87 hd
114.40
—
GA average15 barns · 891 hd
108.07
+6.33
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—Low1,48375.751,1239thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35358.8379644
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09646.9051411

Every lot

76 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 3233140.00/cwt140.00–140.003262
Steers—Medium and Large 3265137.00/cwt137.00–137.003632
Steers—Medium and Large 3335130.00/cwt130.00–130.004361
Steers—Medium and Large 2373133.57/cwt130.00–137.004982
Steers—Medium and Large 3382119.00/cwt117.00–120.004553
Steers—Medium and Large 1405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
Steers—Medium and Large 2405137.00/cwt137.00–137.005552
Steers—Medium and Large 3405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004461
Steers—Medium and Large 1451141.00/cwt141.00–141.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 2455130.00/cwt130.00–130.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 3470111.17/cwt107.00–115.005222
Steers—Medium and Large 1518128.39/cwt125.00–130.006653
Steers—Medium and Large 3555103.96/cwt100.00–108.005772
Steers—Medium and Large 1557126.37/cwt120.00–130.007043
Steers—Medium and Large 2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Steers—Medium and Large 1600114.00/cwt114.00–114.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 2618109.49/cwt109.00–110.006772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3228117.31/cwt115.00–120.002672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230127.35/cwt125.00–130.002933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1238137.42/cwt135.00–140.003272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2269125.25/cwt122.00–130.003375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2304122.46/cwt120.00–125.003727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310132.00/cwt132.00–132.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362119.71/cwt115.00–125.0043311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378103.48/cwt100.00–110.003913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419122.74/cwt122.00–125.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426113.38/cwt110.00–115.004838
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438102.54/cwt100.00–105.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469109.22/cwt107.00–110.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472116.17/cwt112.00–120.0054810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3485100.00/cwt100.00–100.004851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 352097.45/cwt95.00–100.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533104.40/cwt102.00–105.005565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553115.15/cwt110.00–116.006377
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565102.48/cwt100.00–105.005792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608100.00/cwt100.00–100.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 365585.00/cwt85.00–85.005571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 175589.00/cwt89.00–89.006721
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3225137.61/cwt135.00–140.003102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240143.53/cwt142.00–145.003442
Bulls—Medium and Large 3260124.81/cwt120.00–130.003254
Bulls—Medium and Large 2284137.38/cwt135.00–140.003905
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320153.45/cwt152.00–155.004912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324132.49/cwt130.00–135.004298
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330121.25/cwt120.00–125.004004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350142.00/cwt142.00–142.004971
Bulls—Medium and Large 3371118.93/cwt115.00–122.004417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390133.48/cwt132.00–135.005212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3418107.56/cwt102.00–110.004509
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426135.14/cwt130.00–137.005769
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470127.00/cwt127.00–127.005971
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473105.70/cwt100.00–110.005003
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478117.41/cwt115.00–120.005614
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520100.00/cwt100.00–100.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523117.00/cwt117.00–117.006122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523107.29/cwt105.00–110.005613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006222
Bulls—Medium and Large 357897.53/cwt95.00–100.005642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620109.42/cwt107.00–112.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625102.37/cwt100.00–105.006403
Bulls—Medium and Large 272595.00/cwt95.00–95.006892
Bulls—Medium and Large 377085.00/cwt85.00–85.006551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41472.34/cwt69.00–76.001,0236
Bulls——1,62082.57/cwt80.00–86.001,3383
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05243.35/cwt43.00–44.004563
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11348.23/cwt45.00–52.005378
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25952.79/cwt50.00–54.006658
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36158.53/cwt55.00–62.0079726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40664.45/cwt62.00–67.0090610
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-397071.40/cwt70.00–75.006933
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,12861.27/cwt54.00–70.006912

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.