Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-05-11

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, May 11
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
212 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 285▲ 20 vs year ago 192 · +10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 83▲ 0 vs year ago 65 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 5.00 higher, 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 $118.57/cwt on 57 head.
Average price
$118.57
57 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.68
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482120.9258327
Medium and Large 2436118.6451726
Medium and Large 3499102.235104thin
One grade step is worth $18.69/cwt here — about $73 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 sale57 hd
118.57
—
GA average16 barns · 1,262 hd
119.25
−0.68
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—High1,69891.311,5507thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15266.6376822
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02356.7958114

Every lot

37 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473143.23/cwt142.00–146.006775
Steers—Medium and Large 1521136.00/cwt133.00–140.007094
Steers—Medium and Large 2523128.66/cwt128.00–130.006733
Steers—Medium and Large 1589132.02/cwt130.00–134.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1670129.73/cwt128.00–133.008694
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370128.98/cwt128.00–130.004773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370122.35/cwt120.00–124.004536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418121.06/cwt114.00–125.0050610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424125.71/cwt125.00–128.005337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468124.46/cwt122.00–127.005822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468115.38/cwt112.00–119.005405
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473105.97/cwt105.00–107.005012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509117.76/cwt115.00–124.005999
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517112.62/cwt110.00–115.005825
Heifers—Medium and Large 352598.49/cwt97.00–100.005172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570114.84/cwt111.00–118.006556
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2260147.00/cwt145.00–148.003823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323147.60/cwt142.00–152.004774
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360150.80/cwt148.00–154.005435
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385140.38/cwt136.00–145.005402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422150.85/cwt147.00–155.006376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426140.24/cwt139.00–142.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428127.01/cwt123.00–130.005443
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472139.71/cwt136.00–144.0065910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476130.77/cwt128.00–135.006225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515120.97/cwt118.00–124.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519112.16/cwt108.00–115.005826
Bulls—Medium and Large 2567105.59/cwt100.00–108.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615118.51/cwt117.00–120.007292
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0871
Bulls——1,69090.34/cwt88.00–92.001,5274
Bulls——1,90097.89/cwt96.00–100.001,8602
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99951.46/cwt49.00–54.005145
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03759.75/cwt56.00–63.006209
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12468.41/cwt65.00–72.0076916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22861.89/cwt60.00–63.007606
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0081,229.22/cwt1,075.00–1,350.0012,3912

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.