Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-08-10

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 10
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
575 head
▲ 243 vs last sale 332▲ 282 vs year ago 293 · +96.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 70▲ 68 vs year ago 27 · +251.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 28▲ 6 vs year ago 7 · +85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 4.00 higher, slaughter cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.43/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$129.43
89 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.08
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469142.1766721
Medium and Large 2502125.9863231
Medium and Large 3427125.0953437
One grade step is worth $17.09/cwt here — about $133 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 sale89 hd
129.43
—
GA average14 barns · 1,511 hd
131.51
−2.08
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—Average1,46597.101,4235thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17170.4682525
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11056.5062715

Every lot

64 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1365198.03/cwt196.00–200.007232
Steers—Medium and Large 2368183.55/cwt180.00–188.006754
Steers—Medium and Large 1468163.89/cwt160.00–166.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 2470146.54/cwt140.00–150.006896
Steers—Medium and Large 3470137.33/cwt137.00–138.006453
Steers—Medium and Large 2512137.34/cwt134.00–140.007033
Steers—Medium and Large 1515153.43/cwt148.00–158.007907
Steers—Medium and Large 2560145.50/cwt143.00–148.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 3565137.32/cwt136.00–138.007763
Steers—Medium and Large 1611148.28/cwt144.00–150.009067
Steers—Medium and Large 2620133.33/cwt130.00–137.008273
Steers—Medium and Large 1660143.31/cwt140.00–145.009463
Steers—Medium and Large 2675134.98/cwt132.00–138.009112
Steers—Medium and Large 1713134.51/cwt133.00–136.009592
Steers—Medium and Large 1755128.50/cwt128.00–129.009702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3267139.16/cwt134.00–144.003723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268155.89/cwt152.00–160.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 3315145.32/cwt145.00–146.004583
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368135.98/cwt135.00–137.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376127.32/cwt122.00–130.004799
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423136.46/cwt132.00–140.005776
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423125.65/cwt120.00–130.005318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429145.80/cwt142.00–148.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464140.34/cwt140.00–142.006516
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476119.81/cwt115.00–124.005707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477126.53/cwt125.00–130.006049
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510113.50/cwt110.00–117.005792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520123.37/cwt120.00–130.006428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523138.65/cwt136.00–140.007253
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565114.33/cwt110.00–120.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580142.03/cwt138.00–146.008242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585130.53/cwt129.00–132.007642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615128.51/cwt127.00–130.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620107.54/cwt105.00–110.006672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665106.97/cwt105.00–110.007114
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265209.00/cwt208.00–210.005542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317191.96/cwt190.00–196.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320180.67/cwt178.00–182.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 3363170.38/cwt167.00–175.006186
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368176.41/cwt172.00–182.006494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371188.44/cwt184.00–194.006994
Bulls—Medium and Large 3408136.02/cwt132.00–140.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423166.99/cwt166.00–168.007062
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423149.34/cwt148.00–150.006323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460147.00/cwt145.00–148.006763
Bulls—Medium and Large 3464129.17/cwt125.00–135.005996
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478152.51/cwt150.00–155.007292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513143.48/cwt139.00–148.007362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3519124.83/cwt120.00–129.006489
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524129.80/cwt128.00–132.006806
Bulls—Medium and Large 2564125.51/cwt124.00–127.007084
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578119.45/cwt118.00–122.006904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2617122.29/cwt115.00–125.007556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623129.33/cwt129.00–130.008063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675126.51/cwt126.00–127.008542
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41394.18/cwt90.00–98.001,3313
Bulls——1,543101.48/cwt100.00–103.001,5662
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01761.75/cwt60.00–65.006285
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12966.30/cwt63.00–68.007498
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14771.54/cwt69.00–76.0082115
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15753.88/cwt50.00–56.0062310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2052
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28951,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0011,4111
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1501,007.77/cwt975.00–1,050.0011,5892

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.