Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2021-10-19

Pulaski Co

Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 19

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937

← Oct 12Oct 19Oct 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

392 head

▲ 80 vs last sale 312▲ 121 vs year ago 271 · +44.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

58 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 40▲ 18 vs year ago 40 · +45.0%

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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 lightly tested, heifer and bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.67/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −77.65 against this barn's trailing median of $209.32.

Average price

$131.67

36 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$599

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.97

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	136.20	680	5thin
Medium and Large 2	446	133.53	595	25
Medium and Large 3	457	120.14	549	6thin

One grade step is worth $16.06/cwt here — about $130 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 sale36 hd

131.67

—

GA average16 barns · 1,507 hd

122.69

+8.97

This barn, trailing median2 sales

209.32

−77.65

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,367	76.35	1,044	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,171	55.59	651	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	47.80	492	8thin

Every lot

35 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	146.65/cwt	144.00–148.00	774	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	128.03/cwt	126.00–130.00	721	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	123.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	760	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	136.02/cwt	134.00–138.00	853	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	128.97/cwt	124.00–134.00	862	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	124.02/cwt	122.00–128.00	455	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	117.04/cwt	114.00–120.00	433	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	131.01/cwt	130.00–132.00	544	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	121.95/cwt	116.00–125.00	516	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	108.95/cwt	105.00–111.00	474	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	118.00/cwt	113.00–123.00	555	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	478	110.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	113.81/cwt	109.00–115.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	118.04/cwt	116.00–120.00	614	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	108.37/cwt	105.00–115.00	616	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	618	95.48/cwt	91.00–100.00	590	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	675	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	329	147.02/cwt	142.00–152.00	484	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	371	141.06/cwt	135.00–145.00	523	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	375	131.44/cwt	130.00–133.00	493	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	426	135.98/cwt	134.00–138.00	579	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	128.63/cwt	126.00–132.00	598	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	120.50/cwt	117.00–124.00	566	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	674	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	507	125.33/cwt	124.00–126.00	635	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	133.00/cwt	132.00–134.00	682	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	527	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	572	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	125.01/cwt	122.00–127.00	713	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	114.00/cwt	110.00–118.00	695	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,290	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,032	1
Bulls	—	—	1,393	75.13/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,047	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	43.77/cwt	42.00–45.00	416	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,109	51.83/cwt	48.00–55.00	575	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,144	57.47/cwt	53.00–60.00	657	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	49.94/cwt	46.00–52.00	624	3

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Tue Oct 19, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 312Year ago 271

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 40Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	116.00–125.00	121.95
2	—	470	113.00–123.00	118.00
3	—	367	122.00–128.00	124.02
6	—	568	105.00–115.00	108.37
2	—	628	105.00–110.00	107.49
5	—	514	109.00–115.00	113.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	105.00–111.00	108.95
3	—	478	110.00–112.00	110.66
2	—	618	91.00–100.00	95.48
2	—	370	114.00–120.00	117.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	130.00–132.00	131.01
2	—	520	116.00–120.00	118.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	132.00–134.00	133.00
2	—	478	140.00–142.00	141.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	329	142.00–152.00	147.02
5	—	426	134.00–138.00	135.98
5	—	371	135.00–145.00	141.06
2	—	610	110.00–118.00	114.00
3	—	507	124.00–126.00	125.33
3	—	465	126.00–132.00	128.63
3	—	570	122.00–127.00	125.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	117.00–124.00	120.50
2	—	375	130.00–133.00	131.44
2	—	527	107.00–110.00	108.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	126.00–130.00	128.03
3	—	528	144.00–148.00	146.65
3	—	627	134.00–138.00	136.02
4	—	668	124.00–134.00	128.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	120.00–128.00	123.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,393	73.00–77.00	75.13
1	—	1,290	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,144	53.00–60.00	57.47
3	—	1,250	46.00–52.00	49.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,109	48.00–55.00	51.83
4	—	950	42.00–45.00	43.77

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.