Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-01-11

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 11
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 387▼ 121 vs year ago 454 · −26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 62▲ 19 vs year ago 69 · +27.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 14▲ 7 vs year ago 4 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady 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 $141.81/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$141.81
92 head · 423 lb average
Value per head Derived
$600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.15
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474147.8170047
Medium and Large 2379140.8653427
Medium and Large 3356127.5745418thin
One grade step is worth $20.24/cwt here — about $246 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 sale92 hd
141.81
—
GA average13 barns · 1,240 hd
137.66
+4.15
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—High1,49296.681,44212
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29873.8595935
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05656.9260123
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55555.008551thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3278172.05/cwt167.00–177.004782
Steers—Medium and Large 3337177.31/cwt175.00–179.005983
Steers—Medium and Large 3369172.52/cwt169.00–176.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 2393182.50/cwt182.00–183.007172
Steers—Medium and Large 2420175.00/cwt175.00–175.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 3420160.00/cwt160.00–160.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1427182.19/cwt179.00–186.007786
Steers—Medium and Large 1464181.63/cwt177.00–185.008438
Steers—Medium and Large 1526163.44/cwt160.00–168.008604
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added535172.00/cwt172.00–172.009201
Steers—Medium and Large 2550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007981
Steers—Medium and Large 1580160.00/cwt160.00–160.009281
Steers—Medium and Large 1720148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1200175.00/cwt175.00–175.003501
Heifers—Medium and Large 3225130.00/cwt130.00–130.002931
Heifers—Medium and Large 3278135.94/cwt130.00–140.003784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280148.98/cwt148.00–150.004172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320131.85/cwt130.00–137.004228
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332143.73/cwt140.00–147.0047713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374136.23/cwt134.00–138.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375150.40/cwt146.00–153.005649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416150.31/cwt144.00–153.0062514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2438140.00/cwt138.00–142.006134
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470117.59/cwt115.00–120.005533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475148.30/cwt146.00–150.007043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515108.00/cwt108.00–108.005561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519143.95/cwt140.00–148.007475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530132.98/cwt128.00–138.007054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added550151.00/cwt151.00–151.008311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572146.16/cwt144.00–148.0083610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585107.00/cwt107.00–107.006261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605141.54/cwt137.00–146.008562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715124.00/cwt124.00–124.008871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3235175.21/cwt170.00–180.004122
Bulls—Medium and Large 3284163.51/cwt160.00–170.004646
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285180.00/cwt180.00–180.005133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327179.41/cwt177.00–182.005878
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368153.43/cwt150.00–157.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371182.90/cwt180.00–190.006794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378169.90/cwt165.00–173.006429
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418172.06/cwt170.00–174.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423150.58/cwt149.00–152.006372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428181.02/cwt177.00–185.007752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470158.62/cwt156.00–160.007463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476167.02/cwt165.00–170.007954
Bulls—Medium and Large 3490147.00/cwt147.00–147.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515163.37/cwt159.00–168.008412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550159.00/cwt159.00–159.008751
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22588.52/cwt87.00–90.001,0842
Bulls——1,47396.35/cwt93.00–100.001,4198
Bulls——1,833106.17/cwt105.00–107.001,9462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01156.24/cwt53.00–60.0056913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07849.15/cwt45.00–51.005304
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13963.59/cwt61.00–68.007246
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26281.37/cwt78.00–85.001,02714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30766.09/cwt62.00–69.0086413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34773.32/cwt70.00–77.009888
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55555.00/cwt55.00–55.008551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,2501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-31,000575.00/cwt575.00–575.005,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,120880.02/cwt750.00–1,000.009,8564

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.