Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-01-18

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 18
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 333▼ 285 vs year ago 586 · −48.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 88▲ 5 vs year ago 65 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 11▼ 9 vs year ago 27 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, bull calves 1.00 to 4.00 higher and replacement cow 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 $142.97/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$142.97
88 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.96
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462148.5768756
Medium and Large 2462137.1763421
Medium and Large 3442125.5455511thin
One grade step is worth $23.03/cwt here — about $132 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 sale88 hd
142.97
—
GA average14 barns · 1,607 hd
142.02
+0.96
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—Average1,53495.271,4615thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25476.4595835
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,59564.001,0211thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95960.6558219

Every lot

79 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3270175.19/cwt170.00–180.004732
Steers—Medium and Large 1315202.03/cwt200.00–206.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 3328177.04/cwt176.00–178.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 2340192.00/cwt192.00–192.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 2373181.41/cwt180.00–184.006773
Steers—Medium and Large 3380177.00/cwt177.00–177.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 3405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
Steers—Medium and Large 1420186.73/cwt182.00–190.007846
Steers—Medium and Large 2435172.49/cwt170.00–175.007504
Steers—Medium and Large 3458144.05/cwt140.00–150.006603
Steers—Medium and Large 1472176.21/cwt172.00–180.008329
Steers—Medium and Large 2480168.48/cwt167.00–170.008092
Steers—Medium and Large 2506147.00/cwt147.00–147.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 1523171.00/cwt170.00–172.008942
Steers—Medium and Large 1563171.42/cwt165.00–174.0096510
Steers—Medium and Large 2600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
Steers—Medium and Large 1615169.49/cwt169.00–170.001,0422
Steers—Medium and Large 3615129.02/cwt126.00–132.007932
Steers—Medium and Large 1668154.53/cwt146.00–156.001,0327
Steers—Medium and Large 3715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008721
Steers—Medium and Large 2731140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0234
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3242142.65/cwt140.00–146.003453
Heifers—Medium and Large 3260138.00/cwt138.00–138.003591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1271158.38/cwt157.00–162.004295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277150.64/cwt148.00–154.004173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330151.34/cwt150.00–152.004993
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368146.47/cwt145.00–148.005392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375152.62/cwt149.00–157.005725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390136.01/cwt135.00–137.005302
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412140.66/cwt140.00–142.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422151.89/cwt150.00–154.006419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471147.52/cwt145.00–151.0069511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476135.22/cwt130.00–140.006448
Heifers—Medium and Large 3505122.00/cwt122.00–122.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512147.11/cwt144.00–152.0075311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515134.00/cwt134.00–134.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555134.00/cwt134.00–134.007441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567143.57/cwt143.00–145.008149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605139.00/cwt139.00–139.008411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610112.00/cwt110.00–114.006832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615122.00/cwt122.00–122.007501
Heifers—Medium and Large 3670100.00/cwt100.00–100.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675136.00/cwt136.00–136.009182
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 370097.00/cwt97.00–97.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2740122.00/cwt122.00–122.009031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272203.12/cwt200.00–207.005523
Bulls—Medium and Large 3276169.84/cwt167.00–172.004694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325182.00/cwt182.00–182.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335193.09/cwt190.00–196.006472
Bulls—Medium and Large 3345148.00/cwt148.00–148.005111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368190.65/cwt190.00–192.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375178.99/cwt178.00–180.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1439178.06/cwt172.00–182.0078211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470172.39/cwt168.00–174.008105
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473143.38/cwt140.00–150.006783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475166.02/cwt165.00–167.007892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518167.00/cwt166.00–168.008653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558161.99/cwt160.00–164.009042
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573150.46/cwt146.00–154.008624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630139.00/cwt139.00–139.008761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009041
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675126.00/cwt126.00–126.008511
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675114.91/cwt112.00–118.007762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2775124.00/cwt124.00–124.009611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1611
Bulls——1,54395.45/cwt92.00–98.001,4733
Bulls——1,705103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7561
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93168.34/cwt66.00–70.006364
Cows—Lean 85-90%94361.26/cwt58.00–64.0057810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01453.28/cwt50.00–55.005405
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24474.64/cwt71.00–78.0092920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26581.67/cwt79.00–85.001,03312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27367.65/cwt64.00–70.008613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0211
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,130801.77/cwt775.00–825.009,0604
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,170850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,9451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,230975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,9931

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.