Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-02-01

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 1
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
492 head
▲ 292 vs last sale 200▲ 233 vs year ago 259 · +90.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 91▲ 55 vs year ago 55 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 5.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 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 $142.20/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$142.20
168 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.83
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503147.43742102
Medium and Large 2456137.7762836
Medium and Large 3386129.7150130
One grade step is worth $17.72/cwt here — about $241 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 sale168 hd
142.20
—
GA average15 barns · 1,941 hd
138.37
+3.83
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—High1,745109.671,91414
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32774.7899348
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03863.5766023

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2333191.02/cwt190.00–192.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 2375177.23/cwt177.00–180.0066513
Steers—Medium and Large 1377201.74/cwt200.00–204.007617
Steers—Medium and Large 2410170.00/cwt170.00–170.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 1423194.47/cwt194.00–195.008232
Steers—Medium and Large 3443166.51/cwt165.00–168.007382
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added460187.00/cwt187.00–187.008601
Steers—Medium and Large 1465176.94/cwt174.00–182.0082326
Steers—Medium and Large 2488170.50/cwt170.00–171.008322
Steers—Medium and Large 1503169.99/cwt168.00–174.008553
Steers—Medium and Large 2508158.02/cwt155.00–160.008033
Steers—Medium and Large 3510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
Steers—Medium and Large 2560151.51/cwt151.00–153.008484
Steers—Medium and Large 3568140.32/cwt138.00–143.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 1578157.93/cwt157.00–158.0091314
Steers—Medium and Large 1610150.97/cwt148.00–155.009213
Steers—Medium and Large 2645140.00/cwt140.00–140.009033
Steers—Medium and Large 1672149.33/cwt144.00–150.001,0039
Steers—Medium and Large 2702135.00/cwt135.00–135.009482
Steers—Medium and Large 1723145.35/cwt144.00–146.001,0513
Steers—Medium and Large 1760149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1321
Steers—Medium and Large 1822139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3210142.00/cwt142.00–142.002983
Heifers—Medium and Large 3274140.07/cwt135.00–145.003844
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278146.95/cwt146.00–148.004092
Heifers—Medium and Large 3312134.48/cwt130.00–140.004207
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322146.26/cwt143.00–148.004713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333159.76/cwt154.00–161.0053213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376158.97/cwt154.00–162.005986
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382132.41/cwt129.00–138.005063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384143.47/cwt140.00–150.005517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409149.63/cwt145.00–152.0061211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422141.14/cwt140.00–143.005965
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428127.95/cwt124.00–132.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468138.26/cwt133.00–142.006477
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472151.46/cwt147.00–154.0071517
Heifers—Medium and Large 3478124.46/cwt122.00–127.005952
Heifers—Medium and Large 3504117.24/cwt116.00–121.005914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519133.79/cwt130.00–139.006945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539147.43/cwt140.00–150.0079521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2557128.30/cwt125.00–132.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 3569116.17/cwt110.00–119.006614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572139.35/cwt137.00–142.0079711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added602149.00/cwt149.00–149.008977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616134.97/cwt130.00–140.0083111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2627126.09/cwt122.00–128.007913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665130.00/cwt130.00–130.008652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680117.00/cwt117.00–117.007961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777124.00/cwt124.00–124.009632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3225176.00/cwt176.00–176.003961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245210.00/cwt210.00–210.005151
Bulls—Medium and Large 3270174.04/cwt172.00–176.004702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1283201.06/cwt196.00–206.005695
Bulls—Medium and Large 3319167.71/cwt167.00–170.005354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331198.43/cwt197.00–200.006577
Bulls—Medium and Large 2340178.50/cwt175.00–182.006072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373194.80/cwt190.00–198.007276
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380176.99/cwt175.00–180.006734
Bulls—Medium and Large 3383160.94/cwt158.00–164.006162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415158.68/cwt157.00–160.006593
Bulls—Medium and Large 3422146.13/cwt144.00–150.006175
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435172.56/cwt170.00–175.007512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468165.96/cwt165.00–167.007772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478156.54/cwt154.00–159.007484
Bulls—Medium and Large 3483141.66/cwt140.00–143.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505158.00/cwt158.00–158.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2545150.00/cwt150.00–150.008181
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675116.00/cwt116.00–116.007831
Bulls—Medium and Large 3755109.00/cwt109.00–109.008231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,724106.32/cwt102.00–109.001,8339
Bulls——1,783115.69/cwt113.00–120.002,0635
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99462.42/cwt58.00–65.0062010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05352.38/cwt50.00–56.005524
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07969.82/cwt68.00–71.007539
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27381.28/cwt80.00–83.001,0359
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32068.06/cwt65.00–71.0089814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35176.20/cwt72.00–79.001,02925

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.