Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2022-07-26

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 26
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
259 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 278▼ 70 vs year ago 329 · −21.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 114▲ 17 vs year ago 50 · +34.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 15▲ 11 vs year ago 13 · +84.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 6.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower 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 $140.85/cwt on 69 head.
Average price
$140.85
69 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.95
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494144.8171532
Medium and Large 2405142.0257623
Medium and Large 3411129.8753414thin
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about $182 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 sale69 hd
140.85
—
GA average15 barns · 1,395 hd
137.90
+2.95
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—Average1,45089.481,2977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28873.1794223
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64572.001,1841thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96057.6755320

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,220$9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)825$6751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)853$5752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$7002thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1391180.00/cwt180.00–180.007045
Steers—Medium and Large 3400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1425177.00/cwt177.00–177.007521
Steers—Medium and Large 3465150.27/cwt145.00–154.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 1466176.00/cwt176.00–176.008204
Steers—Medium and Large 1501168.00/cwt168.00–168.0084213
Steers—Medium and Large 2530157.00/cwt157.00–157.008321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3200140.00/cwt140.00–140.002801
Heifers—Medium and Large 3268141.32/cwt140.00–142.003793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280148.98/cwt148.00–150.004172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323146.89/cwt145.00–149.004744
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370152.00/cwt152.00–152.005621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371145.53/cwt140.00–150.005408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415145.00/cwt144.00–146.006023
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418132.06/cwt129.00–135.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428148.01/cwt147.00–150.006337
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465135.00/cwt135.00–135.006282
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475125.03/cwt122.00–128.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481146.60/cwt146.00–152.0070515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512133.26/cwt130.00–139.006823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532145.64/cwt141.00–150.007756
Heifers—Medium and Large 3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610108.00/cwt108.00–108.006591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2795112.00/cwt112.00–112.008901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3235174.00/cwt174.00–174.004091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2260181.92/cwt180.00–184.004732
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283170.92/cwt167.00–175.004846
Bulls—Medium and Large 2321176.64/cwt172.00–178.005678
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330183.29/cwt182.00–188.006057
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368178.47/cwt177.00–182.006574
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370165.00/cwt165.00–165.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 3375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400178.00/cwt178.00–178.007122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425154.19/cwt152.00–157.006554
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425143.85/cwt140.00–147.006115
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481147.36/cwt143.00–150.007096
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500144.00/cwt144.00–144.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573137.01/cwt135.00–139.007852
Bulls—Medium and Large 3590127.00/cwt127.00–127.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655137.00/cwt137.00–137.008972
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 3680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
Bulls—Medium and Large 2765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42892.98/cwt92.00–94.001,3283
Bulls——1,46686.86/cwt84.00–90.001,2734
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92953.19/cwt50.00–56.004948
Cows—Lean 85-90%98060.65/cwt57.00–64.0059412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18366.07/cwt64.00–69.007826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23183.28/cwt81.00–86.001,0254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35473.34/cwt70.00–77.0099313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1841
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3825675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3853575.00/head575.00–575.005752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3935700.00/head700.00–700.007002

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.