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Pulaski Co

Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2022-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 18

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937

← Oct 11Oct 18Oct 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

305 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 336▼ 87 vs year ago 392 · −22.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

68 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 49▲ 10 vs year ago 58 · +17.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer and bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.24/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$136.24

57 head · 444 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$11.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.77

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	143.56	682	19thin
Medium and Large 2	473	132.92	629	25
Medium and Large 3	345	131.93	455	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $227 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 sale57 hd

136.24

—

GA average15 barns · 2,179 hd

137.01

−0.77

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	—	Average	1,622	96.22	1,561	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	67.35	846	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	54.27	564	9thin

Every lot

30 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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	210	158.95/cwt	157.00–160.00	334	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	271	137.37/cwt	134.00–138.00	372	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	361	130.76/cwt	130.00–133.00	472	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	411	136.70/cwt	130.00–140.00	562	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	459	134.59/cwt	132.00–140.00	618	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	122.61/cwt	120.00–128.00	576	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	143.48/cwt	143.00–144.00	686	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	142.18/cwt	139.00–146.00	746	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	131.96/cwt	130.00–134.00	699	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	125.00/cwt	122.00–129.00	719	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	784	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	271	162.56/cwt	160.00–167.00	441	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	307	152.65/cwt	150.00–154.00	469	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	368	153.14/cwt	150.00–159.00	564	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	407	159.20/cwt	156.00–160.00	648	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	418	148.91/cwt	145.00–155.00	622	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	458	129.76/cwt	128.00–132.00	594	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	146.00/cwt	145.00–147.00	689	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	515	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	623	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	132.97/cwt	132.00–135.00	695	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	560	130.29/cwt	126.00–136.00	730	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	608	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	769	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,503	100.56/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,511	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,654	1
Bulls	—	—	1,758	87.98/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,547	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	56.24/cwt	52.00–59.00	561	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,123	50.33/cwt	48.00–53.00	565	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,142	65.66/cwt	62.00–69.00	750	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	56.93/cwt	56.00–58.00	691	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,419	74.68/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,060	4

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 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 305Last week 336Year ago 392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 49Year ago 58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	125.00–128.00	126.49
5	—	407	156.00–160.00	159.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	145.00–155.00	148.91
4	—	560	126.00–136.00	130.29
3	—	472	145.00–147.00	146.00
3	—	523	132.00–135.00	132.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	150.00–154.00	152.65
3	—	368	150.00–159.00	153.14
4	—	271	160.00–167.00	162.56
4	—	458	128.00–132.00	129.76
4	—	515	120.00–122.00	121.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	130.00–133.00	130.76
6	—	271	134.00–138.00	137.37
3	—	470	120.00–128.00	122.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	411	130.00–140.00	136.70
2	—	530	130.00–134.00	131.96
6	—	575	122.00–129.00	125.00
7	—	459	132.00–140.00	134.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	143.00–144.00	143.48
10	—	525	139.00–146.00	142.18
2	—	615	127.00–128.00	127.50
3	—	210	157.00–160.00	158.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	100.00–101.00	100.56
1	—	1,590	104.00	104.00
2	—	1,758	85.00–92.00	87.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,142	62.00–69.00	65.66
4	—	1,419	73.00–76.00	74.68
2	—	1,213	56.00–58.00	56.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	998	52.00–59.00	56.24
3	—	1,123	48.00–53.00	50.33

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.