Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2023-08-01

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 1
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
273 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 324▼ 77 vs year ago 350 · −22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 42▼ 15 vs year ago 42 · −35.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 20▼ 9 vs year ago 15 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls unevenly steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher 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 $217.22/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$217.22
95 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,016
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.08
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476222.751,06154
Medium and Large 2459213.7598230
Medium and Large 3450199.5189711thin
One grade step is worth $23.24/cwt here — about $164 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 sale95 hd
217.22
—
GA average15 barns · 1,483 hd
211.14
+6.08
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—Average1,649120.331,9843thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,460104.721,52813
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08991.4299511

Every lot

69 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3258244.85/cwt240.00–250.006322
Steers—Medium and Large 2310260.00/cwt260.00–260.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 2395262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0351
Steers—Medium and Large 1408261.78/cwt260.00–267.001,0684
Steers—Medium and Large 2433252.54/cwt250.00–255.001,0932
Steers—Medium and Large 2473242.41/cwt240.00–245.001,1472
Steers—Medium and Large 1481254.19/cwt250.00–257.001,2234
Steers—Medium and Large 1509251.22/cwt245.00–255.001,2794
Steers—Medium and Large 2510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2241
Steers—Medium and Large 3526227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1947
Steers—Medium and Large 2564230.32/cwt227.00–235.001,2996
Steers—Medium and Large 1570242.50/cwt240.00–245.001,3822
Steers—Medium and Large 3590202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,1921
Steers—Medium and Large 1615235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4451
Steers—Medium and Large 2623217.18/cwt212.00–222.001,3532
Steers—Medium and Large 3630185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1661
Steers—Medium and Large 2660220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4521
Steers—Medium and Large 1723223.46/cwt220.00–227.001,6162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265247.00/cwt247.00–247.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1307246.74/cwt240.00–250.007573
Heifers—Medium and Large 3320216.00/cwt212.00–220.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330230.00/cwt230.00–230.007591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added358255.33/cwt252.00–257.009143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369225.18/cwt220.00–230.008318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373239.08/cwt235.00–242.008923
Heifers—Medium and Large 3384210.15/cwt205.00–215.008074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added400245.00/cwt245.00–245.009801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422229.25/cwt225.00–232.009679
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430210.00/cwt210.00–210.009033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added455232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461223.95/cwt220.00–230.001,0327
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470200.00/cwt200.00–200.009401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479212.93/cwt210.00–215.001,02010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508211.91/cwt210.00–215.001,07716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528204.01/cwt200.00–205.001,0775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556210.51/cwt210.00–212.001,1704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570203.41/cwt200.00–207.001,1592
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575180.50/cwt180.00–182.001,0384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608210.99/cwt210.00–212.001,2832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2635195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720196.86/cwt192.00–202.001,4172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3295247.00/cwt247.00–247.007291
Bulls—Medium and Large 3310244.84/cwt240.00–250.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323259.23/cwt255.00–265.008373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368253.45/cwt252.00–255.009332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415230.00/cwt230.00–230.009551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425219.94/cwt215.00–225.009352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1041
Bulls—Medium and Large 3482220.70/cwt220.00–225.001,06413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2534219.39/cwt217.00–220.001,1725
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617212.39/cwt210.00–215.001,3105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623203.43/cwt200.00–207.001,2672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2660200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1695207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2745180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,620113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,8311
Bulls——1,663124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,0622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07385.53/cwt80.00–89.009185
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10296.33/cwt92.00–99.001,0626
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28196.12/cwt95.00–98.001,2315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,536114.94/cwt110.00–119.001,7655
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,630102.00/cwt100.00–106.001,6633
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2910103.00/cwt103.00–103.009371

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.