Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-04-23

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 23
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 427▼ 18 vs year ago 446 · −4.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 71▼ 66 vs year ago 97 · −68.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 9▲ 27 vs year ago 19 · +142.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 9.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested steed and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, bull calves and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.61/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −135.45 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$245.61
24 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,302
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.70
vs GA average
−24.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526249.001,31014thin
Medium and Large 2536240.871,29010thin
One grade step is worth $8.13/cwt here — about $20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale24 hd
245.61
—
GA average15 barns · 486 hd
247.31
−1.70
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−24.58
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−135.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
435386338289median 381.0603/0304/2807/0709/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.72, low $302.94, median $381.06 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,704136.732,3305thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,132116.281,3166thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600116.001,8561thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,120106.151,18910

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)1,116$1,3837
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)967$1,1616
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)765$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)870$1,2002thin

Every lot

68 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3240320.00/cwt320.00–320.007681
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255360.00/cwt360.00–360.009181
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3305310.00/cwt310.00–310.009461
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,1734
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,1791
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1562
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2997
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412335.91/cwt335.00–337.001,38423
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3413300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2392
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3952
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474308.38/cwt304.00–311.001,46235
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3517248.91/cwt240.00–257.001,2873
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519286.62/cwt280.00–290.001,4889
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571278.48/cwt275.00–280.001,59010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575240.50/cwt232.00–250.001,3834
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5381
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3240298.30/cwt290.00–305.007163
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260308.04/cwt300.00–320.008013
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290283.75/cwt280.00–295.008234
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3321285.55/cwt280.00–290.009178
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366279.64/cwt270.00–287.001,0235
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3384260.13/cwt250.00–265.009994
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412272.53/cwt270.00–273.001,12319
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3422255.77/cwt245.00–260.001,07912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453268.51/cwt267.00–270.001,2162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470256.01/cwt255.00–265.001,20331
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3473247.90/cwt240.00–252.001,17311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517250.50/cwt250.00–252.001,29512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534241.30/cwt240.00–247.001,2899
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3041
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3775
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3742185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3732
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3245345.00/cwt345.00–345.008451
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250350.00/cwt350.00–350.008751
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3275335.00/cwt335.00–335.009211
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330306.36/cwt295.00–320.001,0114
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2342
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375303.87/cwt295.00–310.001,1404
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379324.85/cwt320.00–330.001,2314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423330.78/cwt322.00–335.001,3995
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425305.69/cwt305.00–307.001,2993
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430289.26/cwt285.00–297.001,2444
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3481270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2994
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4155
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3381
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577257.38/cwt255.00–258.001,4855
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5441
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2653215.98/cwt212.00–220.001,4102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480124.29/cwt117.00–130.001,8392
Bulls——1,775142.54/cwt140.00–145.002,5302
Bulls——2,010150.00/cwt150.00–150.003,0151
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,060110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1661
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,079107.96/cwt105.00–111.001,1658
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091115.92/cwt114.00–120.001,2654
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28398.91/cwt96.00–103.001,2692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,6931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3765900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39471,127.93/head900.00–1,225.001,1285
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0651,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1161,382.73/head1,325.00–1,450.001,3837
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-38701,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002

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.