Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-07-09

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 9
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 423▼ 155 vs year ago 565 · −27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 65▲ 14 vs year ago 66 · +21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 8▲ 9 vs year ago 18 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to market being closed for July 4th holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.50/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −141.57 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$239.50
10 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$9.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.02
vs GA average
−29.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523246.001,2872thin
Medium and Large 2539238.791,2885thin
Medium and Large 3540236.341,2763thin
One grade step is worth $9.66/cwt here — about $10 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 sale10 hd
239.50
—
GA average10 barns · 417 hd
251.51
−12.02
National average164 barns · 12,328 hd
268.86
−29.36
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−141.57
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—Low1,549174.162,6986thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,211139.241,68651
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,528136.082,0793thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low999110.611,10515

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)1,076$1,2905
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)990$1,2513thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290396.61/cwt395.00–400.001,1503
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360325.07/cwt320.00–330.001,1702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3363295.52/cwt280.00–310.001,0732
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382335.79/cwt332.00–337.001,2834
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432315.37/cwt312.00–317.001,3625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478312.29/cwt305.00–320.001,4936
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490290.00/cwt285.00–295.001,4212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3516244.65/cwt237.00–257.001,2626
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,6032
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3934
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5481
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220333.08/cwt330.00–340.007334
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1232361.64/cwt355.00–375.008395
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273315.14/cwt310.00–320.008604
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3273292.29/cwt285.00–300.007982
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278330.00/cwt330.00–330.009173
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1303320.00/cwt320.00–320.009702
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3310270.00/cwt260.00–280.008372
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323307.08/cwt300.00–310.009927
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358309.15/cwt301.00–320.001,10717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373282.52/cwt280.00–285.001,0542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3379266.20/cwt250.00–270.001,0095
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415260.12/cwt255.00–265.001,0794
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3418245.02/cwt240.00–250.001,0243
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420271.26/cwt270.00–280.001,13911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466260.71/cwt260.00–270.001,21514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469240.75/cwt230.00–245.001,1296
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473252.91/cwt250.00–255.001,1966
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2512240.66/cwt240.00–242.001,2323
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523246.00/cwt245.00–247.001,2872
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540236.34/cwt235.00–237.001,2763
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580235.99/cwt235.00–237.001,3692
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235337.61/cwt330.00–350.007934
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1238377.58/cwt370.00–385.008992
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1257378.44/cwt360.00–395.009733
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3273311.36/cwt295.00–320.008505
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0032
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320321.06/cwt320.00–325.001,0275
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0891
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3327303.47/cwt300.00–310.009923
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3362293.30/cwt280.00–305.001,0625
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365317.89/cwt310.00–325.001,1605
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379333.34/cwt330.00–337.001,2637
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409331.08/cwt327.00–335.001,35410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417299.22/cwt290.00–310.001,2486
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460270.11/cwt265.00–275.001,2432
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464286.69/cwt280.00–290.001,3307
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525276.45/cwt275.00–282.001,4516
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525261.63/cwt260.00–265.001,3743
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5401
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3565245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582253.99/cwt252.00–255.001,4783
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620251.35/cwt247.00–260.001,5584
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3640237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5171
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673238.51/cwt237.00–240.001,6052
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1703231.00/cwt230.00–232.001,6242
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3725215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5591
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,0881
Bulls——1,573184.37/cwt181.00–186.002,9003
Bulls——1,623167.43/cwt165.00–170.002,7172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%959113.80/cwt111.00–116.001,0918
Cows—Lean 85-90%980129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2641
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056103.28/cwt100.00–110.001,0916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180131.08/cwt126.00–135.001,54718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201140.20/cwt136.00–146.001,68423
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,289151.73/cwt148.00–156.001,95610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528136.08/cwt135.00–138.002,0793
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3805950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3890831.74/head750.00–900.008322
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0831,400.81/head1,350.00–1,450.001,4012
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,595.17/head1,400.00–1,675.001,5953

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.