Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-08-20

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Aug 20
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▼ 169 vs last sale 510▲ 41 vs year ago 300 · +13.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 80▲ 18 vs year ago 48 · +37.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 14▲ 14 vs year ago 15 · +93.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls , feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower, steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 10.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $217.95/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −163.12 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$217.95
37 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,174
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.00
vs GA average
−26.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529227.041,20218thin
Medium and Large 3548209.331,14719thin
One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $55 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 sale37 hd
217.95
—
GA average16 barns · 531 hd
228.94
−11.00
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−26.46
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−163.12
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—Low1,572167.072,6266thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,165146.331,70537
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,090118.861,29612

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)842$1,4193thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)990$1,5134thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3240315.00/cwt315.00–315.007561
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3280320.00/cwt320.00–320.008961
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3433273.69/cwt260.00–280.001,1854
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462280.38/cwt277.00–282.001,2953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468260.98/cwt257.00–265.001,2212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3519245.82/cwt235.00–250.001,2765
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3571233.92/cwt225.00–240.001,3368
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3614221.19/cwt217.00–227.001,3585
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4741
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3665220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4631
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3740200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2223327.47/cwt325.00–330.007302
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230280.00/cwt280.00–280.006441
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275320.00/cwt320.00–320.008801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275295.00/cwt295.00–295.008111
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3316250.13/cwt240.00–260.007905
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355275.00/cwt275.00–275.009761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369236.24/cwt225.00–240.008728
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385253.18/cwt247.00–255.009754
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410262.73/cwt260.00–265.001,0774
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418243.50/cwt240.00–250.001,0184
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3431229.99/cwt220.00–235.009917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465233.53/cwt232.00–235.001,0862
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3466219.60/cwt212.00–225.001,0238
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2508232.81/cwt225.00–234.001,18311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525210.14/cwt200.00–220.001,10310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563217.97/cwt215.00–222.001,2277
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3573208.44/cwt200.00–212.001,1949
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620203.68/cwt197.00–208.001,2638
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629214.58/cwt212.00–216.001,3507
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3651
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2652200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680186.81/cwt180.00–190.001,2703
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3740182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3471
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4541
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3231313.62/cwt300.00–320.007244
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3270282.27/cwt275.00–295.007624
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1277350.00/cwt350.00–350.009702
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2284322.56/cwt320.00–330.009164
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335270.15/cwt260.00–280.009052
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1356333.75/cwt330.00–335.001,1884
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1042
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3373256.61/cwt250.00–260.009573
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2408261.65/cwt260.00–265.001,0683
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3422238.08/cwt230.00–240.001,0055
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2453256.69/cwt250.00–260.001,1633
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3477230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0973
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3517225.75/cwt215.00–235.001,1675
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3576217.28/cwt210.00–225.001,25212
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3619204.38/cwt190.00–210.001,2657
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675202.52/cwt200.00–205.001,3672
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4102
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3735197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4481
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3750180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3501
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160151.80/cwt149.00–154.001,7612
Bulls——1,727172.28/cwt165.00–178.002,9753
Bulls——1,930182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,5131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%884126.72/cwt119.00–130.001,1204
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095138.13/cwt137.00–139.001,5132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,095131.69/cwt125.00–135.001,4427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133145.34/cwt138.00–150.001,64718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,226107.20/cwt102.00–114.001,3146
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254156.35/cwt151.00–160.001,96112
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38431,327.89/head1,250.00–1,400.001,3282
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-39651,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0151,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002

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.