Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-11-05

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 5
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
349 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 457▼ 274 vs year ago 623 · −44.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 60▼ 29 vs year ago 59 · −49.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer calves steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.46/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −152.60 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$228.46
32 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,239
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.00
vs GA average
−29.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535231.951,24126
Medium and Large 3574213.331,2256thin
One grade step is worth $18.62/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale32 hd
228.46
—
GA average14 barns · 551 hd
221.46
+7.00
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−29.93
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−152.60
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—Average1,707142.202,4276thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,620119.541,9364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,277114.841,46610
CowsLean 85-90%High909105.319575thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1353324.01/cwt323.00–325.001,1442
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369313.35/cwt310.00–315.001,1563
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435297.50/cwt295.00–300.001,2942
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464284.37/cwt280.00–290.001,3193
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518268.51/cwt265.00–270.001,3918
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3562221.73/cwt215.00–225.001,2463
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313277.48/cwt275.00–280.008692
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375270.27/cwt268.00–275.001,0143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383256.03/cwt250.00–260.009815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3412231.05/cwt225.00–235.009523
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424241.53/cwt240.00–245.001,02410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436258.18/cwt250.00–260.001,1268
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482235.49/cwt233.00–240.001,1357
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530231.90/cwt231.00–240.001,22922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564232.25/cwt230.00–233.001,3104
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3574213.33/cwt210.00–215.001,2256
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3334304.91/cwt300.00–310.001,0184
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368318.79/cwt318.00–320.001,1735
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380294.85/cwt290.00–300.001,1203
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386306.64/cwt303.00–310.001,1846
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415290.73/cwt290.00–293.001,2074
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438282.55/cwt280.00–285.001,2385
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471269.90/cwt265.00–275.001,2714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515252.45/cwt250.00–255.001,3002
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563238.98/cwt238.00–240.001,3452
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620199.06/cwt195.00–203.001,2342
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670197.48/cwt195.00–200.001,3232
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,055120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2661
Bulls——1,812151.90/cwt149.00–155.002,7523
Bulls——1,875138.75/cwt137.00–140.002,6022
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85590.00/cwt90.00–90.007701
Cows—Lean 85-90%860112.00/cwt112.00–112.009631
Cows—Lean 85-90%943108.18/cwt107.00–110.001,0203
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053107.98/cwt107.00–109.001,1372
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,331113.52/cwt113.00–115.001,5114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335119.58/cwt118.00–121.001,5964
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578118.72/cwt117.00–120.001,8733
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,1291

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.