Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-11-19

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 19
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
554 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 427▲ 189 vs year ago 365 · +51.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 37▼ 18 vs year ago 71 · −25.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 30▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer and bull calves sharply 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 $238.96/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −142.10 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$238.96
14 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,248
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.72
vs GA average
−28.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2517242.051,25110thin
Medium and Large 3535231.241,2374thin
One grade step is worth $10.81/cwt here — about $14 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 sale14 hd
238.96
—
GA average15 barns · 512 hd
232.24
+6.72
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−28.09
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−142.10
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—Low1,631135.372,2089thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,164110.961,29110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,462109.751,6048thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02394.889704thin

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)1,155$1,6754thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)985$1,3405
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,280$1,8002thin

Every lot

49 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1704
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373337.58/cwt335.00–340.001,2592
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added413339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,40013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1504300.71/cwt300.00–301.001,51617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590252.98/cwt250.00–260.001,4936
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added795230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8298
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2221298.84/cwt295.00–305.006604
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3276272.40/cwt270.00–280.007524
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277291.35/cwt290.00–295.008074
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278303.29/cwt300.00–305.008433
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3313265.70/cwt260.00–270.008327
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320293.26/cwt290.00–295.009383
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320282.62/cwt280.00–285.009042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388282.62/cwt275.00–285.001,0978
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3429251.69/cwt250.00–255.001,0806
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433268.91/cwt263.00–273.001,1648
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480254.04/cwt250.00–258.001,2192
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484263.87/cwt260.00–265.001,27720
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517242.05/cwt239.00–248.001,25110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535231.24/cwt230.00–235.001,2374
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3233324.84/cwt320.00–330.007572
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2241346.59/cwt345.00–350.008353
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3309305.67/cwt300.00–310.009456
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310322.46/cwt320.00–325.001,0002
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329337.66/cwt335.00–340.001,1114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2406316.48/cwt315.00–318.001,2852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417322.46/cwt320.00–325.001,3456
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3427297.92/cwt290.00–300.001,2726
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475292.55/cwt290.00–295.001,3902
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518273.22/cwt270.00–280.001,4156
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574248.95/cwt245.00–255.001,4295
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3616213.89/cwt213.00–220.001,3188
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640234.93/cwt230.00–240.001,5042
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520138.55/cwt137.00–140.002,1062
Bulls——1,615149.52/cwt149.00–150.002,4152
Bulls——1,682128.44/cwt125.00–130.002,1605
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00292.51/cwt90.00–95.009273
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128108.39/cwt105.00–110.001,2236
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173113.42/cwt112.00–115.001,3303
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338112.92/cwt112.00–114.001,5112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,349119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,6051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503108.69/cwt108.00–110.001,6346
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38401,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3945102.00/cwt102.00–102.009641
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0201,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0821,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1551,675.00/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6754
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2801,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002

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.