Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2024-12-10

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 10
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
352 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 436▼ 54 vs year ago 406 · −13.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 66▼ 26 vs year ago 51 · −51.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 51▲ 19 vs year ago 10 · +190.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady. 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 $259.42/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −121.65 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$259.42
31 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,425
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.32
vs GA average
−20.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2537259.971,39722
Medium and Large 1578258.061,4929thin
One grade step is worth $1.91/cwt here — about −$95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale31 hd
259.42
—
GA average15 barns · 409 hd
244.10
+15.32
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−20.88
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−121.65
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—High1,747141.012,4633thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,257114.801,44310
CowsLean 85-90%Average830100.008301thin

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)922$1,2995
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$9372thin

Every lot

44 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2317365.05/cwt360.00–370.001,1573
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363346.24/cwt340.00–350.001,2574
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414336.37/cwt335.00–340.001,3936
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468319.54/cwt315.00–325.001,4954
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482333.41/cwt333.00–335.001,6075
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517311.35/cwt310.00–312.001,6106
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520325.00/cwt320.00–330.001,6902
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3578289.51/cwt288.00–290.001,6734
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2601276.67/cwt276.00–280.001,6636
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367306.38/cwt300.00–310.001,1248
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added368350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409319.72/cwt318.00–325.001,3084
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412306.94/cwt300.00–310.001,2655
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3437290.31/cwt285.00–295.001,26910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475297.42/cwt295.00–300.001,4132
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480285.65/cwt280.00–290.001,3718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517266.31/cwt260.00–270.001,37715
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578258.06/cwt257.00–262.001,4929
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581246.39/cwt240.00–250.001,4327
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640232.67/cwt230.00–238.001,4893
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3640220.03/cwt218.00–222.001,4082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3661206.55/cwt203.00–210.001,3652
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780210.44/cwt208.00–213.001,6412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285390.09/cwt385.00–395.001,1122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3316362.61/cwt360.00–365.001,1462
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2324374.01/cwt370.00–380.001,2125
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358371.26/cwt365.00–375.001,3294
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375346.33/cwt340.00–350.001,2994
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413328.73/cwt325.00–330.001,3584
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1456332.48/cwt330.00–335.001,5162
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515312.50/cwt310.00–315.001,6094
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520297.45/cwt295.00–300.001,5474
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574272.19/cwt268.00–273.001,5626
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770195.06/cwt190.00–200.001,5022
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,485143.01/cwt140.00–146.002,1242
Bulls——2,270137.00/cwt137.00–137.003,1101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%830100.00/cwt100.00–100.008301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053106.05/cwt104.00–110.001,1173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210113.94/cwt112.00–115.001,3793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,445122.00/cwt119.00–124.001,7634
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38501,073.33/head1,050.00–1,100.001,0733
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3895937.43/head925.00–950.009372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,637.86/head1,600.00–1,675.001,6382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,350100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3501

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.