Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-01-14

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jan 14
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
535 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 440▲ 2 vs year ago 533 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 92▼ 47 vs year ago 102 · −46.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 31▲ 24 vs year ago 21 · +114.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer and bull calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves sharply 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 $245.48/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −135.58 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$245.48
34 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$179
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.35
vs GA average
−58.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1584263.311,5386thin
Medium and Large 3562241.661,35928
One grade step is worth $21.65/cwt here — about $179 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 sale34 hd
245.48
—
GA average16 barns · 477 hd
266.83
−21.35
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−58.55
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−135.58
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—High1,437157.712,2663thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,602133.392,13715
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,280130.751,67425
CowsLean 85-90%Average955105.861,0114thin

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$1,7684thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)940$1,6896
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)975$1,6582thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270421.66/cwt420.00–425.001,1383
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added299460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369402.99/cwt395.00–405.001,48710
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428373.09/cwt370.00–380.001,59717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471343.66/cwt340.00–350.001,6198
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475327.48/cwt320.00–330.001,5566
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515332.57/cwt325.00–335.001,7134
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3533300.16/cwt298.00–305.001,6004
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540313.65/cwt310.00–320.001,69412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656266.36/cwt263.00–268.001,74717
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722252.91/cwt252.00–253.001,82611
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780251.15/cwt250.00–255.001,95913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235405.11/cwt400.00–410.009522
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3278351.94/cwt350.00–355.009785
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280367.33/cwt365.00–375.001,0294
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3320333.60/cwt330.00–340.001,0684
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326350.56/cwt345.00–355.001,1438
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361362.43/cwt360.00–365.001,3082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363348.86/cwt348.00–350.001,26614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420312.50/cwt310.00–315.001,3132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426301.28/cwt300.00–305.001,28320
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479285.79/cwt285.00–290.001,3696
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515242.97/cwt240.00–250.001,2517
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578241.22/cwt235.00–244.001,39421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584263.31/cwt263.00–265.001,5386
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added651256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,66725
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3267426.50/cwt420.00–430.001,1393
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280449.03/cwt445.00–450.001,2575
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3308396.18/cwt390.00–400.001,2204
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315414.92/cwt410.00–420.001,3072
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325438.03/cwt430.00–440.001,4245
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368415.00/cwt410.00–420.001,5274
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374395.65/cwt390.00–400.001,4807
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390382.50/cwt380.00–385.001,4922
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425368.89/cwt365.00–375.001,5689
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2506297.48/cwt295.00–300.001,5052
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,310147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,9261
Bulls——1,500163.07/cwt161.00–165.002,4462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%877103.14/cwt100.00–105.009053
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3662
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3571
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210126.82/cwt123.00–130.001,5358
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,339134.02/cwt131.00–138.001,79515
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500124.32/cwt124.00–125.001,8653
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,654137.62/cwt134.00–141.002,27611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38861,617.33/head1,475.00–1,750.001,6175
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29751,658.33/head1,600.00–1,725.001,6582
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1501,598.91/head1,400.00–1,700.001,5993
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.