Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-02-04

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 4
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
618 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 454▲ 142 vs year ago 476 · +29.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 73▲ 2 vs year ago 71 · +2.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 29▲ 52 vs year ago 16 · +325.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, heifers and steer calves steady. Bull and heifer calves sold uneven, mostly 10.00 lower. 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 $272.90/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −108.16 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$272.90
17 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,417
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.46
vs GA average
−25.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521273.881,42714thin
Medium and Large 2510268.331,3683thin
One grade step is worth $5.55/cwt here — about $58 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 sale17 hd
272.90
—
GA average16 barns · 574 hd
265.44
+7.46
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−25.96
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−108.16
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—Low1,818158.362,8784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,315131.011,72220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,454128.161,8645thin
CowsLean 85-90%High990111.521,10410

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)1,235$2,1952thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,133$2,07919
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,180$1,5501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$2,4462thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,320$2,4889

Every lot

55 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325392.46/cwt390.00–395.001,2752
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361371.66/cwt370.00–380.001,3426
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added380425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6151
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385386.95/cwt385.00–395.001,4905
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426352.41/cwt350.00–360.001,5014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added460358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,6471
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476322.12/cwt320.00–323.001,5337
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525305.93/cwt300.00–310.001,6066
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557306.68/cwt305.00–310.001,7083
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3574293.28/cwt290.00–295.001,68311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610277.50/cwt275.00–280.001,6932
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3625261.22/cwt255.00–265.001,6334
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287334.94/cwt330.00–340.009613
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3288317.57/cwt310.00–320.009154
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318315.83/cwt310.00–320.001,0047
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378297.48/cwt295.00–300.001,1244
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393314.67/cwt310.00–320.001,23718
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456275.05/cwt270.00–280.001,2542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462296.87/cwt290.00–300.001,37219
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510268.33/cwt265.00–270.001,3683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521273.88/cwt270.00–280.001,42714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3620232.46/cwt230.00–235.001,4412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3276402.10/cwt400.00–410.001,1105
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310397.50/cwt395.00–400.001,2324
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3374373.43/cwt370.00–375.001,3973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2409367.62/cwt360.00–370.001,50413
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423380.02/cwt375.00–385.001,6077
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2507305.00/cwt300.00–310.001,5463
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3567273.41/cwt270.00–280.001,5503
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2657263.97/cwt260.00–267.001,7347
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3685247.48/cwt245.00–250.001,6952
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,775160.86/cwt160.00–162.002,8552
Bulls——1,860155.85/cwt155.00–157.002,8992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%967120.84/cwt118.00–125.001,1693
Cows—Lean 85-90%973101.66/cwt100.00–105.009893
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020111.92/cwt110.00–115.001,1424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220126.02/cwt122.00–129.001,5379
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,7782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,427133.11/cwt130.00–137.001,8999
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513126.20/cwt125.00–129.001,9094
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3990134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3271
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0901,767.98/head1,500.00–2,000.001,7688
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5311
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,305.50/head1,800.00–2,550.002,30611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1801,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,194.74/head2,100.00–2,300.002,1952
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29352,445.99/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4462
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0702,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29302,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,1302,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,1702,442.52/head2,275.00–2,625.002,4432
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5062,626.00/head2,550.00–2,725.002,6264

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.