Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-02-18

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Feb 18
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
383 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 417▼ 333 vs year ago 716 · −46.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 62▼ 19 vs year ago 75 · −25.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 32▼ 19 vs year ago 24 · −79.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle sharply higher, feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer and bull calves steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 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 $273.69/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −107.37 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$273.69
33 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,519
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.45
vs GA average
−24.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583275.091,60418thin
Medium and Large 2520273.481,42213thin
Medium and Large 3530262.501,3912thin
One grade step is worth $12.59/cwt here — about $213 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 sale33 hd
273.69
—
GA average15 barns · 410 hd
266.24
+7.45
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
−24.14
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−107.37
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—Average1,380166.502,2984thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,208158.411,91325
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,523155.042,3629thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,080125.451,3555thin

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)980$1,6501thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added330410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3532
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added385398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,5322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412379.28/cwt375.00–385.001,5636
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487333.86/cwt332.00–342.001,62612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3501295.00/cwt290.00–300.001,4782
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2701264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,85114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Value Added210370.00/cwt370.00–370.007771
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3225342.44/cwt340.00–345.007702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267343.19/cwt340.00–345.009163
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2311333.23/cwt330.00–335.001,0363
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367333.56/cwt330.00–335.001,2246
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3371306.22/cwt300.00–310.001,1368
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374321.61/cwt320.00–325.001,2037
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425317.25/cwt315.00–318.001,3488
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431321.51/cwt320.00–323.001,3868
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1454319.35/cwt310.00–320.001,45016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3460276.70/cwt275.00–280.001,2733
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477296.04/cwt290.00–300.001,4123
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520273.48/cwt270.00–275.001,42213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530262.50/cwt260.00–265.001,3912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583275.09/cwt274.00–278.001,60418
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Value Added220470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0341
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3237425.07/cwt420.00–430.001,0073
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2287421.63/cwt415.00–425.001,2103
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325398.08/cwt390.00–400.001,2948
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325372.54/cwt370.00–375.001,2112
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3377353.27/cwt350.00–360.001,3323
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2381373.68/cwt370.00–375.001,42411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1411363.58/cwt360.00–370.001,4947
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3432326.39/cwt320.00–330.001,4107
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480304.90/cwt300.00–310.001,4642
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added512295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,51015
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1661265.07/cwt260.00–270.001,7524
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330162.66/cwt160.00–166.002,1632
Bulls——1,430170.34/cwt169.00–172.002,4362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,027121.33/cwt119.00–125.001,2463
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146155.24/cwt152.00–158.001,7797
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160131.63/cwt129.00–134.001,5272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197147.11/cwt146.00–149.001,7613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239162.15/cwt159.00–165.002,00915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425164.51/cwt163.00–165.002,3444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525157.50/cwt156.00–159.002,4022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,653140.76/cwt138.00–146.002,3273
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39801,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

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.