Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-04-01

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Apr 1
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 441▲ 36 vs year ago 336 · +10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 85▲ 2 vs year ago 77 · +2.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 53▲ 36 vs year ago 24 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle unevenly steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer, bull and heifer calves mostly steady 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 $308.08/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −72.99 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$308.08
27 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.27
vs GA average
−13.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547308.681,68916thin
Medium and Large 2532307.191,63411thin
One grade step is worth $1.49/cwt here — about $55 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 sale27 hd
308.08
—
GA average14 barns · 392 hd
305.81
+2.27
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−13.30
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−72.99
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—High1,797169.843,0537thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,545140.252,16710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213136.071,65035
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033122.731,2683thin

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)1,279$2,6559
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,156$2,1785
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,097$2,11110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,290$2,0501thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373406.70/cwt400.00–410.001,5173
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2387423.32/cwt420.00–425.001,6383
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434397.97/cwt395.00–405.001,7275
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463391.65/cwt390.00–395.001,8133
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468382.97/cwt380.00–388.001,79213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478371.28/cwt370.00–375.001,7754
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516367.43/cwt360.00–370.001,8964
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572347.29/cwt343.00–350.001,98610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638333.34/cwt330.00–340.002,1276
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716296.70/cwt290.00–300.002,1243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2221425.44/cwt420.00–430.009402
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3225394.89/cwt390.00–400.008892
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2267396.75/cwt390.00–400.001,0593
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330394.70/cwt390.00–400.001,3032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374356.04/cwt350.00–360.001,3325
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381371.35/cwt370.00–373.001,4157
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420322.50/cwt320.00–330.001,3554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437357.46/cwt350.00–360.001,5628
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3466322.04/cwt320.00–325.001,5015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472331.99/cwt330.00–335.001,5675
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484344.16/cwt340.00–350.001,6667
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519320.62/cwt315.00–325.001,6647
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532307.19/cwt305.00–310.001,63411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569299.40/cwt295.00–305.001,7049
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667278.30/cwt275.00–280.001,8563
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1224486.42/cwt480.00–490.001,0903
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2270463.09/cwt460.00–470.001,2503
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327436.93/cwt430.00–440.001,4293
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415394.92/cwt390.00–400.001,6393
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440353.33/cwt350.00–360.001,5553
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2456349.95/cwt345.00–355.001,5962
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463334.09/cwt330.00–335.001,54711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8455
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2609296.10/cwt290.00–298.001,8036
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3745240.03/cwt235.00–245.001,7882
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1747275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0542
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3561
Bulls——1,825166.33/cwt164.00–168.003,0362
Bulls——1,853175.31/cwt173.00–179.003,2484
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033122.73/cwt120.00–125.001,2683
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198129.48/cwt125.00–132.001,55112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210135.90/cwt133.00–138.001,64414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237145.14/cwt142.00–150.001,7959
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400143.87/cwt142.00–146.002,0142
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410157.62/cwt157.00–159.002,2223
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,684128.38/cwt125.00–132.002,1625
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0001,831.50/head1,750.00–2,000.001,8325
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0851,774.42/head1,750.00–1,800.001,7742
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1942,389.53/head2,200.00–2,700.002,3905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2032,447.65/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4483
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2792,655.08/head2,150.00–3,000.002,6559
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,050.00/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.