Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-07-15

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 15
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
269 head
▼ 179 vs last sale 448▼ 142 vs year ago 411 · −34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 74▼ 42 vs year ago 69 · −60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 74▼ 3 vs year ago 11 · −27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer and bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.50/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −58.57 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$322.50
26 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.86
vs GA average
−16.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540327.131,7667thin
Medium and Large 2528321.391,69818thin
Medium and Large 3535310.001,6591thin
One grade step is worth $17.13/cwt here — about $108 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 sale26 hd
322.50
—
GA average14 barns · 647 hd
319.63
+2.86
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−16.24
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−58.57
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—High1,673186.903,12820
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,183154.511,82813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,230133.001,6361thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,000132.691,3274thin

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)975$1,7595
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)935$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)895$2,1504thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365412.50/cwt410.00–415.001,5062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7005
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5504
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464383.44/cwt375.00–397.001,77911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518366.16/cwt355.00–370.001,8978
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0578
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220380.00/cwt380.00–380.008361
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3220350.00/cwt350.00–350.007701
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228452.31/cwt420.00–490.001,0312
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269418.72/cwt415.00–420.001,1264
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336401.51/cwt390.00–410.001,3497
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2582
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374384.24/cwt375.00–390.001,4377
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427384.21/cwt375.00–390.001,64118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443345.03/cwt340.00–350.001,5282
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464366.71/cwt350.00–377.001,70213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477334.03/cwt330.00–340.001,5935
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6672
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525322.65/cwt315.00–325.001,69417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554325.98/cwt320.00–330.001,8065
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7551
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627313.39/cwt310.00–315.001,9653
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9831
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1245450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1033
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1761
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305454.92/cwt450.00–460.001,3882
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2316408.98/cwt400.00–420.001,2926
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364433.54/cwt410.00–445.001,5785
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378395.03/cwt390.00–400.001,4932
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425386.67/cwt380.00–395.001,6433
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434405.39/cwt400.00–430.001,7597
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3438329.83/cwt320.00–340.001,4452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3464311.24/cwt305.00–320.001,4444
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475349.00/cwt340.00–355.001,6585
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508351.69/cwt345.00–355.001,7873
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6902
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523306.48/cwt300.00–315.001,6034
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8241
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3585299.94/cwt295.00–305.001,7553
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625316.63/cwt315.00–320.001,9793
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8811
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9721
Bulls——1,679186.56/cwt182.00–190.003,13218
Bulls——2,085210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,3791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000132.69/cwt127.00–137.001,3274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139158.49/cwt154.00–163.001,8059
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,230133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283145.57/cwt142.00–153.001,8684
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-38301,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29602,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39351,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39561,474.12/head1,250.00–1,650.001,4744
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0502,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.