Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-07-22

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Jul 22
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 269▼ 42 vs year ago 359 · −11.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 27▼ 3 vs year ago 27 · −11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 8▼ 9 vs year ago 17 · −52.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 8.00 higher, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $324.37/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −64.31 against this barn's trailing median of $388.68.
Average price
$324.37
30 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.06
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544331.421,80321
Medium and Large 2566318.211,8025thin
Medium and Large 3544295.011,6054thin
One grade step is worth $36.41/cwt here — about $198 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 sale30 hd
324.37
—
GA average14 barns · 431 hd
314.30
+10.06
This barn, trailing median28 sales
388.68
−64.31
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

28 sales
455404352301median 388.6803/0305/0507/2109/1510/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $441.15, low $314.67, median $388.68 across 28 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—Low1,475182.472,6912thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,329160.252,13012
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,199137.371,6486thin

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)1,255$2,2723thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,243$2,0982thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5681
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373458.00/cwt458.00–458.001,7084
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423421.17/cwt400.00–435.001,7824
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481383.96/cwt375.00–420.001,8477
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3522312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,6293
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525365.96/cwt362.00–370.001,9212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537343.35/cwt340.00–350.001,8443
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571358.55/cwt357.00–362.002,0475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3587312.91/cwt312.00–320.001,83718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2205450.00/cwt450.00–450.009231
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,0081
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1545
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3278360.63/cwt350.00–370.001,0032
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2301
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3261
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360394.42/cwt380.00–405.001,4207
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395360.00/cwt350.00–370.001,4224
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403386.99/cwt370.00–395.001,5605
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416351.34/cwt350.00–355.001,4624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470353.24/cwt350.00–360.001,66011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474308.56/cwt295.00–320.001,4634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526332.55/cwt330.00–340.001,74910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568322.38/cwt310.00–330.001,8314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7702
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615304.10/cwt300.00–320.001,8705
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3615270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8721
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3745220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6391
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1826255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1063
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1273465.93/cwt460.00–470.001,2725
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2962
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335448.28/cwt425.00–470.001,5025
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358439.67/cwt420.00–460.001,5746
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1407410.48/cwt390.00–415.001,6719
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2442369.92/cwt350.00–380.001,6353
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463370.05/cwt365.00–375.001,71312
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473345.10/cwt335.00–350.001,6325
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509358.31/cwt350.00–365.001,8246
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7771
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3552293.35/cwt290.00–300.001,6193
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558320.67/cwt320.00–330.001,78915
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2579311.51/cwt310.00–312.001,8044
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618317.45/cwt315.00–320.001,9622
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9351
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676308.39/cwt308.00–310.002,0855
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,475182.47/cwt179.00–185.002,6912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%935150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4031
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281154.80/cwt150.00–157.001,9836
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,284138.06/cwt132.00–141.001,7734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,373169.47/cwt169.00–170.002,3272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380163.82/cwt163.00–165.002,2614
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2432,097.89/head2,050.00–2,150.002,0982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,272.44/head2,050.00–2,650.002,2723

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.