Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-09-16

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Sep 16
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
525 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 371▲ 68 vs year ago 457 · +14.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 27▲ 46 vs year ago 18 · +255.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 8▲ 5 vs year ago 37 · +13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, all feeder classes sharply lower and replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.82/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −58.24 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$322.82
41 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.54
vs GA average
−36.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548337.751,85213thin
Medium and Large 2553324.501,79310thin
Medium and Large 3546311.111,69818thin
One grade step is worth $26.64/cwt here — about $155 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 sale41 hd
322.82
—
GA average16 barns · 750 hd
344.36
−21.54
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−36.84
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−58.24
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—Average1,420193.042,7407thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,482162.742,4127thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319162.122,13826
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,090145.091,58221

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)1,045$2,18210
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$2,0303thin

Every lot

88 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,4961
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3255440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1221
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315546.98/cwt520.00–570.001,7233
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375387.17/cwt375.00–400.001,4522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3423372.55/cwt350.00–380.001,5764
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441410.01/cwt400.00–420.001,80812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469418.35/cwt417.00–420.001,9629
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473393.38/cwt370.00–400.001,8619
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3491343.95/cwt340.00–350.001,6895
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512366.84/cwt355.00–370.001,87810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3524347.92/cwt345.00–350.001,8235
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8871
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,14211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,1241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775304.87/cwt300.00–310.002,3632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210524.17/cwt490.00–560.001,1012
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230461.31/cwt450.00–470.001,0616
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3243406.60/cwt390.00–415.009883
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270479.14/cwt460.00–490.001,2944
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270439.44/cwt430.00–450.001,1862
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3278375.14/cwt360.00–390.001,0432
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316442.38/cwt430.00–475.001,39810
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330364.77/cwt350.00–380.001,2042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373419.04/cwt410.00–435.001,56311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380396.13/cwt390.00–400.001,5054
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5391
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417410.53/cwt395.00–430.001,7127
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445345.00/cwt340.00–350.001,5352
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472357.47/cwt350.00–365.001,6876
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3479318.51/cwt310.00–330.001,5268
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7504
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527327.97/cwt325.00–330.001,7285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3534313.45/cwt305.00–320.001,67413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570332.30/cwt330.00–335.001,8949
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3576305.03/cwt300.00–310.001,7575
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578321.03/cwt320.00–325.001,8565
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617328.19/cwt320.00–337.002,02515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623294.71/cwt280.00–305.001,8363
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670301.25/cwt300.00–305.002,0184
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1612
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1229574.97/cwt550.00–600.001,3174
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3233404.73/cwt400.00–410.009432
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2240450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0801
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3257
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2292
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2312439.58/cwt430.00–455.001,3717
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3315414.76/cwt410.00–420.001,3062
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325483.41/cwt465.00–515.001,57112
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3359342.63/cwt325.00–365.001,2304
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371446.78/cwt440.00–450.001,65813
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2386417.80/cwt400.00–430.001,6137
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1403442.93/cwt430.00–450.001,7855
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430327.59/cwt320.00–350.001,4094
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440402.56/cwt395.00–410.001,7714
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473375.85/cwt370.00–385.001,77812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525330.46/cwt325.00–340.001,73510
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526354.91/cwt345.00–365.001,8677
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2595330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9642
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618322.49/cwt320.00–325.001,9932
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3638300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9143
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665294.86/cwt280.00–305.001,9614
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0741
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3717288.38/cwt280.00–295.002,0683
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1961
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3760285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290184.48/cwt184.00–185.002,3802
Bulls——1,463194.33/cwt190.00–197.002,8434
Bulls——1,505205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,0851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068145.41/cwt140.00–150.001,55310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105155.89/cwt152.00–158.001,7236
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,117131.51/cwt125.00–138.001,4695
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282155.13/cwt150.00–157.001,9896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320161.36/cwt158.00–168.002,13016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370175.65/cwt170.00–179.002,4064
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465156.87/cwt155.00–159.002,2982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,489165.09/cwt162.00–169.002,4585
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0092,040.62/head1,600.00–2,300.002,0417
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1282,511.74/head2,450.00–2,600.002,5123
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1652,029.61/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0303

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.