Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-10-14

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 14
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
417 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 533▲ 100 vs year ago 317 · +31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 42▲ 1 vs year ago 34 · +2.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▼ 28 vs year ago 51 · −54.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Bull calves 3.00 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 $329.62/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −51.44 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$329.62
12 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.45
vs GA average
−68.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524329.621,72712thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
329.62
—
GA average15 barns · 592 hd
341.07
−11.45
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−68.24
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−51.44
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—Low1,580187.872,9688thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,000167.003,3401thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,403164.282,3057thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,053129.841,3677thin

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)1,103$2,6103thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$2,4174thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,433$2,9183thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1931
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4571
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382437.46/cwt435.00–440.001,6714
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5991
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405426.63/cwt420.00–430.001,7283
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3410385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473403.27/cwt400.00–410.001,9073
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2951
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520371.63/cwt370.00–375.001,9323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583374.63/cwt368.00–378.002,1846
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625362.92/cwt360.00–365.002,2687
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added655387.71/cwt373.00–390.002,54038
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673332.58/cwt330.00–340.002,2384
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3696318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,2134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2232476.83/cwt470.00–480.001,1063
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3263409.90/cwt400.00–420.001,0782
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313440.16/cwt430.00–450.001,3783
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321412.41/cwt410.00–420.001,3244
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2374384.89/cwt380.00–390.001,4394
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375353.24/cwt350.00–360.001,3253
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416371.93/cwt370.00–380.001,5475
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419395.74/cwt390.00–400.001,6587
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3461330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486347.98/cwt340.00–360.001,69113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524329.62/cwt320.00–335.001,72712
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added608346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1044
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3608327.12/cwt325.00–330.001,9897
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621368.40/cwt366.50–375.002,28826
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658321.29/cwt320.00–325.002,1144
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670290.15/cwt280.00–300.001,9442
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3314
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,6471
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3270435.09/cwt430.00–440.001,1752
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3481
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335474.20/cwt460.00–485.001,5895
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340514.58/cwt500.00–530.001,7502
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378417.42/cwt410.00–430.001,5784
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378393.26/cwt390.00–395.001,4873
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3402373.34/cwt370.00–375.001,5013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1412430.02/cwt420.00–440.001,7728
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418407.37/cwt400.00–410.001,7034
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477387.79/cwt380.00–395.001,85012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3526358.78/cwt355.00–360.001,8874
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533371.62/cwt368.00–380.001,98113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0951
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620321.23/cwt320.00–325.001,9924
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624338.25/cwt338.00–340.002,1118
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,1281
Bulls——1,543182.84/cwt175.00–186.002,8213
Bulls——1,670198.61/cwt192.00–208.003,3174
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030133.21/cwt130.00–136.001,3725
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110121.42/cwt120.00–123.001,3482
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,0901
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370162.55/cwt160.00–165.002,2274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,500171.87/cwt170.00–174.002,5782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,000167.00/cwt167.00–167.003,3401
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4332,918.26/head2,600.00–3,200.002,9183
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39252,391.89/head2,100.00–2,700.002,3922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3960158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5171
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1152,441.26/head2,300.00–2,600.002,4412
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,714.41/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9961

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.