Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-10-21

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Oct 21
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
444 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 417▼ 39 vs year ago 483 · −8.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 35▲ 17 vs year ago 39 · +43.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 23▼ 20 vs year ago 45 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cattle steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady. Steer and bull claves mostly steady. Heifer calves 8.00 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 $338.34/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 11 of 34 comparable sales and sits −42.72 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$338.34
23 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.46
vs GA average
−52.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538341.401,83619thin
Medium and Large 3574323.821,8594thin
One grade step is worth $17.58/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale23 hd
338.34
—
GA average14 barns · 359 hd
333.88
+4.46
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−52.48
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−42.72
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—Low1,413194.112,7427thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,745179.003,1241thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,324165.772,19429
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,042136.151,41811

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)1,307$2,4483thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)917$1,9474thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1253505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,2782
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5706
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2399430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7161
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added416465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9344
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482429.40/cwt427.00–430.002,07010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2511393.46/cwt390.00–400.002,0113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530364.86/cwt360.00–370.001,9342
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626381.01/cwt375.00–382.002,38514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3630330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0792
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1699350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4474
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,1271
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270491.69/cwt480.00–500.001,3286
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285432.41/cwt430.00–435.001,2322
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,44416
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329410.95/cwt400.00–420.001,35210
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3376368.75/cwt365.00–370.001,3874
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379394.27/cwt385.00–400.001,4948
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422396.72/cwt390.00–400.001,6746
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425373.79/cwt370.00–380.001,5894
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461361.66/cwt360.00–370.001,66712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3467336.71/cwt330.00–340.001,5723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527342.69/cwt340.00–345.001,80615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3574323.82/cwt320.00–330.001,8594
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578336.55/cwt335.00–338.001,9454
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added628345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1672
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3Value Added645325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663331.29/cwt320.00–335.002,1964
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780276.67/cwt270.00–285.002,1583
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,2711
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3225560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1268574.86/cwt570.00–580.001,5412
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315521.82/cwt520.00–530.001,64411
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322557.33/cwt550.00–565.001,79514
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3329488.71/cwt480.00–490.001,6088
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2389424.26/cwt420.00–430.001,65014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1409433.67/cwt430.00–445.001,7744
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422399.51/cwt398.00–415.001,68615
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460384.42/cwt380.00–385.001,7689
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465354.61/cwt348.00–375.001,6494
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518368.34/cwt365.00–370.001,9083
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555336.25/cwt335.00–340.001,8664
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9712
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2609325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9793
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2684307.27/cwt300.00–310.002,1028
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,145175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0041
Bulls——1,451193.23/cwt191.00–195.002,8044
Bulls——1,470205.42/cwt201.00–209.003,0202
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%991134.82/cwt133.00–138.001,3365
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2181
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098140.72/cwt140.00–144.001,5455
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189155.20/cwt150.00–157.001,8459
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348174.10/cwt170.00–178.002,34712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,439165.17/cwt160.00–168.002,3778
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745179.00/cwt179.00–179.003,1241
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-37631,772.30/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0702,120.91/head2,000.00–2,250.002,1212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,190165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9641
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9841
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3072,448.34/head2,000.00–2,700.002,4483

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.