Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-11-04

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Nov 4
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 367▲ 54 vs year ago 349 · +15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 32▲ 14 vs year ago 30 · +46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 57▲ 19 vs year ago 10 · +190.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and bulls sharply higher, feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher 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 $328.11/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −60.57 against this barn's trailing median of $388.68.
Average price
$328.11
19 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,766
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$52.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.01
vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522347.411,8159thin
Medium and Large 2554321.061,7796thin
Medium and Large 3551295.271,6254thin
One grade step is worth $52.14/cwt here — about $189 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 sale19 hd
328.11
—
GA average15 barns · 403 hd
327.10
+1.01
This barn, trailing median28 sales
388.68
−60.57
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

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—High1,768182.223,2214thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,372152.012,08620
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,748149.902,6202thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,089123.361,34411

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)1,075$2,0163thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)883$1,9002thin

Every lot

76 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3225395.00/cwt395.00–395.008891
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3285385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0971
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5811
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3350375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379395.03/cwt387.00–415.001,4974
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,8923
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466424.44/cwt422.00–427.001,9786
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480379.02/cwt370.00–387.001,8193
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3488357.38/cwt350.00–365.001,7442
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7171
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,0068
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577340.30/cwt337.00–345.001,9645
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1601333.80/cwt333.00–345.002,00615
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1784
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3200375.00/cwt375.00–375.007501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3255350.00/cwt350.00–350.008931
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278386.80/cwt375.00–395.001,0753
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285411.04/cwt410.00–412.001,1712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307392.70/cwt380.00–412.001,2069
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325366.69/cwt360.00–375.001,1923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369357.61/cwt357.00–360.001,3205
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375328.16/cwt325.00–335.001,2313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376380.46/cwt370.00–392.001,43116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430372.30/cwt357.00–385.001,60113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460364.99/cwt355.00–377.001,67912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473328.80/cwt320.00–335.001,5554
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3487315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5343
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8476
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527320.67/cwt320.00–322.001,6903
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3528310.65/cwt307.00–312.001,6405
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7492
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8912
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688296.00/cwt295.00–297.002,0362
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1981
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3235410.85/cwt390.00–430.009652
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1641
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279487.53/cwt465.00–510.001,3604
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3280395.17/cwt380.00–415.001,1065
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2327410.67/cwt410.00–412.001,3433
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3331367.62/cwt355.00–375.001,2176
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333440.48/cwt420.00–470.001,4675
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added335495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6584
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3368359.52/cwt350.00–370.001,3232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375408.25/cwt400.00–417.001,53111
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2383384.20/cwt375.00–395.001,4716
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2422373.41/cwt367.00–375.001,5765
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3428336.98/cwt320.00–347.001,4428
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430388.34/cwt380.00–397.001,67012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455365.70/cwt362.00–370.001,6643
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472358.01/cwt357.00–360.001,6903
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480314.88/cwt300.00–340.001,5114
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513352.38/cwt345.00–362.001,8087
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530326.67/cwt320.00–340.001,7313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3543297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6132
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8322
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3558293.54/cwt285.00–302.001,6382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578315.44/cwt310.00–327.001,8233
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2681285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9414
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,515164.94/cwt159.00–172.002,4992
Bulls——1,980189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,7421
Bulls——2,060210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,3261
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%943115.14/cwt114.00–116.001,0862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091123.07/cwt119.00–129.001,3437
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,230132.60/cwt131.00–134.001,6312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355141.12/cwt138.00–145.001,9127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375156.54/cwt151.00–161.002,15210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,403162.35/cwt162.00–163.002,2783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,748149.90/cwt149.00–151.002,6202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-37851,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29802,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0752,016.05/head2,000.00–2,025.002,0163

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.