Sale reports / Georgia / Pulaski Co / 2025-12-16

Pulaski Co

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, Dec 16
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937
Feeder Cattle receipts
355 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 323▼ 334 vs year ago 689 · −48.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 22▼ 37 vs year ago 72 · −51.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 22▼ 38 vs year ago 51 · −74.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, all slaughter and feeder classes sharply higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $364.64/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −16.42 against this barn's trailing median of $381.06.
Average price
$364.64
27 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.66
vs GA average
−25.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528370.021,95422
Medium and Large 2539340.981,8395thin
One grade step is worth $29.04/cwt here — about $114 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 sale27 hd
364.64
—
GA average14 barns · 482 hd
342.98
+21.66
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−25.27
This barn, trailing median34 sales
381.06
−16.42
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—Average1,484196.962,9227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,336172.362,30323
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,130137.211,55113

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)938$2,1252thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320417.29/cwt400.00–450.001,3353
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333542.20/cwt515.00–555.001,8066
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363460.23/cwt440.00–470.001,6713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1409497.51/cwt485.00–515.002,0358
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3488380.08/cwt365.00–395.001,8552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1494467.95/cwt450.00–470.002,31217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517436.90/cwt430.00–465.002,2595
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535425.59/cwt420.00–427.002,2775
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2421
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,3995
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4823
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220455.34/cwt450.00–460.001,0022
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225480.93/cwt470.00–500.001,0823
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230430.00/cwt430.00–430.009891
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3269399.66/cwt390.00–420.001,0757
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2279439.21/cwt430.00–450.001,2257
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3871
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318403.02/cwt400.00–415.001,2825
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327478.79/cwt445.00–497.001,56613
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2332431.68/cwt425.00–440.001,4333
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360395.00/cwt390.00–400.001,4222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374455.26/cwt430.00–490.001,70311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375417.47/cwt415.00–420.001,5662
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410393.13/cwt385.00–400.001,6123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414431.64/cwt410.00–447.001,78712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473394.62/cwt370.00–420.001,8678
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483352.54/cwt345.00–360.001,7032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513377.15/cwt360.00–385.001,93516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528346.23/cwt345.00–350.001,8284
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568351.01/cwt350.00–352.001,9946
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636338.64/cwt330.00–350.002,15416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665313.69/cwt310.00–320.002,0864
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1754305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3006
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2797250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9933
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,1401
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3205465.12/cwt460.00–470.009532
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2225490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,1031
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2263485.43/cwt470.00–500.001,2772
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1268541.29/cwt535.00–545.001,4514
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315484.92/cwt480.00–490.001,5273
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385473.42/cwt470.00–475.001,8233
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426468.57/cwt465.00–480.001,9964
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438423.90/cwt410.00–440.001,8575
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463436.71/cwt430.00–445.002,0223
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9531
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470371.56/cwt355.00–390.001,7463
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525403.04/cwt400.00–405.002,1165
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2537378.42/cwt370.00–385.002,0323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569379.99/cwt375.00–385.002,1627
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608355.06/cwt350.00–360.002,1592
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670323.97/cwt320.00–330.002,1715
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3710270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9171
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2755280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,320183.61/cwt180.00–186.002,4243
Bulls——1,562203.96/cwt203.00–205.003,1863
Bulls——1,740216.00/cwt216.00–216.003,7581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955148.93/cwt148.00–150.001,4222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048125.69/cwt117.50–130.001,3174
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,050158.31/cwt156.00–160.001,6623
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,227140.44/cwt135.00–145.001,7237
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345179.97/cwt175.00–184.002,4219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,407169.97/cwt164.00–174.002,39111
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-37151,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.