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Pulaski Co

Name: Pulaski Co livestock auction prices — 2026-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hawkinsville, Georgia · Tue, May 26

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1937

← May 19May 26Jun 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

317 head

▼ 166 vs last sale 483▼ 149 vs year ago 466 · −32.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 52▼ 19 vs year ago 41 · −46.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 43▼ 13 vs year ago 30 · −43.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls absent, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder bulls sharply lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.05/cwt on 36 head, down $7.96 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 28 comparable sales and sits +9.40 against this barn's trailing median of $433.65.

Average price

$443.05

▼ 7.96 vs prior sale

36 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.08

vs GA average

−17.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	446.81	2,492	27
Medium and Large 2	517	431.77	2,232	9thin

One grade step is worth $15.04/cwt here — about $259 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 sale36 hd

443.05

—

GA average10 barns · 167 hd

429.97

+13.08

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−17.32

This barn, trailing median28 sales

433.65

+9.40

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $466.18, low $330.08, median $433.65 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,461	185.43	2,710	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,081	152.96	1,654	7thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,749	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	496.81/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,067	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,252	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	437.54/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,048	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	495.19/cwt	480.00–501.00	2,387	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	431.77/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,232	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	456.55/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,461	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	437.76/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,517	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,476	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	378.66/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,556	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,220	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	215	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,075	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,387	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,340	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	447.46/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,454	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	420.03/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,567	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,819	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	450.08/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,854	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	384.91/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,647	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,804	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	454.26/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,185	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	398.15/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,915	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	408.00/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,154	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	377.52/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,035	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	373.70/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,141	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	582	331.53/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,930	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,112	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	225	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,238	1
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	235	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,528	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	614.95/cwt	610.00–620.00	1,556	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,741	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,918	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,675	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	338	460.07/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,555	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,824	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	384	447.43/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,718	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	418	429.06/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,793	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	454.85/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,947	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	433.43/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,981	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	466	405.28/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,889	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	381.57/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,194	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	426.06/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,467	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,370	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,482	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	150.35/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,564	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,070	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,819	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,185	159.49/cwt	159.00–160.00	1,890	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,464	183.49/cwt	178.00–188.00	2,686	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,554	193.17/cwt	190.00–197.00	3,002	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Large 2-3	1,128	190.86/cwt	189.00–193.00	2,153	2

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski County Stockyard - Hawkinsville, GA

Tue May 26, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 317Last week 483Year ago 466

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 52Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 43Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	550.00	550.00
2	300–350	338	450.00–470.00	460.07
4	350–400	384	440.00–450.00	447.43
4	400–450	418	400.00–450.00	429.06
5	450–500	466	385.00–420.00	405.28
1	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	590.00	590.00
1	300–350	335	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	380	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	428	450.00–460.00	454.85
3	450–500	457	425.00–445.00	433.43
3	550–600	575	370.00–390.00	381.57
1	600–650	645	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	650.00	650.00
2	250–300	253	610.00–620.00	614.95
1	300–350	325	590.00	590.00
3	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	460	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	579	405.00–450.00	426.06
1	600–650	600	395.00	395.00
5	700–750	709	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	440	410.00	410.00
9	450–500	481	370.00–420.00	398.15
4	500–550	539	370.00–380.00	377.52
1	550–600	595	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	215	500.00	500.00
1	250–300	285	470.00	470.00
2	300–350	325	445.00–450.00	447.46
2	350–400	373	415.00–425.00	420.03
4	400–450	428	370.00–400.00	384.91
3	550–600	582	325.00–340.00	331.53
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	610.00	610.00
3	350–400	383	475.00	475.00
3	400–450	412	445.00–455.00	450.08
10	450–500	481	430.00–460.00	454.26
17	500–550	528	400.00–415.00	408.00
4	550–600	573	370.00–380.00	373.70
2	650–700	650	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	750	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	468	430.00–445.00	437.54
1	600–650	640	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	530.00	530.00
8	400–450	416	485.00–500.00	496.81
9	500–550	517	425.00–445.00	431.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	520.00	520.00
22	450–500	482	480.00–501.00	495.19
13	500–550	539	450.00–480.00	456.55
14	550–600	575	437.00–445.00	437.76
17	600–650	604	410.00	410.00
18	650–700	675	377.00–380.00	378.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,128	189.00–193.00	190.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	170.00	170.00
4	—	1,554	190.00–197.00	193.17
8	—	1,464	178.00–188.00	183.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	159.00–160.00	159.49
5	—	1,040	145.00–154.00	150.35

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.