Pulaski County Stockyard Market Report

Hawkinsville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 21, 2021

515 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $124.00/cwt -3.01 vs last sale · ≈ $580/hd at 468 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 bulls $118.20/cwt -0.67 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 467 lb · 12 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.26/cwt +2.08 vs last sale · ≈ $531/hd at 368 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	515	594	489
Feeder cattle	424	507	390
Slaughter cattle	80	63	69
Replacement cattle	11	24	30

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 3.00 lower and replacement cows lightly tested.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	157.00–164.00	$160.56	$458	+5.56
365–395	384	6	136.00–145.00	$140.10	$538	+2.10
410–420	413	3	136.00–140.00	$138.65	$573	+0.10
465–495	475	4	130.00–135.00	$131.73	$626	-3.97
500	500	1	128.00	$128.00	$640	+0.16
580	580	1	120.00	$120.00	$696	—
615	615	1	107.00	$107.00	$658	—
730	730	1	107.00	$107.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–470	456	4	150.00–152.00	$150.52	$686	-1.48
515–530	523	2	148.00	$148.00	$774	-1.14
560–595	578	2	147.00–149.00	$147.97	$855	+1.97
615	615	1	148.00	$148.00	$910	+11.15
715	715	1	128.00	$128.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	165.00	$165.00	$421	—
330	330	1	156.00	$156.00	$515	—
380	380	1	150.00	$150.00	$570	-2.65
420	420	1	145.00	$145.00	$609	-7.17
520–525	523	2	130.00–135.00	$132.49	$693	-7.01
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	9	148.00	$148.00	$426	-1.03
320	320	1	142.00	$142.00	$454	+0.26
362–385	368	12	138.00–146.00	$144.26	$531	+2.08
420–446	436	7	133.00–136.00	$134.72	$587	-1.77
450–495	481	8	129.00–134.00	$130.21	$626	-2.83
500–545	516	5	124.00–134.00	$128.16	$661	-4.16
550–560	555	2	124.00	$124.00	$688	-5.31
600–615	608	2	116.00–118.00	$116.99	$711	—
710	710	1	113.00	$113.00	$802	-7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222	222	12	137.00	$137.00	$304	—
270–295	287	3	125.00–135.00	$128.43	$369	-7.13
325–330	327	5	120.00–130.00	$125.20	$409	-4.00
360–395	381	6	115.00–125.00	$120.77	$460	-4.60
405–445	429	7	115.00–125.00	$119.29	$512	-3.76
470–495	485	6	105.00–115.00	$109.80	$533	-10.22
500–525	512	3	102.00–111.00	$105.41	$540	-11.49
570	570	1	110.00	$110.00	$627	-0.99
610	610	1	105.00	$105.00	$640	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	142.00	$142.00	$312	—
250–260	255	2	140.00–142.00	$141.02	$360	+1.02
330–345	338	3	134.00–140.00	$137.38	$464	+0.96
350–385	364	9	126.00–136.00	$131.83	$480	-2.88
430–435	433	2	129.00–131.00	$130.01	$563	+0.03
450–485	468	14	120.00–128.00	$124.00	$580	-3.01
510–530	521	4	115.00–122.00	$118.52	$617	-5.49
665–670	668	2	107.00–111.00	$108.99	$728	-8.01
710–740	725	2	105.00–110.00	$107.55	$780	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216–220	217	4	155.00–160.00	$158.73	$344	-1.27
260–272	269	4	150.00–159.00	$155.77	$419	+14.77
315–340	333	7	142.00–150.00	$148.92	$496	+5.25
350–380	370	7	134.00–142.00	$137.84	$510	+1.06
400–445	426	11	120.00–130.00	$124.33	$530	-0.55
450–495	467	12	114.00–123.00	$118.20	$552	-0.67
500–540	524	8	110.00–120.00	$115.11	$603	-1.87
555–585	567	7	103.00–110.00	$106.02	$601	-0.61
630–640	635	4	104.00–106.00	$105.00	$667	+4.63
660–695	673	5	91.00–100.00	$97.95	$659	+0.94
745	745	1	94.00	$94.00	$700	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	170.00	$170.00	$408	—
255–293	283	8	160.00–169.00	$167.19	$473	+4.67
310–336	323	10	152.00–162.00	$155.60	$503	-1.88
350–360	355	2	154.00	$154.00	$547	—
400–445	416	7	132.00–140.00	$136.22	$567	-3.03
480–495	488	2	126.00–135.00	$130.43	$636	-2.59
520–530	524	4	122.00–128.00	$125.25	$656	-3.43
555–560	558	3	120.00–122.00	$120.66	$673	-4.90
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	-8.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	287	3	170.00–174.00	$172.02	$494	—
300	300	1	168.00	$168.00	$504	—
350	350	1	160.00	$160.00	$560	-2.90
420	420	1	150.00	$150.00	$630	±0.00
455–485	471	4	141.00–146.00	$144.28	$680	-0.01

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1225	1138	80-85%	2	76.00–80.00	$77.85	$886	+16.13
980–1885	1284	80-85%	19	62.00–67.00	$64.67	$830	—
1045–1755	1437	80-85%	6	55.00–61.00	$57.26	$823	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1165	1020	85-90%	12	46.00–52.00	$49.43	$504	—
925–1300	1119	85-90%	12	53.00–60.00	$56.04	$627	-0.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320	1320	75-80%	1	57.00	$57.00	$752	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1655	1533	2	82.00–85.00	$83.38	$1,278	—
1865–2245	2055	2	94.00–95.00	$94.55	$1,943	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	52.00	$52.00	$512

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.