Pulaski County Stockyard Market Report

Hawkinsville, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 22, 2022

552 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.66/cwt +11.39 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 410 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $168.45/cwt -18.03 vs last sale · ≈ $893/hd at 530 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.35/cwt +7.35 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 488 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	552	760	603
Feeder cattle	417	603	469
Slaughter cattle	106	145	105
Replacement cattle	29	12	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower with outstanding cows 90.00 to 93.00, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers and bulls lightly tested, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 4.00 higher and replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	198.00	$198.00	$723	-2.97
410–445	425	5	188.00–197.00	$192.90	$820	+2.62
450–485	468	2	186.00–192.00	$189.11	$885	+0.58
485 value added	485	1	198.00	$198.00	$960	—
518–533	530	13	168.00–170.00	$168.45	$893	-18.03
656–675	658	10	150.00–155.00	$154.49	$1,017	+6.33
715–735	719	5	140.00–150.00	$146.76	$1,055	-2.24

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	185.00	$185.00	$370	—
255–275	263	3	176.00–186.00	$180.13	$474	-6.22
315	315	1	184.00	$184.00	$580	+7.00
400–410	405	2	170.00–176.00	$173.04	$701	+4.35
480	480	1	162.00	$162.00	$778	+2.35
530	530	1	147.00	$147.00	$779	—
570	570	1	145.00	$145.00	$826	+10.37
670–690	680	2	115.00–122.00	$118.45	$805	-6.53
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	190.00	$190.00	$732	+4.33
425	425	1	180.00	$180.00	$765	-2.31
490	490	1	180.00	$180.00	$882	+9.31
695	695	1	143.00	$143.00	$994	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	324	7	160.00–166.00	$163.06	$528	+1.35
325 value added	325	2	172.00	$172.00	$559	—
355–385	366	7	162.00–170.00	$166.38	$609	+0.62
400–425	409	15	156.00–166.00	$162.08	$663	+10.81
415 value added	415	2	167.00	$167.00	$693	—
460–498	488	10	150.00–158.00	$155.35	$758	—
510–535	527	3	144.00–152.00	$147.60	$778	+5.60
560	560	2	141.00–144.00	$142.50	$798	-3.45
605 value added	605	1	146.00	$146.00	$883	—
650–670	660	2	125.00–133.00	$128.94	$851	—
700	700	1	124.00	$124.00	$868	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	271	6	152.00–157.00	$154.03	$417	-2.46
300–335	321	4	146.00–156.00	$151.46	$486	-4.45
360–390	376	5	146.00–154.00	$150.41	$566	+0.68
400–445	425	5	142.00–152.00	$145.85	$620	+0.47
480	480	2	140.00	$140.00	$672	+0.77
510–530	520	2	130.00–140.00	$135.10	$703	—
560–590	571	4	127.00–130.00	$129.25	$738	+0.63
615–645	631	4	126.00–130.00	$127.75	$806	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	236	4	140.00–150.00	$146.12	$345	+1.02
280–295	289	5	140.00–150.00	$143.20	$414	-3.03
325	325	4	138.00–140.00	$139.50	$453	-6.27
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	+5.34
400–440	420	2	130.00–135.00	$132.38	$556	-6.31
485–495	491	4	122.00–130.00	$127.03	$624	-2.97
525–540	533	2	116.00–126.00	$121.07	$645	-4.57

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	170.00	$170.00	$408	-10.34
260–285	273	2	170.00	$170.00	$464	-10.69
300–340	320	2	174.00–177.00	$175.41	$561	—
370	370	1	160.00	$160.00	$592	-1.03
400–445	409	5	150.00–160.00	$154.13	$630	-5.87
455–470	465	3	130.00–140.00	$133.94	$623	-20.85
505–540	522	3	126.00–130.00	$127.62	$666	-9.01
555	555	1	124.00	$124.00	$688	-8.27
630	630	1	122.00	$122.00	$769	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	2	190.00–195.00	$192.56	$651	+2.87
360–380	370	4	175.00–184.00	$179.74	$665	+2.26
405–425	413	5	170.00–177.00	$173.39	$716	—
465–490	478	3	162.00–166.00	$164.02	$784	+0.02
500–530	514	4	148.00–154.00	$150.98	$776	+4.96
565	565	1	138.00	$138.00	$780	-6.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	310	2	202.00–206.00	$204.06	$633	+4.02
390	390	1	190.00	$190.00	$741	-3.78
420–445	433	2	182.00–190.00	$186.12	$806	+6.88
455	455	1	190.00	$190.00	$864	—
525	525	1	160.00	$160.00	$840	+5.00
555	555	1	158.00	$158.00	$877	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1990	1240	80-85%	15	63.00–70.00	$66.58	$826	—
950–1820	1273	80-85%	26	74.00–81.00	$76.64	$976	+5.81
1065–1690	1298	80-85%	19	82.00–89.00	$85.15	$1,105	+14.32

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1085	900	85-90%	3	50.00–57.00	$53.69	$483	-3.88
890–1400	1083	85-90%	6	60.00–67.00	$64.59	$700	—
1020–1160	1090	85-90%	4	72.00–73.00	$72.53	$791	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1600	1503	75-80%	2	68.00–70.00	$69.06	$1,038	—
1865	1865	75-80%	1	66.00	$66.00	$1,231	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1975	1630	6	94.00–99.00	$96.71	$1,576	—
1235–2230	1658	6	100.00–106.00	$103.38	$1,714	-11.40
1550–2025	1788	2	113.00–115.00	$114.13	$2,041	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1090–1285	1188	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,027.05

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	625.00	$625.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	650.00	$650.00	—

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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.