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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 6

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

355 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 381▲ 119 vs year ago 236 · +50.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

69 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 82▲ 7 vs year ago 62 · +11.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 24▲ 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Heifers/ Bulls mostly steady; Feeder Steers not well established; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls 6.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.91/cwt on 29 head, up $8.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 31 comparable sales and sits −55.43 against this barn's trailing median of $384.34.

Average price

$328.91

▲ 8.02 vs prior sale

29 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$30.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.92

vs TN average

−39.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	330.98	1,828	27
Medium and Large 2	530	300.97	1,595	2thin

One grade step is worth $30.01/cwt here — about $233 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 sale29 hd

328.91

—

TN average16 barns · 614 hd

335.83

−6.92

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−39.00

This barn, trailing median31 sales

384.34

−55.43

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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.69, low $301.40, median $384.34 across 31 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
Bulls	—	High	1,622	174.95	2,838	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	139.77	2,086	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	138.18	1,752	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	120.35	1,246	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,460	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,460	$3,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,460	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	277	528.01/cwt	510.00–560.00	1,463	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	278	438.77/cwt	410.00–475.00	1,220	3
Steers	250–300	Small 1	280	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	882	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	470.52/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,520	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,361	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	420.91/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,570	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,681	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,226	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	258.93/cwt	245.00–272.00	1,230	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,793	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	325.90/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,021	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	288.50/cwt	272.00–305.00	1,789	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,471	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,305	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,001	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	410.00/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,283	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	353.33/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,177	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	386.35/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,449	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	332.60/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,247	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	376.71/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,612	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	339.81/cwt	315.00–365.00	1,461	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	358.70/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,672	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	328.83/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,575	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	505	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,651	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	343.08/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,801	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	300.97/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,595	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	325.97/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,865	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	307.50/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,768	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	294.72/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,836	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	293.75/cwt	272.00–310.00	1,951	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	263.49/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,765	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	720	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,886	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,038	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,911	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,122	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,521	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	431.30/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,643	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	372.39/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,549	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	411.55/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,737	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	370.25/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,714	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	340.28/cwt	322.00–360.00	1,599	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	340.96/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,776	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	314.87/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,666	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	291.22/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,631	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	327.74/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,878	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	270.26/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,689	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	307.35/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,924	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	308.15/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,043	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	254.59/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,718	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	284.90/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,051	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	767	253.18/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,942	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,058	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,312	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,935	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	990	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,614	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,548	154.82/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,397	2
Bulls	—	—	1,629	177.85/cwt	170.00–186.00	2,897	8
Bulls	—	—	1,715	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,293	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	114.24/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,147	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,066	126.46/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,348	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	148.47/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,791	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	139.83/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,728	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,347	130.56/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,759	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,371	151.11/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,072	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	129.45/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,929	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,576	140.82/cwt	139.00–143.00	2,219	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,460	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,460	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,460	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue Oct 6, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 355Last week 381Year ago 236

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 82Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 24Year ago 15

Compared to last week Feeder Heifers/ Bulls mostly steady; Feeder Steers not well established; Slaughter Cows/ Bulls 6.00 to 9.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	327.00	327.00
2	550–600	575	305.00–310.00	307.50
1	600–650	600	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	720	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	313	395.00–425.00	410.00
4	350–400	375	380.00–395.00	386.35
8	400–450	428	370.00–385.00	376.71
22	450–500	466	350.00–370.00	358.70
10	500–550	525	337.00–352.00	343.08
14	550–600	572	320.00–335.00	325.97
4	600–650	623	282.00–310.00	294.72
7	650–700	664	272.00–310.00	293.75
2	750–800	778	262.00	262.00
1	800–850	810	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	345.00	345.00
3	300–350	333	350.00–355.00	353.33
2	350–400	375	330.00–335.00	332.60
7	400–450	430	315.00–365.00	339.81
9	450–500	479	320.00–342.00	328.83
2	500–550	530	300.00–302.00	300.97
1	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	670	262.00–265.00	263.49
1	750–800	780	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	845	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	292.00	292.00
2	450–500	475	245.00–272.00	258.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	410.00–475.00	438.77
3	300–350	332	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	620	272.00–305.00	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	510.00–560.00	528.01
3	300–350	323	450.00–490.00	470.52
2	350–400	373	405.00–435.00	420.91
1	400–450	410	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	470	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	540	332.00	332.00
2	600–650	620	320.00–332.00	325.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	758	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	416	360.00–385.00	372.39
4	450–500	470	322.00–360.00	340.28
8	500–550	529	305.00–325.00	314.87
3	550–600	560	250.00–325.00	291.22
4	600–650	625	262.00–282.00	270.26
3	650–700	675	242.00–270.00	254.59
5	750–800	767	242.00–270.00	253.18
1	800–850	840	245.00	245.00
1	850–900	860	225.00	225.00
1	950–1000	990	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	425.00–440.00	431.30
9	400–450	422	395.00–425.00	411.55
4	450–500	463	360.00–385.00	370.25
9	500–550	521	330.00–355.00	340.96
8	550–600	573	325.00–335.00	327.74
6	600–650	626	292.00–320.00	307.35
11	650–700	663	290.00–315.00	308.15
2	700–750	720	280.00–290.00	284.90
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	850	272.00	272.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	3,300.00	3,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,460	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,460	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	2,850.00	2,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	192.00	192.00
2	—	1,548	150.00–161.00	154.82
8	—	1,629	170.00–186.00	177.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,236	135.00–143.00	139.83
4	—	1,206	145.00–152.00	148.47
8	—	1,347	127.00–134.00	130.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,576	139.00–143.00	140.82
4	—	1,371	147.00–154.00	151.11
5	—	1,490	125.00–133.00	129.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	125.00–129.00	126.46
4	—	1,004	110.00–120.00	114.24

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.