Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 lower. Steers not well established last week. Heifers and bulls 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Quality poor to average. Demand moderate to weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $103.28/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$103.28

109 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

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

$7.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.61

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	105.52	572	60
Medium and Large 2-3	495	102.14	506	28
Medium and Large 3	444	100.55	446	4thin
Small 1-2	459	97.89	450	17thin

One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale109 hd

103.28

—

TN average9 barns · 1,996 hd

113.88

−10.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Average	1,749	74.63	1,305	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,482	47.82	709	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,275	45.11	575	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	38.41	399	17

Every lot, as filed

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

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	568	110.49/cwt	108.00–113.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	740	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	770	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	471	99.63/cwt	90.00–106.00	469	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	568	96.71/cwt	92.00–100.00	549	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	373	97.63/cwt	91.00–104.00	364	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	315	96.19/cwt	92.50–100.00	303	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	665	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	559	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	535	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	498	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	230	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	98.59/cwt	96.00–101.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	106.48/cwt	100.00–109.00	498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	104.81/cwt	100.00–107.00	453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	104.29/cwt	103.00–107.00	591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	93.78/cwt	85.00–102.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	91.50/cwt	91.00–92.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	105.48/cwt	105.00–106.00	390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	102.57/cwt	101.00–104.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	321	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	107.32/cwt	104.00–111.00	616	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	108.02/cwt	105.00–113.00	563	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	108.84/cwt	105.00–116.00	524	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	100.38/cwt	95.00–103.00	618	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	114.55/cwt	109.00–117.50	378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	91.49/cwt	88.00–95.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	88.30/cwt	86.00–90.50	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	113.72/cwt	107.00–121.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	532	104.99/cwt	102.00–107.00	559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	455	103.99/cwt	103.00–105.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	650	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	430	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	413	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	475	110.46/cwt	105.00–121.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	148.04/cwt	135.00–160.00	397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	114.96/cwt	113.00–117.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	123.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	142.64/cwt	132.50–153.00	528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	138.23/cwt	133.00–143.00	449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	122.03/cwt	119.00–125.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	267	129.97/cwt	127.50–132.50	347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	123.21/cwt	120.00–127.50	460	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	340	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	383	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	518	111.06/cwt	107.00–115.00	575	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	628	105.49/cwt	105.00–106.00	662	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,555	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,315	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	12,624	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,505	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	770	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,235	1
Bulls	—	—	1,876	78.74/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,477	7
Bulls	—	—	1,621	70.52/cwt	61.00–76.00	1,143	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	52.25/cwt	52.00–52.50	708	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	39.32/cwt	32.00–44.00	488	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	47.10/cwt	43.50–50.00	604	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	51.33/cwt	51.00–51.50	762	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	43.23/cwt	38.00–45.00	610	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	49.06/cwt	47.00–51.50	744	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	35.02/cwt	32.50–38.00	374	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	40.78/cwt	35.50–45.00	415	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	6,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	555	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	640	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	533	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	109.46/cwt	108.00–111.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	110.82/cwt	106.00–116.00	628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	104.40/cwt	100.00–109.00	649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	124.40/cwt	120.00–127.50	521	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	119.46/cwt	115.00–126.00	567	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	82.07/cwt	79.00–85.00	634	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	115.35/cwt	110.00–121.00	504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	649	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	668	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	103.44/cwt	100.00–107.50	541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	112.94/cwt	110.00–118.00	546	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	101.12/cwt	97.00–104.00	590	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	620	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	577	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	525	96.57/cwt	93.00–100.00	507	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	573	101.50/cwt	101.00–102.00	582	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	660	93.96/cwt	89.00–99.00	620	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	417	116.82/cwt	113.00–122.50	487	3

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.

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Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue Oct 1, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 484Last week 290Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 56Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 23Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	108.00–113.00	110.49
1	—	740	104.00	104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	157.50	157.50
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
3	—	268	135.00–160.00	148.04
3	—	510	110.00–115.00	112.50
3	—	568	113.00–117.00	114.96
5	—	470	120.00–130.00	123.35
6	—	370	132.50–153.00	142.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
1	—	520	112.00	112.00
1	—	560	108.00	108.00
1	—	630	107.00	107.00
2	—	325	133.00–143.00	138.23
2	—	435	119.00–125.00	122.03
3	—	267	127.50–132.50	129.97
4	—	373	120.00–127.50	123.21
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	112.50	112.50
1	—	355	120.00	120.00
1	—	455	118.00	118.00
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
2	—	518	107.00–115.00	111.06
2	—	628	105.00–106.00	105.49
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	90.00–106.00	99.63
3	—	568	92.00–100.00	96.71
2	—	373	91.00–104.00	97.63
2	—	315	92.50–100.00	96.19
1	—	665	84.00	84.00
1	—	535	93.00	93.00
1	—	230	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	96.00–101.00	98.59
1	—	695	95.00	95.00
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	100.00–109.00	106.48
5	—	432	100.00–107.00	104.81
3	—	567	103.00–107.00	104.29
2	—	673	85.00–102.00	93.78
2	—	625	91.00–92.00	91.50
2	—	370	105.00–106.00	105.48
2	—	325	101.00–104.00	102.57
1	—	755	84.00	84.00
1	—	720	85.00	85.00
1	—	510	103.00	103.00
1	—	285	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	574	104.00–111.00	107.32
11	—	521	105.00–113.00	108.02
8	—	481	105.00–116.00	108.84
7	—	616	95.00–103.00	100.38
3	—	330	109.00–117.50	114.55
2	—	773	88.00–95.00	91.49
2	—	718	86.00–90.50	88.30
2	—	375	107.00–121.00	113.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	102.00–107.00	104.99
2	—	455	103.00–105.00	103.99
1	—	650	88.00	88.00
1	—	430	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	105.00–121.00	110.46
1	—	620	93.00	93.00
2	—	525	93.00–100.00	96.57
2	—	573	101.00–102.00	101.50
2	—	660	89.00–99.00	93.96
3	—	417	113.00–122.50	116.82
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	106.00	106.00
1	—	640	88.00	88.00
2	—	533	102.00–104.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	106.00	106.00
2	—	528	108.00–111.00	109.46
5	—	567	106.00–116.00	110.82
5	—	622	100.00–109.00	104.40
6	—	419	120.00–127.50	124.40
6	—	475	115.00–126.00	119.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	121.00	121.00
1	—	680	100.00	100.00
1	—	740	71.00	71.00
2	—	773	79.00–85.00	82.07
3	—	437	110.00–121.00	115.35
4	—	649	103.00	103.00
5	—	523	100.00–107.50	103.44
6	—	483	110.00–118.00	112.94
7	—	583	97.00–104.00	101.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,315	960.00	960.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	550.00	550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	740.00	740.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,876	75.00–81.00	78.74
7	—	1,621	61.00–76.00	70.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	52.00–52.50	52.25
9	—	1,240	32.00–44.00	39.32
19	—	1,283	43.50–50.00	47.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,485	51.00–51.50	51.33
5	—	1,410	38.00–45.00	43.23
10	—	1,517	47.00–51.50	49.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,067	32.50–38.00	35.02
10	—	1,017	35.50–45.00	40.78

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.

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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle