Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago , Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers mostly steady. Heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.01/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$113.01

138 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$579

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$11.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.31

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	549	115.29	633	84
Medium and Large 2-3	456	110.37	503	39
Small 1-2	432	109.50	474	9thin
Medium and Large 3	479	103.44	495	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.86/cwt here — about $138 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 sale138 hd

113.01

—

TN average5 barns · 1,831 hd

119.32

−6.31

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	—	Low	1,691	67.68	1,144	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	47.78	759	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	47.32	623	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	38.84	448	20

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	418	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	325	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	125.10/cwt	120.00–130.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	121.94/cwt	118.00–126.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	107.24/cwt	101.00–112.50	724	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	114.28/cwt	107.00–119.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	115.32/cwt	110.00–121.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	107.31/cwt	104.00–110.00	773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	112.29/cwt	109.00–115.00	743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.65/cwt	129.00–134.00	614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	124.44/cwt	121.00–128.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	124.42/cwt	121.00–128.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	111.32/cwt	108.00–115.00	734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	108.17/cwt	103.00–110.00	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	109.01/cwt	106.00–115.00	551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	329	130.39/cwt	122.50–140.00	429	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	120.84/cwt	116.00–124.00	631	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	379	132.63/cwt	127.50–138.00	503	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	129.98/cwt	127.50–132.50	612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	121.97/cwt	119.00–124.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	119.20/cwt	116.00–122.50	817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	781	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	694	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	871	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	419	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	134.20/cwt	125.00–136.50	713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	138.02/cwt	131.00–140.00	647	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	142.92/cwt	137.50–150.00	607	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	136.59/cwt	135.00–139.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	406	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	472	106.95/cwt	104.00–110.00	505	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	111.07/cwt	108.00–114.00	472	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	41.19/cwt	36.00–47.00	470	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	33.37/cwt	30.00–36.00	395	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	48.62/cwt	46.00–52.50	801	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	42.83/cwt	42.00–43.50	603	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	883	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	47.90/cwt	44.00–52.50	625	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	42.14/cwt	38.00–45.00	557	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	53.78/cwt	51.50–56.00	738	6
Bulls	—	—	1,571	58.55/cwt	54.00–63.00	920	4
Bulls	—	—	1,783	75.21/cwt	73.00–77.50	1,341	2
Bulls	—	—	1,838	78.40/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	98.00/cwt	91.00–105.00	529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	110.81/cwt	107.50–114.00	474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	388	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	418	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	110.18/cwt	101.00–115.00	469	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	106.33/cwt	101.00–110.00	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	110.93/cwt	106.00–115.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	103.00/cwt	101.00–105.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	102.02/cwt	101.00–104.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	114.66/cwt	114.00–115.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	110.62/cwt	100.00–120.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	111.23/cwt	110.00–112.50	306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	657	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	710	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	110.10/cwt	105.00–115.00	632	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	119.53/cwt	109.00–123.00	562	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	119.98/cwt	116.00–124.00	517	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	566.61/cwt	425.00–625.00	6,544	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	5,671	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,624	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	7,901	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	681.78/cwt	670.00–690.00	7,840	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	471	126.22/cwt	125.00–130.00	594	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	420	129.02/cwt	128.00–130.00	542	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	585	107.53/cwt	106.00–109.00	629	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	500	118.50/cwt	116.00–121.00	593	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	385	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	260	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	522	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	636	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	131.63/cwt	120.00–139.00	554	14

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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Tue Dec 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 532Last week 699Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 59Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 45Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	113.00–114.00	113.50
1	—	565	108.00	108.00
1	—	325	107.50	107.50
3	—	472	104.00–110.00	106.95
2	—	425	108.00–114.00	111.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	120.00–130.00	125.10
2	—	325	118.00–126.00	121.94
1	—	820	93.00	93.00
1	—	775	91.00	91.00
6	—	659	108.00–115.00	111.32
6	—	607	103.00–110.00	108.17
6	—	505	106.00–115.00	109.01
12	—	574	105.00–115.00	110.10
12	—	470	109.00–123.00	119.53
7	—	431	116.00–124.00	119.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	91.00–105.00	98.00
2	—	428	107.50–114.00	110.81
1	—	595	95.00	95.00
1	—	340	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	124.00	124.00
2	—	418	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	426	101.00–115.00	110.18
6	—	523	101.00–110.00	106.33
4	—	474	106.00–115.00	110.93
3	—	670	101.00–105.00	103.00
3	—	563	101.00–104.00	102.02
3	—	383	114.00–115.00	114.66
2	—	325	100.00–120.00	110.62
2	—	275	110.00–112.50	111.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	534	123.00	123.00
9	—	607	117.00	117.00
3	—	655	119.00	119.00
2	—	703	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	101.00–112.50	107.24
3	—	615	107.00–119.00	114.28
2	—	580	123.00–124.00	123.50
2	—	528	110.00–121.00	115.32
2	—	470	118.00–120.00	119.02
2	—	430	120.00–130.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	720	104.00–110.00	107.31
3	—	662	109.00–115.00	112.29
3	—	470	129.00–134.00	130.65
2	—	630	121.00–128.00	124.44
2	—	578	121.00–128.00	124.42
2	—	433	135.00	135.00
1	—	870	100.00	100.00
1	—	785	107.00	107.00
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	329	122.50–140.00	130.39
7	—	522	116.00–124.00	120.84
5	—	379	127.50–138.00	132.63
4	—	471	127.50–132.50	129.98
3	—	582	119.00–124.00	121.97
2	—	685	116.00–122.50	119.20
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
14	—	421	120.00–139.00	131.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	583	134.00	134.00
6	—	694	125.50	125.50
6	—	419	141.00	141.00
5	—	534	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	531	125.00–136.50	134.20
6	—	469	131.00–140.00	138.02
5	—	425	137.50–150.00	142.92
4	—	384	135.00–139.00	136.59
3	—	575	130.00–135.00	132.46
2	—	605	129.00	129.00
1	—	710	119.00	119.00
1	—	280	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	125.00–130.00	126.22
3	—	420	128.00–130.00	129.02
2	—	585	106.00–109.00	107.53
2	—	500	116.00–121.00	118.50
1	—	385	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	117.50	117.50
1	—	260	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	124.50	124.50
4	—	480	139.00	139.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,140	36.00–47.00	41.19
6	—	1,184	30.00–36.00	33.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,648	46.00–52.50	48.62
2	—	1,408	42.00–43.50	42.83
1	—	1,650	53.50	53.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,305	44.00–52.50	47.90
11	—	1,321	38.00–45.00	42.14
6	—	1,373	51.50–56.00	53.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,571	54.00–63.00	58.55
2	—	1,783	73.00–77.50	75.21
2	—	1,838	77.00–80.00	78.40

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,155	425.00–625.00	566.61
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	535.00	535.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	690.00	690.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	670.00–690.00	681.78

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle