Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2020-03-17

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
149 vs last sale 252 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
7 vs last sale 27 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings. However, Feeder Cattle were sharply lower, Slaughter Cattle mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.30/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$120.30
28 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.70
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2471121.6957425
Medium and Large 2-3455108.674943thin
One grade step is worth $13.03/cwt here — about $79 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 sale28 hd
120.30
TN average11 barns · 1,657 hd
114.60
+5.70
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,64082.981,3615thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,59364.501,0272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46260.948913thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14339.774554thin

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46260.94/cwt55.00–64.008913
CowsLean 85-90%1,03829.10/cwt26.00–33.003022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55561.00/cwt61.00–61.009491
CowsLean 85-90%1,24850.44/cwt50.00–51.006292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415148.48/cwt148.00–149.006162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365147.68/cwt145.00–151.005395
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265147.50/cwt147.50–147.503911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475140.83/cwt133.00–149.006692
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630112.00/cwt112.00–112.007061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570124.00/cwt124.00–124.007071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537127.67/cwt126.00–129.006863
Dairy SteersLarge 335055.00/cwt55.00–55.001932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468119.03/cwt113.00–125.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431128.79/cwt125.00–136.005556
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400111.50/cwt104.00–119.004462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575100.00/cwt100.00–100.005751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2323133.80/cwt132.50–135.004322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513118.62/cwt111.00–124.006095
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3565103.00/cwt103.00–103.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-265595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380125.27/cwt121.00–130.004763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516125.00/cwt125.00–125.006454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560114.51/cwt114.00–115.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410125.00/cwt125.00–125.005131
Bulls1,43075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630108.00/cwt108.00–108.006801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522129.32/cwt128.00–131.006753
Bulls1,59780.63/cwt80.00–81.001,2883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400144.00/cwt144.00–144.005761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2483134.34/cwt133.00–135.006493
BullsMedium and Large 2-3490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Bulls1,98098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,9401

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.