Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due the holiday lay off last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.31/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$117.31

81 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

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

$8.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.71

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	425	122.00	519	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	527	118.88	627	55
Medium and Large 2-3	528	113.32	598	24

One grade step is worth $8.68/cwt here — about −$80 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 sale81 hd

117.31

—

TN average3 barns · 460 hd

124.02

−6.71

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	1,734	90.81	1,575	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,532	59.96	919	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	56.02	711	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,084	49.60	537	24

Every lot, as filed

78 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 2-3	—	570	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	133.96/cwt	132.00–135.00	563	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	51.89/cwt	47.00–57.00	663	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	57.98/cwt	57.00–59.00	935	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	61.14/cwt	59.00–63.00	907	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	45.51/cwt	41.00–48.00	527	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	51.28/cwt	47.00–56.00	540	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	112.98/cwt	110.00–117.00	763	3
Bulls	—	—	1,747	91.68/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,602	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	774	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	62.03/cwt	59.50–66.00	790	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	536	125.52/cwt	123.00–128.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	655	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	483	117.99/cwt	116.00–120.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	133.31/cwt	129.00–137.50	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	106.98/cwt	103.00–111.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	114.97/cwt	108.00–118.00	661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	109.83/cwt	106.00–112.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	121.84/cwt	120.00–125.00	580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	128.46/cwt	123.00–135.00	542	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	121.20/cwt	119.00–123.00	629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	117.99/cwt	117.00–119.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	118.51/cwt	118.00–119.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	127.26/cwt	122.00–132.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	118.92/cwt	113.00–122.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	106.75/cwt	106.00–107.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	105.74/cwt	100.00–108.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	95.02/cwt	90.00–103.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	168.75/cwt	167.50–170.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	137.46/cwt	135.00–140.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	127.99/cwt	127.00–129.00	791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	153.09/cwt	146.00–158.00	585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.26/cwt	131.00–139.00	694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	130.74/cwt	129.00–134.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	134.61/cwt	130.00–139.00	630	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	143.42/cwt	137.00–149.00	607	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	124.84/cwt	119.00–128.00	710	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	107.98/cwt	107.00–109.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	110.76/cwt	109.00–112.00	684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	738	100.53/cwt	90.00–112.00	742	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	118.90/cwt	105.00–124.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	122.50/cwt	121.00–129.00	635	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	127.17/cwt	121.00–134.00	599	11
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	493	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	621	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	8,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	10,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	742.32/cwt	735.00–750.00	7,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	316	139.98/cwt	132.50–147.00	442	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	320	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	432	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	643	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	759	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	1,238.87/cwt	1,200.00–1,275.00	14,408	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,187	714.77/cwt	700.00–730.00	8,484	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	6,131	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,600	1
Bulls	—	—	1,830	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,446	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.

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Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue Jul 7, 2020

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Feeder CattleReceipts 327Last week 418Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 66Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 23Year ago 0

No trends could be established due the holiday lay off last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	123.00	123.00
1	—	605	119.00	119.00
4	—	420	132.00–135.00	133.96
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
1	—	380	144.00	144.00
1	—	460	134.00	134.00
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
7	—	316	132.50–147.00	139.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	144.00	144.00
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	137.00	137.00
1	—	585	129.00	129.00
1	—	655	127.00	127.00
1	—	700	119.00	119.00
2	—	340	167.50–170.00	168.75
2	—	478	135.00–140.00	137.46
2	—	618	127.00–129.00	127.99
3	—	382	146.00–158.00	153.09
10	—	525	131.00–139.00	132.26
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	135.00	135.00
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
2	—	643	117.00–119.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
3	—	675	110.00–117.00	112.98
4	—	519	129.00–134.00	130.74
5	—	468	130.00–139.00	134.61
8	—	423	137.00–149.00	143.42
14	—	569	119.00–128.00	124.84
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	123.00–128.00	125.52
1	—	600	114.00	114.00
1	—	660	108.00	108.00
2	—	493	125.00–127.00	125.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	128.00	128.00
2	—	780	107.00–109.00	107.98
4	—	618	109.00–112.00	110.76
4	—	738	90.00–112.00	100.53
6	—	575	105.00–124.00	118.90
10	—	518	121.00–129.00	122.50
11	—	471	121.00–134.00	127.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
1	—	655	92.00	92.00
2	—	483	116.00–120.00	117.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
1	—	700	104.00	104.00
1	—	775	113.00	113.00
2	—	375	129.00–137.50	133.31
5	—	661	103.00–111.00	106.98
6	—	575	108.00–118.00	114.97
6	—	629	106.00–112.00	109.83
9	—	476	120.00–125.00	121.84
10	—	422	123.00–135.00	128.46
10	—	519	119.00–123.00	121.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	138.00–140.00	139.01
2	—	440	117.00–119.00	117.99
2	—	533	118.00–119.00	118.51
3	—	377	122.00–132.00	127.26
3	—	472	113.00–122.00	118.92
4	—	584	106.00–107.00	106.75
4	—	630	100.00–108.00	105.74
4	—	673	90.00–103.00	95.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	124.00	124.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,277	47.00–57.00	51.89
1	—	1,105	70.00	70.00
8	—	1,274	59.50–66.00	62.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,613	57.00–59.00	57.98
5	—	1,484	59.00–63.00	61.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,158	41.00–48.00	45.51
17	—	1,053	47.00–56.00	51.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,747	85.00–98.00	91.68
1	—	1,600	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,830	79.00	79.00

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)	1	—	1,125	720.00	720.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,187	700.00–730.00	714.77
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	920.00	920.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	963	735.00–750.00	742.32
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	915	670.00	670.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,163	1,200.00–1,275.00	1,238.87

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

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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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