Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 lower. Steers under 550 lbs 3.00 to 10.00 lower, over 550 lbs mostly steady with 600 to 650 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers under 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 550 lbs 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Bulls under 600 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.42/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$117.42

83 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$8.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.10

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	530	119.06	631	63
Small 1-2	464	114.87	533	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	512	110.87	567	13thin

One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about $64 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 sale83 hd

117.42

—

TN average7 barns · 1,279 hd

121.53

−4.10

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	1,447	79.78	1,155	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	55.34	728	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	52.37	652	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	43.06	462	14

Every lot, as filed

82 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 1-2	—	473	132.29/cwt	130.00–136.00	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	129.62/cwt	126.00–134.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	123.84/cwt	120.00–130.00	537	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	511	119.32/cwt	115.00–122.00	610	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	119.66/cwt	115.00–125.00	728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	122.01/cwt	115.00–126.00	576	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	132.57/cwt	124.00–137.00	811	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	133.83/cwt	130.00–137.50	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	132.89/cwt	128.00–140.00	425	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	124.83/cwt	119.00–131.00	707	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	468	112.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	527	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	580	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	121.02/cwt	119.00–123.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	110.49/cwt	110.00–111.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	743	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	477	120.66/cwt	119.00–123.00	576	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	505	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	566	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	418	117.32/cwt	116.00–118.00	490	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	525	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	125.40/cwt	123.00–128.00	537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	1
Bulls	—	—	1,517	84.17/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,277	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	55.66/cwt	52.00–58.00	705	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	45.65/cwt	43.00–52.00	483	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	57.19/cwt	55.00–59.00	782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	96.48/cwt	92.00–101.00	678	2
Bulls	—	—	1,395	76.48/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,067	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	46.60/cwt	42.00–50.00	562	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	39.61/cwt	32.00–44.00	434	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	51.65/cwt	50.00–53.00	625	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	425	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	468	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	1
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	870	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	6,743	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	1,085	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,425	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	510	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	604	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	936.17/cwt	925.00–950.00	9,905	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,140	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	719.11/cwt	700.00–725.00	7,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	119.22/cwt	117.50–121.00	387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	112.21/cwt	108.00–114.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	132.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	557	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,118	837.64/cwt	825.00–850.00	9,365	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	124.35/cwt	123.00–126.00	566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	118.80/cwt	118.00–119.00	918	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	128.03/cwt	123.00–132.00	602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	525	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	124.69/cwt	122.00–126.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	108.99/cwt	106.00–115.00	776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	132.03/cwt	131.00–133.00	691	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,214	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	121.60/cwt	115.00–128.00	700	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	119.38/cwt	117.00–126.00	511	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	126.40/cwt	123.00–131.00	660	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	119.86/cwt	114.00–126.00	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	483	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	740	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	130.22/cwt	125.00–133.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	110.17/cwt	104.00–119.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	145.66/cwt	138.00–150.00	488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	112.49/cwt	112.00–113.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	114.94/cwt	111.00–124.00	713	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	118.02/cwt	114.00–120.00	563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	117.32/cwt	114.00–120.00	618	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	141.87/cwt	134.00–150.00	509	6

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 Sep 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 297Last week 315Year ago 484

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 47Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 13Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	130.00–136.00	132.29
3	—	572	126.00–134.00	129.62
13	—	612	124.00–137.00	132.57
5	—	773	118.00–119.00	118.80
3	—	673	122.00–126.00	124.69
2	—	523	131.00–133.00	132.03
2	—	728	114.00–126.00	119.86
1	—	415	136.00	136.00
3	—	335	138.00–150.00	145.66
6	—	359	134.00–150.00	141.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	130.00–137.50	133.83
2	—	580	119.00–123.00	121.02
2	—	428	123.00–128.00	125.40
1	—	505	126.00	126.00
1	—	645	116.00	116.00
3	—	455	123.00–126.00	124.35
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	117.00–120.00	118.49
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	434	120.00–130.00	123.84
6	—	511	115.00–122.00	119.32
13	—	472	115.00–126.00	122.01
2	—	620	110.00–111.00	110.49
1	—	750	99.00	99.00
1	—	705	111.00	111.00
2	—	575	112.00–113.00	112.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	566	119.00–131.00	124.83
5	—	672	108.00–114.00	112.21
3	—	420	130.00–135.00	132.65
8	—	470	123.00–132.00	128.03
7	—	522	123.00–131.00	126.40
6	—	620	111.00–124.00	114.94
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	119.00	119.00
3	—	477	119.00–123.00	120.66
1	—	525	114.00	114.00
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	115.00–125.00	119.66
3	—	320	128.00–140.00	132.89
1	—	765	99.00	99.00
3	—	712	106.00–115.00	108.99
7	—	576	115.00–128.00	121.60
6	—	428	117.00–126.00	119.38
3	—	365	125.00–133.00	130.22
1	—	260	129.00	129.00
3	—	672	104.00–119.00	110.17
9	—	477	114.00–120.00	118.02
13	—	527	114.00–120.00	117.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	101.00	101.00
1	—	495	108.00	108.00
1	—	400	115.00	115.00
3	—	567	110.00–114.00	111.98
2	—	703	92.00–101.00	96.48
2	—	325	117.50–121.00	119.22
1	—	380	122.00	122.00
2	—	505	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	110.00–115.00	112.57
1	—	505	112.00	112.00
3	—	418	116.00–118.00	117.32
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	114.00–116.00	115.02
1	—	740	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	625	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,517	83.00–86.00	84.17
4	—	1,395	73.00–80.00	76.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,267	52.00–58.00	55.66
4	—	1,205	42.00–50.00	46.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,057	43.00–52.00	45.65
6	—	1,095	32.00–44.00	39.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,368	55.00–59.00	57.19
3	—	1,210	50.00–53.00	51.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	775.00	775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	975.00	975.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	925.00–950.00	936.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,035	700.00–725.00	719.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,118	825.00–850.00	837.64

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

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