Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Steers under 500 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.19/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$107.19

105 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$5.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.87

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	520	108.14	562	70
Medium and Large 2-3	449	106.70	479	23
Small 1-2	469	102.56	481	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about $81 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 sale105 hd

107.19

—

TN average8 barns · 2,022 hd

115.06

−7.87

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	1,662	73.93	1,229	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,356	49.06	665	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,268	46.41	588	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,122	41.62	467	5thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	116.83/cwt	115.00–121.00	442	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	134.74/cwt	127.00–143.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	107.12/cwt	100.00–115.00	665	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	104.41/cwt	101.00–109.00	600	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	116.50/cwt	115.00–119.00	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	115.02/cwt	111.00–117.00	477	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	114.91/cwt	111.00–119.00	595	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	119.03/cwt	117.00–121.00	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	475	105.44/cwt	104.00–107.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	125.62/cwt	122.00–129.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	109.92/cwt	105.00–117.00	517	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	145.06/cwt	142.50–150.00	418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	112.46/cwt	110.00–116.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	435	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	461	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	865	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	148.97/cwt	139.00–160.00	471	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	121.99/cwt	118.00–126.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	126.00/cwt	122.00–129.00	587	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	541	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	485	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	475	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	375	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	443	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	432	102.34/cwt	98.00–110.00	442	5
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	530	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	604	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,513	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	576	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	563	102.99/cwt	102.00–104.00	580	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	605	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	615	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	584	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,055	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	567	103.68/cwt	102.00–105.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	495	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	574	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,158	663.38/cwt	640.00–690.00	7,682	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	5,141	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	48.69/cwt	47.00–53.00	611	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	380	1
Bulls	—	—	1,652	69.19/cwt	63.00–75.00	1,143	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,296	44.29/cwt	42.00–46.00	574	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	43.78/cwt	41.00–47.00	564	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	97.08/cwt	93.00–101.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	342	134.42/cwt	130.00–142.50	460	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	55.24/cwt	55.00–56.00	767	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	598	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	79.62/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,334	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	43.27/cwt	40.00–46.00	489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	108.09/cwt	105.00–111.00	357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	113.21/cwt	110.00–115.00	402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	102.01/cwt	94.00–106.00	539	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	104.86/cwt	95.00–113.00	444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	135.01/cwt	130.00–144.00	506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	127.01/cwt	126.00–129.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	119.85/cwt	113.00–126.00	519	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	100.38/cwt	95.00–106.00	668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	96.53/cwt	94.00–99.00	601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	93.99/cwt	92.00–96.00	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	105.73/cwt	104.00–108.00	492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	109.14/cwt	106.00–116.00	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	107.01/cwt	105.00–110.00	559	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	105.35/cwt	100.00–110.00	597	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	115.94/cwt	112.00–122.00	547	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	121.93/cwt	118.00–125.00	521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	131.93/cwt	129.00–135.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	144.83/cwt	142.50–148.00	550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	107.54/cwt	100.00–114.00	670	4

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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 366Last week 438Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 63Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 27Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	115.00–121.00	116.83
1	—	705	102.00	102.00
11	—	621	100.00–115.00	107.12
12	—	575	101.00–109.00	104.41
5	—	415	111.00–117.00	115.02
15	—	470	105.00–117.00	109.92
2	—	333	115.00–120.00	117.48
2	—	665	95.00–106.00	100.38
10	—	522	105.00–110.00	107.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	104.00–107.00	105.44
1	—	435	106.00	106.00
1	—	615	95.00	95.00
3	—	567	102.00–105.00	103.68
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	105.00	105.00
1	—	485	98.00	98.00
5	—	432	98.00–110.00	102.34
2	—	368	110.00	110.00
2	—	563	102.00–104.00	102.99
1	—	605	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	105.00–111.00	108.09
1	—	680	101.00	101.00
1	—	295	127.50	127.50
5	—	355	110.00–115.00	113.21
4	—	528	94.00–106.00	102.01
4	—	423	95.00–113.00	104.86
2	—	623	94.00–99.00	96.53
4	—	465	104.00–108.00	105.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	127.00–143.00	134.74
1	—	755	109.00	109.00
4	—	613	115.00–119.00	116.50
4	—	676	117.00–121.00	119.03
2	—	518	122.00–129.00	125.62
3	—	288	142.50–150.00	145.06
1	—	465	132.00	132.00
6	—	316	139.00–160.00	148.97
4	—	568	118.00–126.00	121.99
3	—	380	142.50–148.00	144.83
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	342	130.00–142.50	134.42
3	—	375	130.00–144.00	135.01
1	—	515	114.00	114.00
3	—	485	126.00–129.00	127.01
3	—	433	113.00–126.00	119.85
1	—	645	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	518	111.00–119.00	114.91
4	—	571	110.00–116.00	112.46
1	—	670	99.00	99.00
7	—	466	122.00–129.00	126.00
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
4	—	414	129.00–135.00	131.93
4	—	623	100.00–114.00	107.54
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	114.00	114.00
1	—	570	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	93.00–101.00	97.08
2	—	683	92.00–96.00	93.99
3	—	530	106.00–116.00	109.14
1	—	865	69.00	69.00
5	—	567	100.00–110.00	105.35
5	—	472	112.00–122.00	115.94
3	—	427	118.00–125.00	121.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	630.00	630.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,158	640.00–690.00	663.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,060	485.00	485.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	53.00	53.00
6	—	1,296	42.00–46.00	44.29
4	—	1,388	55.00–56.00	55.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,255	47.00–53.00	48.69
10	—	1,288	41.00–47.00	43.78
1	—	1,195	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	35.00	35.00
4	—	1,131	40.00–46.00	43.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,652	63.00–75.00	69.19
5	—	1,675	77.00–81.00	79.62

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