Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due the Christmas and New Year holiday lay off, no trends could be established.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.49/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$118.49

114 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$161

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

$8.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.97

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	290	122.00	354	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	517	121.28	628	68
Medium and Large 2-3	499	114.72	572	30
Small 1-2	455	113.14	515	15thin

One grade step is worth $8.86/cwt here — about −$161 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 sale114 hd

118.49

—

TN average5 barns · 701 hd

120.46

−1.97

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	1,358	73.00	991	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	51.69	778	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,315	49.44	650	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	39.66	456	10

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	119.81/cwt	115.00–128.00	628	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	147.55/cwt	142.50–152.50	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	131.15/cwt	125.00–136.00	550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	118.19/cwt	117.00–119.00	730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	105.49/cwt	105.00–106.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	140.46/cwt	134.00–150.00	657	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	149.70/cwt	144.00–155.00	647	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	376	137.34/cwt	129.00–145.00	516	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	156.29/cwt	152.50–160.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	825	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	4,084	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	126.02/cwt	124.00–128.00	605	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	560	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	532	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	140.68/cwt	134.00–145.00	692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	754	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	568	106.36/cwt	100.00–110.00	604	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	323	118.14/cwt	116.00–121.00	382	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	515	116.45/cwt	111.00–122.00	600	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	465	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	590	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	419	133.24/cwt	122.50–140.00	558	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	340	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	519	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	630	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	674	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	245	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	374	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	295	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	369	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	469	116.84/cwt	113.00–119.00	548	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	700	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	525	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	350	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	429	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	707	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	42.59/cwt	37.00–47.00	555	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	54.37/cwt	54.00–55.00	752	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	51.09/cwt	47.00–54.00	667	16
Bulls	—	—	1,525	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,083	1
Bulls	—	—	1,190	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	587	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	716	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,095	662.83/cwt	660.00–665.00	7,258	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	738.28/cwt	720.00–760.00	9,856	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	35.08/cwt	33.00–37.00	424	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	42.71/cwt	37.00–48.00	475	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	230	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	354	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	52.03/cwt	50.00–54.00	768	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	865	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	263	132.85/cwt	124.00–140.00	349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	788	97.02/cwt	95.00–99.00	765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	105.31/cwt	100.00–110.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	540	104.99/cwt	104.00–106.00	567	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,033	644.45/cwt	610.00–710.00	6,657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	108.39/cwt	105.00–112.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	96.37/cwt	91.00–102.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	464	121.96/cwt	115.00–125.00	566	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	142.58/cwt	135.00–152.50	543	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	332	148.76/cwt	145.00–151.00	494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	272	155.83/cwt	150.00–162.50	424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	108.48/cwt	106.00–111.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	118.55/cwt	108.00–128.00	507	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	413	127.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	113.24/cwt	107.00–116.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	115.21/cwt	112.00–121.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	128.17/cwt	124.00–137.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	99.98/cwt	95.00–105.00	708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	136.55/cwt	134.00–139.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	126.27/cwt	122.00–133.00	604	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	118.17/cwt	115.00–127.00	656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	106.94/cwt	101.00–109.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	663	3

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 338Last week 222Year ago 353

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 63Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 30

Due the Christmas and New Year holiday lay off, no trends could be established.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	98.00	98.00
1	—	700	91.00	91.00
1	—	480	131.00	131.00
3	—	587	100.00–110.00	105.31
2	—	413	125.00–130.00	127.45
1	—	650	99.00	99.00
1	—	625	95.00	95.00
1	—	545	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	468	134.00–150.00	140.46
7	—	432	144.00–155.00	149.70
4	—	615	107.00–116.00	113.24
4	—	574	112.00–121.00	115.21
4	—	524	124.00–137.00	128.17
2	—	708	95.00–105.00	99.98
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	100.00	100.00
2	—	480	124.00–128.00	126.02
1	—	560	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	108.00	108.00
12	—	524	115.00–128.00	119.81
2	—	258	142.50–152.50	147.55
1	—	855	94.00	94.00
15	—	419	125.00–136.00	131.15
1	—	380	135.00	135.00
2	—	720	105.00–106.00	105.49
1	—	800	98.00	98.00
16	—	478	122.00–133.00	126.27
6	—	555	115.00–127.00	118.17
5	—	671	101.00–109.00	106.94
3	—	620	106.00–108.00	107.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	100.00–110.00	106.36
3	—	323	116.00–121.00	118.14
1	—	295	125.00	125.00
6	—	469	113.00–119.00	116.84
1	—	700	75.00	75.00
1	—	350	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	106.00	106.00
2	—	540	104.00–106.00	104.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	124.00–140.00	132.85
2	—	788	95.00–99.00	97.02
5	—	560	105.00–112.00	108.39
2	—	620	91.00–102.00	96.37
1	—	730	101.00	101.00
1	—	370	124.00	124.00
1	—	330	135.00	135.00
4	—	464	115.00–125.00	121.96
2	—	510	106.00–111.00	108.48
1	—	825	101.00	101.00
8	—	428	108.00–128.00	118.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	160.00	160.00
5	—	618	117.00–119.00	118.19
4	—	523	130.00–135.00	132.48
2	—	420	152.50–160.00	156.29
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
3	—	492	134.00–145.00	140.68
2	—	550	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	170.00	170.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	117.00	117.00
6	—	376	129.00–145.00	137.34
2	—	515	111.00–122.00	116.45
2	—	465	125.00–129.00	126.98
4	—	419	122.50–140.00	133.24
1	—	340	152.50	152.50
1	—	630	107.00	107.00
1	—	245	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	381	135.00–152.50	142.58
3	—	332	145.00–151.00	148.76
3	—	272	150.00–162.50	155.83
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
1	—	535	108.00	108.00
2	—	460	134.00–139.00	136.55
2	—	428	142.50	142.50

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	495.00	495.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,095	660.00–665.00	662.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,033	610.00–710.00	644.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,335	720.00–760.00	738.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	55.00	55.00
4	—	1,476	50.00–54.00	52.03
1	—	1,840	47.00	47.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,304	37.00–47.00	42.59
3	—	1,383	54.00–55.00	54.37
16	—	1,306	47.00–54.00	51.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,208	33.00–37.00	35.08
6	—	1,113	37.00–48.00	42.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	71.00	71.00
1	—	1,190	75.00	75.00

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