Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower. Steers and bulls 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.65/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$125.65

85 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$6.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.91

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	509	126.49	644	56
Medium and Large 2-3	438	124.89	547	21
Small 1-2	491	122.56	602	6thin
Medium and Large 3	308	119.63	368	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.86/cwt here — about $275 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 sale85 hd

125.65

—

TN average8 barns · 1,272 hd

127.56

−1.91

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	1,475	85.39	1,260	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	62.74	928	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,150	60.68	698	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,048	50.31	527	12

Every lot, as filed

72 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	—	467	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	598	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	126.16/cwt	123.00–128.00	661	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	134.50/cwt	132.00–137.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	135.83/cwt	134.00–137.00	515	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	147.25/cwt	146.00–148.50	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	130.92/cwt	126.00–136.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	137.16/cwt	133.00–143.00	776	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	119.60/cwt	114.00–125.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	138.75/cwt	132.50–145.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	124.15/cwt	120.00–126.00	711	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	112.28/cwt	109.00–116.00	812	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	143.38/cwt	140.00–149.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	96.53/cwt	93.00–100.00	843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	119.14/cwt	115.00–121.00	730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	131.73/cwt	126.00–138.00	548	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	140.89/cwt	139.00–146.00	733	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	725	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	7,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	126.65/cwt	126.00–127.00	838	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	373	127.12/cwt	125.00–129.00	474	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	587	119.37/cwt	117.00–124.00	701	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	443	135.53/cwt	131.00–140.00	600	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	455	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	628	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	440	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	541	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	959	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	61.97/cwt	61.00–63.00	942	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	67.53/cwt	67.00–68.00	902	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	62.16/cwt	57.00–66.00	701	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	49.73/cwt	46.00–52.00	560	3
Bulls	—	—	1,475	85.39/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,260	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,000	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	1,040.00/cwt	1,040.00–1,040.00	9,412	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	1,037.29/cwt	950.00–1,125.00	10,975	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	44.17/cwt	42.00–46.00	410	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	51.54/cwt	48.00–55.00	553	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	122.26/cwt	119.00–126.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	880	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	766	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	9,237	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	9,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	125.13/cwt	123.00–129.00	526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	308	119.63/cwt	114.00–125.00	368	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	133.13/cwt	131.00–134.00	754	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	150.96/cwt	139.00–159.00	562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	158.29/cwt	154.00–163.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	343	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	624	121.25/cwt	119.00–122.00	757	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	148.23/cwt	147.50–149.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	131.67/cwt	127.00–134.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	151.24/cwt	136.00–155.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	123.68/cwt	120.00–128.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	133.04/cwt	131.00–135.00	370	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	148.64/cwt	145.00–152.50	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	123.38/cwt	120.00–126.00	761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	123.75/cwt	121.00–129.00	723	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.

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

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue May 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 247Last week 341Year ago 230

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 51Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 18Year ago 20

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower. Steers and bulls 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifers 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	128.00	128.00
17	—	524	123.00–128.00	126.16
6	—	379	134.00–137.00	135.83
2	—	673	114.00–125.00	119.60
2	—	315	132.50–145.00	138.75
6	—	573	120.00–126.00	124.15
8	—	613	115.00–121.00	119.14
8	—	416	126.00–138.00	131.73
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	125.00–129.00	127.12
3	—	587	117.00–124.00	119.37
1	—	440	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	119.00–126.00	122.26
1	—	635	115.00	115.00
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
5	—	420	123.00–129.00	125.13
1	—	385	125.00	125.00
2	—	343	125.00	125.00
1	—	655	117.00	117.00
3	—	493	120.00–128.00	123.68
4	—	278	131.00–135.00	133.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	114.00–125.00	119.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	164.00	164.00
6	—	375	160.00	160.00
2	—	630	126.00–136.00	130.92
11	—	566	133.00–143.00	137.16
8	—	520	139.00–146.00	140.89
1	—	445	156.00	156.00
4	—	460	159.00	159.00
3	—	662	126.00–127.00	126.65
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	131.00–140.00	135.53
1	—	455	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	119.00	119.00
1	—	535	134.00	134.00
7	—	566	131.00–134.00	133.13
3	—	372	139.00–159.00	150.96
2	—	325	154.00–163.00	158.29
5	—	429	136.00–155.00	151.24
2	—	285	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	132.00–137.00	134.50
4	—	624	119.00–122.00	121.25
2	—	435	147.50–149.00	148.23
3	—	472	127.00–134.00	131.67
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
4	—	584	121.00–129.00	123.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	146.00–148.50	147.25
3	—	723	109.00–116.00	112.28
3	—	527	140.00–149.00	143.38
2	—	873	93.00–100.00	96.53
2	—	433	145.00–152.50	148.64
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
5	—	617	120.00–126.00	123.38
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	119.00	119.00
1	—	480	145.00	145.00
1	—	500	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	148.00	148.00
1	—	530	128.00	128.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	1,040.00	1,040.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,058	950.00–1,125.00	1,037.29
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	800	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	980.00	980.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	910.00	910.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,520	61.00–63.00	61.97
1	—	1,505	57.00	57.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	67.00–68.00	67.53
13	—	1,127	57.00–66.00	62.16
3	—	1,127	46.00–52.00	49.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	42.00–46.00	44.17
10	—	1,072	48.00–55.00	51.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	82.00–89.00	85.39

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