Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. Steers steady to 3.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower. Heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Bull calves 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.41/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −48.27 against this barn's trailing median of $179.68.

Average price

$131.41

80 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$719

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$15.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.45

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	551	134.61	742	62
Medium and Large 2-3	544	120.72	657	15thin
Small 1-2	474	118.64	562	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.97/cwt here — about $180 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $188.97, low $172.65, median $179.68 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale80 hd

131.41

—

TN average8 barns · 1,000 hd

131.86

−0.45

This barn, trailing median4 sales

179.68

−48.27

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	1,696	93.25	1,582	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,368	69.20	947	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,116	65.12	727	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	902	48.72	439	9thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	—	530	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	123.30/cwt	116.00–129.00	640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	136.07/cwt	130.00–137.50	772	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	134.75/cwt	126.00–140.00	391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	133.96/cwt	133.00–135.00	439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	122.63/cwt	117.00–127.00	635	13
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	475	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	556	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	128.15/cwt	119.00–136.00	721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	139.09/cwt	131.00–150.00	736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	164.83/cwt	157.00–175.00	544	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	290	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	423	131.96/cwt	130.00–134.00	558	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	575	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	160.17/cwt	153.00–168.00	591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	128.61/cwt	118.00–137.00	743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	791	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,298	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	935	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	58.48/cwt	58.00–59.00	677	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	72.91/cwt	71.00–74.00	802	3
Bulls	—	—	1,686	93.69/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,580	7
Bulls	—	—	1,540	78.10/cwt	67.00–86.00	1,203	2
Bulls	—	—	1,823	102.34/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	103.53/cwt	100.00–107.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	123.11/cwt	114.00–128.00	516	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	135.91/cwt	120.00–150.00	704	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	730.54/cwt	590.00–890.00	8,832	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,105	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	64.66/cwt	60.00–70.00	720	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	121.62/cwt	116.00–130.00	566	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	708	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	36.23/cwt	34.00–39.00	266	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	54.96/cwt	52.00–58.00	541	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	68.58/cwt	66.00–71.00	949	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	96.45/cwt	84.00–109.00	644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	122.98/cwt	118.00–128.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	403	134.48/cwt	131.00–138.00	542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	119.69/cwt	112.00–130.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	113.33/cwt	112.00–115.00	867	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	8,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	124.80/cwt	120.00–130.00	585	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	144.38/cwt	126.00–152.50	609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	118.64/cwt	117.00–121.00	615	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	132.63/cwt	125.00–138.00	548	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	126.68/cwt	122.00–130.00	607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	135.41/cwt	130.00–140.00	370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	149.53/cwt	148.00–151.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	143.93/cwt	137.00–150.00	687	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	501	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	145.21/cwt	131.00–160.00	542	2

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 299Last week 247Year ago 570

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 41Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 22Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	135.00	135.00
2	—	403	131.00–138.00	134.48
1	—	345	146.00	146.00
2	—	273	130.00–140.00	135.41
1	—	665	122.00	122.00
2	—	373	131.00–160.00	145.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	153.00	153.00
1	—	675	128.00	128.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
6	—	529	131.00–150.00	139.09
5	—	330	157.00–175.00	164.83
4	—	369	153.00–168.00	160.17
3	—	578	118.00–137.00	128.61
1	—	785	123.00	123.00
1	—	925	103.00	103.00
1	—	840	117.00	117.00
2	—	460	148.00–151.00	149.53
1	—	635	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	290	126.00–140.00	134.75
2	—	375	130.00–131.00	130.52
2	—	328	133.00–135.00	133.96
13	—	518	117.00–127.00	122.63
4	—	563	119.00–136.00	128.15
9	—	469	120.00–130.00	124.80
13	—	413	125.00–138.00	132.63
1	—	820	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	117.00	117.00
1	—	425	120.00	120.00
1	—	290	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	100.00–107.00	103.53
6	—	419	114.00–128.00	123.11
6	—	465	116.00–130.00	121.62
1	—	340	128.00	128.00
1	—	815	80.00	80.00
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
3	—	518	117.00–121.00	118.64
1	—	275	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	501	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	519	116.00–129.00	123.30
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
2	—	668	84.00–109.00	96.45
2	—	558	118.00–128.00	122.98
4	—	479	122.00–130.00	126.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	99.00	99.00
22	—	567	130.00–137.50	136.07
1	—	1,055	75.00	75.00
13	—	518	120.00–150.00	135.91
4	—	618	112.00–130.00	119.69
3	—	765	112.00–115.00	113.33
5	—	422	126.00–152.50	144.38
13	—	477	137.00–150.00	143.93
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	130.00–134.00	131.96
1	—	575	92.00	92.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	72.00	72.00
9	—	1,384	66.00–71.00	68.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	58.00–59.00	58.48
3	—	1,100	71.00–74.00	72.91
22	—	1,114	60.00–70.00	64.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	34.00–39.00	36.23
6	—	985	52.00–58.00	54.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,686	90.00–95.00	93.69
2	—	1,540	67.00–86.00	78.10
3	—	1,823	101.00–104.00	102.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,209	590.00–890.00	730.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,345	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	780.00	780.00

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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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