Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls steady. Steers and bulls under 600 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate to weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.65/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$125.65

83 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$13.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.97

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	591	126.93	750	53
Medium and Large 2-3	466	124.22	578	26
Small 1-2	463	122.47	567	2thin
Medium and Large 3	423	113.55	480	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.38/cwt here — about $269 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

125.65

—

TN average9 barns · 1,934 hd

129.62

−3.97

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	1,669	97.77	1,632	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	69.13	1,003	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,147	68.82	789	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	822	56.26	462	3thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1-2	—	775	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	136.52/cwt	134.00–139.00	530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	123.12/cwt	119.00–129.00	778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	147.30/cwt	144.50–157.00	566	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	133.37/cwt	132.50–137.00	774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	137.11/cwt	134.00–140.00	642	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	135.21/cwt	132.00–137.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	128.69/cwt	124.00–133.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.96/cwt	122.00–128.00	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	118.24/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	997	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,211	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	115.50/cwt	114.00–117.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	123.25/cwt	118.00–127.00	826	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	143.60/cwt	141.00–146.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	975	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	838	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	133.65/cwt	133.00–135.00	893	9
Steers	Small 1-2	—	320	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	474	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	138.56/cwt	136.00–141.00	589	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	10,192	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	951.15/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	9,302	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	872	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	643	112.98/cwt	109.00–117.00	726	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	465	129.50/cwt	125.00–134.00	602	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	420	139.25/cwt	129.00–150.00	585	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	463	122.47/cwt	117.00–128.00	567	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	510	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	632	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	68.16/cwt	65.00–69.50	1,009	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	735	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	68.38/cwt	64.00–73.50	779	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	74.73/cwt	73.50–76.00	915	2
Bulls	—	—	1,515	94.30/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,429	3
Bulls	—	—	1,828	100.97/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,846	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,315	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,319	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	978.41/cwt	950.00–1,010.00	10,645	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	822	56.26/cwt	55.00–57.00	462	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	966	1
Bulls	—	—	1,667	97.89/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	124.96/cwt	123.00–127.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	233	139.95/cwt	135.00–145.00	326	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	842	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,430.00/cwt	1,430.00–1,430.00	17,732	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,315	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,150	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	8,510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	113.55/cwt	105.00–122.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	125.56/cwt	119.00–131.00	600	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	125.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	118.94/cwt	117.00–121.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	132.27/cwt	130.00–137.00	690	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	129.82/cwt	127.00–133.00	754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	140.47/cwt	139.00–142.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	118.91/cwt	115.00–123.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	127.67/cwt	123.00–132.00	665	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	133.54/cwt	133.00–136.00	645	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	118.68/cwt	116.00–122.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	115.01/cwt	112.00–118.00	757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	136.39/cwt	129.00–143.00	578	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	127.02/cwt	126.00–128.00	781	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.

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

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue Jun 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 208Last week 260Year ago 418

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 35Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 15Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	118.00	118.00
13	—	468	134.00–140.00	137.11
4	—	670	118.00–127.00	123.25
2	—	418	141.00–146.00	143.60
1	—	745	117.00	117.00
7	—	522	130.00–137.00	132.27
6	—	581	127.00–133.00	129.82
2	—	615	126.00–128.00	127.02
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	128.00	128.00
2	—	643	109.00–117.00	112.98
2	—	465	125.00–134.00	129.50
2	—	420	129.00–150.00	139.25
1	—	505	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
1	—	495	129.00	129.00
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
3	—	628	116.00–122.00	118.68
2	—	658	112.00–118.00	115.01
1	—	750	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	134.00–139.00	136.52
7	—	632	119.00–129.00	123.12
3	—	575	124.00–133.00	128.69
2	—	705	114.00–117.00	115.50
9	—	521	123.00–132.00	127.67
9	—	483	133.00–136.00	133.54
3	—	673	115.00	115.00
4	—	424	129.00–143.00	136.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	95.00	95.00
2	—	838	110.00	110.00
9	—	668	133.00–135.00	133.65
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	117.00–128.00	122.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	123.00–127.00	124.96
1	—	655	112.00	112.00
1	—	235	131.00	131.00
13	—	478	119.00–131.00	125.56
4	—	378	125.00–129.00	125.95
2	—	578	117.00–121.00	118.94
2	—	533	115.00–123.00	118.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	105.00–122.00	113.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	384	144.50–157.00	147.30
5	—	580	132.50–137.00	133.37
4	—	514	132.00–137.00	135.21
3	—	670	122.00–128.00	125.96
1	—	315	154.00	154.00
1	—	610	135.00	135.00
2	—	908	117.00–119.50	118.24
1	—	700	121.00	121.00
2	—	425	136.00–141.00	138.56
3	—	455	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	997	121.50	121.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	148.00	148.00
1	—	510	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	233	135.00–145.00	139.95
1	—	745	113.00	113.00
1	—	275	143.00	143.00
1	—	590	135.00	135.00
1	—	665	123.00	123.00
1	—	425	136.00	136.00
1	—	330	156.00	156.00
2	—	387	139.00–142.00	140.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	980.00	980.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	900.00–1,000.00	951.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,088	950.00–1,010.00	978.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	1,430.00	1,430.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	740.00	740.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	710.00	710.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,480	65.00–69.50	68.16
1	—	1,305	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	65.00	65.00
18	—	1,139	64.00–73.50	68.38
2	—	1,225	73.50–76.00	74.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	55.00–57.00	56.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	94.00–95.00	94.30
3	—	1,828	100.00–102.50	100.97
7	—	1,667	97.00–100.00	97.89

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle