Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady. Quality average to fancy. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.19/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$126.19

93 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$14.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.83

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	536	127.81	685	75
Medium and Large 2-3	458	122.68	562	12thin
Small 1-2	510	112.84	575	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.97/cwt here — about $110 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 sale93 hd

126.19

—

TN average8 barns · 1,778 hd

135.02

−8.83

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	1,817	95.84	1,741	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,440	65.49	943	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	64.32	793	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,048	54.76	574	11

Every lot, as filed

75 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	—	775	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	124.72/cwt	122.00–130.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	128.72/cwt	124.00–133.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	125.22/cwt	122.00–126.50	773	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	128.33/cwt	126.00–130.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	128.64/cwt	126.00–130.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	133.59/cwt	129.00–143.00	558	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	791	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,070	629.53/cwt	610.00–650.00	6,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	490	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	598	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,051.93/cwt	925.00–1,170.00	13,097	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	133.02/cwt	131.00–135.00	383	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	117.04/cwt	115.00–119.00	834	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	58.37/cwt	54.00–62.00	671	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	62.39/cwt	61.00–64.00	857	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	57.87/cwt	51.00–63.00	615	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	119.05/cwt	109.00–125.00	744	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	51.03/cwt	47.00–53.00	527	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	12,524	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	854.97/cwt	850.00–860.00	10,542	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	18,130	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Bulls	—	—	1,760	93.46/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,645	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	66.61/cwt	62.00–72.00	841	11
Bulls	—	—	2,044	102.45/cwt	99.00–104.00	2,094	4
Bulls	—	—	1,418	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,205	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	72.52/cwt	72.00–73.00	996	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	67.04/cwt	65.00–69.00	988	6
Steers	Small 1-2	—	445	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	561	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	596	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	1,020.00/cwt	1,020.00–1,020.00	15,657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	760	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	775	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	390	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	441	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	480	116.02/cwt	114.00–118.00	557	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	565	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	134.93/cwt	131.00–142.00	634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	151.27/cwt	140.00–153.00	734	11
Steers	Small 1-2	—	588	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	776	3
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	535	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	131.75/cwt	129.00–134.00	623	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	128.64/cwt	127.00–130.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	131.97/cwt	130.00–136.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	129.76/cwt	127.00–135.00	686	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	138.31/cwt	136.00–141.00	600	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	130.50/cwt	128.00–135.00	663	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	126.05/cwt	123.00–129.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	489	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	130.80/cwt	128.00–132.00	748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	126.59/cwt	124.00–129.00	773	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	125.31/cwt	123.00–129.00	840	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	11,808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	720	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	128.35/cwt	119.00–136.00	726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	131.96/cwt	130.00–136.50	825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	144.21/cwt	138.00–150.00	738	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	750	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	630	1

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 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 208Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 56Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 18Year ago 0

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady. Quality average to fancy. 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
1	—	775	104.00	104.00
1	—	295	130.00	130.00
8	—	617	122.00–126.50	125.22
6	—	418	129.00–143.00	133.59
1	—	665	119.00	119.00
16	—	473	129.00–134.00	131.75
1	—	325	132.00	132.00
13	—	529	127.00–135.00	129.76
1	—	730	111.00	111.00
1	—	825	107.00	107.00
11	—	566	119.00–136.00	128.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	422	124.00–133.00	128.72
3	—	387	126.00–130.00	128.33
2	—	288	131.00–135.00	133.02
1	—	620	113.00	113.00
1	—	665	94.00	94.00
1	—	715	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	545	130.00	130.00
4	—	626	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	122.00	122.00
1	—	590	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	125.00	125.00
1	—	390	113.00	113.00
2	—	480	114.00–118.00	116.02
1	—	515	123.00	123.00
1	—	750	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	122.00–130.00	124.72
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
3	—	480	126.00–130.00	128.64
1	—	665	121.00	121.00
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
3	—	625	109.00–125.00	119.05
1	—	420	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	115.00–119.00	117.04
1	—	375	146.00	146.00
7	—	470	131.00–142.00	134.93
6	—	434	136.00–141.00	138.31
4	—	508	128.00–135.00	130.50
1	—	755	119.00	119.00
1	—	335	146.00	146.00
5	—	572	128.00–132.00	130.80
5	—	611	124.00–129.00	126.59
3	—	670	123.00–129.00	125.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	108.00	108.00
1	—	535	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	133.00	133.00
2	—	616	123.00–129.00	126.05
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	126.00	126.00
1	—	455	131.00	131.00
3	—	588	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	485	140.00–153.00	151.27
3	—	662	127.00–130.00	128.64
3	—	564	130.00–136.00	131.97
9	—	625	130.00–136.50	131.96
5	—	512	138.00–150.00	144.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,070	610.00–650.00	629.53
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,233	850.00–860.00	854.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,535	1,020.00	1,020.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	960.00	960.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,245	925.00–1,170.00	1,051.93
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,480	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	990.00	990.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,149	54.00–62.00	58.37
11	—	1,262	62.00–72.00	66.61
2	—	1,373	72.00–73.00	72.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,373	61.00–64.00	62.39
6	—	1,474	65.00–69.00	67.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,062	51.00–63.00	57.87
5	—	1,032	47.00–53.00	51.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,760	92.00–95.00	93.46
4	—	2,044	99.00–104.00	102.45
2	—	1,418	85.00	85.00

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

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Replacement Cattle

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