Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls not well established. Feeders mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.59/cwt on 59 head.

Average price

$129.59

59 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$7.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.75

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	441	130.44	575	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	618	129.96	803	44
Small 1-2	483	123.48	596	2thin
Medium and Large 3	405	123.00	498	2thin

One grade step is worth $7.44/cwt here — about $77 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 sale59 hd

129.59

—

TN average8 barns · 2,068 hd

134.35

−4.75

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	—	High	1,635	99.75	1,631	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,325	67.94	900	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,292	66.01	853	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,084	55.49	602	5thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 3	—	430	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	146.49/cwt	145.00–148.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	130.50/cwt	130.00–134.00	865	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	123.53/cwt	119.00–126.00	839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	127.48/cwt	126.00–129.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	130.04/cwt	125.00–135.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	138.61/cwt	136.00–141.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	793	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,126	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	210	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	268	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	330	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	148.15/cwt	144.00–155.00	474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	150.37/cwt	146.00–155.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	136.48/cwt	134.00–139.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	138.22/cwt	134.00–145.00	862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	131.67/cwt	131.00–135.00	757	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	940	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	136.15/cwt	131.00–140.00	711	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	51.47/cwt	50.00–53.00	540	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	2,025	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,478	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,289	68.33/cwt	62.00–71.50	881	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,040	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	65.86/cwt	62.00–71.00	835	13
Bulls	—	—	2,020	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,161	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	58.17/cwt	54.00–62.00	644	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	980	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	578	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	899	1
Bulls	—	—	1,250	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	128.99/cwt	128.00–130.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	132.62/cwt	129.00–138.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	136.46/cwt	135.00–138.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	150.29/cwt	149.00–156.00	733	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	123.41/cwt	118.00–129.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	143.49/cwt	143.00–144.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	851	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	483	123.48/cwt	120.00–127.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,055	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	535	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	124.59/cwt	123.00–126.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	130.58/cwt	129.00–133.00	674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	149.44/cwt	146.00–153.00	433	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	405	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	471	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 Aug 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 323Year ago 370

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 51Year ago 55

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls not well established. Feeders mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	122.00	122.00
1	—	380	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
1	—	265	142.00	142.00
2	—	485	126.00–129.00	127.48
1	—	555	127.00	127.00
3	—	412	129.00–138.00	132.62
1	—	620	123.00	123.00
1	—	520	128.00	128.00
1	—	365	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	663	130.00–134.00	130.50
2	—	635	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	119.00–126.00	123.53
2	—	478	128.00–130.00	128.99
2	—	375	143.00–144.00	143.49
2	—	733	118.00–129.00	123.41
2	—	423	143.00–144.00	143.49
2	—	805	131.00	131.00
5	—	629	123.00–126.00	124.59
5	—	516	129.00–133.00	130.58
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	120.00–127.00	123.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	145.00–148.00	146.49
1	—	375	163.00	163.00
2	—	710	125.00–135.00	130.04
2	—	433	146.00–155.00	150.37
1	—	775	132.00	132.00
4	—	624	134.00–145.00	138.22
2	—	663	134.00–135.00	134.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	136.00–141.00	138.61
1	—	560	118.00	118.00
1	—	365	145.00	145.00
3	—	320	144.00–155.00	148.15
2	—	520	134.00–139.00	136.48
1	—	445	148.00	148.00
2	—	290	146.00–153.00	149.44
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	127.00	127.00
1	—	350	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	793	142.00	142.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	134.00	134.00
1	—	405	141.00	141.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	127.50	127.50
1	—	330	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	575	131.00–135.00	131.67
2	—	810	116.00	116.00
5	—	522	131.00–140.00	136.15
2	—	715	124.00	124.00
2	—	605	129.00	129.00
7	—	488	149.00–156.00	150.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	117.00	117.00
2	—	473	135.00–138.00	136.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	50.00–53.00	51.47
3	—	1,107	54.00–62.00	58.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,025	73.00	73.00
10	—	1,289	62.00–71.50	68.33
1	—	980	59.00	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	70.00	70.00
13	—	1,268	62.00–71.00	65.86
1	—	1,405	64.00	64.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,020	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,250	92.50	92.50

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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