Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2022-08-02

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
179 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 303▼ 89 vs year ago 268 · −33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 46▼ 33 vs year ago 76 · −43.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $151.29/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −35.47 against this barn's trailing median of $186.76.
Average price
$151.29
50 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$16.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.69
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529155.0782038
Medium and Large 2-3509139.997126thin
Small 1-2499138.606926thin
One grade step is worth $16.47/cwt here — about $128 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

3 sales
203190178165median 186.7603/0303/0303/2409/2209/22
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $188.97, low $179.39, median $186.76 across 3 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 sale50 hd
151.29
—
TN average8 barns · 728 hd
148.60
+2.69
This barn, trailing median3 sales
186.76
−35.47
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,60592.361,4824thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60078.001,2481thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24173.2590914
CowsLean 85-90%Average84451.514354thin

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—471151.03/cwt141.00–164.0071112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—419158.14/cwt146.00–170.006637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—565137.84/cwt129.00–143.007793
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
SteersMedium and Large 3—375163.00/cwt163.00–163.006111
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—455167.00/cwt167.00–167.007601
SteersSmall 1-2—505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—378159.68/cwt155.00–164.006043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520141.00/cwt141.00–141.007331
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—370157.50/cwt157.50–157.505832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—830137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—465175.00/cwt175.00–175.008141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—374186.30/cwt177.00–195.006977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—403182.32/cwt178.00–188.007353
SteersMedium and Large 3—490132.00/cwt132.00–132.006471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—328191.65/cwt185.00–198.006292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—573160.51/cwt155.00–168.009206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—519166.73/cwt165.00–169.008654
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—677149.94/cwt140.00–155.001,0153
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—405174.00/cwt174.00–174.007051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—512155.29/cwt153.00–158.0079510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—432172.28/cwt167.00–177.5074410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—470164.02/cwt156.00–173.007716
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—676130.47/cwt121.00–135.008825
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—576144.38/cwt134.00–155.008324
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—715134.34/cwt134.00–135.009613
CowsLean 85-90%—84451.51/cwt43.00–56.004354
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2481
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14564.97/cwt61.00–68.007442
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17378.30/cwt75.00–80.009184
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29972.79/cwt65.00–77.009468
Bulls——1,60398.15/cwt92.00–101.001,5733
Bulls——1,61075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007711
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—425160.00/cwt160.00–160.006801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—487146.32/cwt135.00–154.007133
BullsSmall 1-2—465142.32/cwt128.00–153.006625
BullsSmall 1-2—670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
HeifersSmall 1-2—428139.00/cwt139.00–139.005952
HeifersSmall 1-2—755102.00/cwt102.00–102.007701
HeifersSmall 1-2—495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—655118.00/cwt118.00–118.007731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—613108.00/cwt108.00–108.006622
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—285141.00/cwt141.00–141.004021
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—423147.43/cwt145.00–150.006242
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—353140.00/cwt140.00–140.004942
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—333143.48/cwt143.00–144.004782
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—705112.00/cwt112.00–112.007901
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370127.50/cwt127.50–127.504721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—300157.50/cwt157.50–157.504731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—275162.50/cwt162.50–162.504471

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.