Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Bulls 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality poor to good. Demand moderate to weak.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.88/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$136.88

70 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

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

$13.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.34

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	541	138.01	747	41
Medium and Large 2-3	480	136.52	656	26
Small 1-2	392	124.50	488	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.51/cwt here — about $259 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 sale70 hd

136.88

—

TN average8 barns · 2,045 hd

147.22

−10.34

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	1,464	100.90	1,477	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,586	76.96	1,220	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,210	70.39	852	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	62.42	669	14

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,142	$939	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$910	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$1,030	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$1,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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	—	645	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	123.55/cwt	121.00–126.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	126.26/cwt	121.00–134.00	705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	142.68/cwt	135.00–150.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	141.12/cwt	135.00–148.00	742	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	148.38/cwt	146.00–158.00	705	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	515	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	166.29/cwt	165.00–169.00	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	162.56/cwt	160.00–165.00	785	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	395	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	138.11/cwt	130.00–145.00	791	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	167.01/cwt	166.00–168.00	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	177.94/cwt	175.00–185.00	662	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	179.87/cwt	170.00–196.00	504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	154.38/cwt	148.00–159.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	162.66/cwt	161.00–164.00	914	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	146.16/cwt	140.00–149.00	761	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	137.95/cwt	136.00–144.00	799	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	170.36/cwt	162.00–180.00	727	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	942	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	65.21/cwt	58.00–71.00	680	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	78.75/cwt	76.00–82.00	1,280	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	64.38/cwt	51.00–74.00	756	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	75.73/cwt	72.00–78.00	941	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	57.39/cwt	55.00–60.00	645	5
Bulls	—	—	1,208	82.10/cwt	80.00–85.00	992	3
Bulls	—	—	1,823	116.55/cwt	115.00–118.00	2,125	2
Bulls	—	—	1,473	105.91/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,560	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,010	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	870.00/head	870.00–870.00	870	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	973.27/head	930.00–1,010.00	973	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,030.00/head	1,030.00–1,030.00	1,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	126.52/cwt	124.00–129.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	139.29/cwt	136.00–143.00	737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	156.33/cwt	150.00–165.00	664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	466	142.49/cwt	135.00–150.00	664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	123.97/cwt	121.00–127.00	822	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	330	127.25/cwt	110.00–143.00	420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	593	118.03/cwt	110.00–126.00	700	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	120.94/cwt	117.00–125.00	822	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	535	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	658	113.98/cwt	110.00–116.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	139.72/cwt	130.00–147.00	669	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	128.98/cwt	125.00–136.00	740	4

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 289Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 39Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 15Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	133.00	133.00
17	—	526	135.00–148.00	141.12
7	—	475	146.00–158.00	148.38
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
6	—	573	130.00–145.00	138.11
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
2	—	663	121.00–127.00	123.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	121.00–126.00	123.55
3	—	558	121.00–134.00	126.26
2	—	425	135.00–150.00	142.68
1	—	285	124.00	124.00
1	—	340	137.50	137.50
15	—	479	130.00–147.00	139.72
1	—	500	131.00	131.00
1	—	385	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	119.00	119.00
2	—	330	110.00–143.00	127.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	110.00–126.00	118.03
1	—	535	133.00	133.00
3	—	658	110.00–116.00	113.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	165.00–169.00	166.29
1	—	630	151.00	151.00
2	—	475	166.00–168.00	167.01
5	—	432	171.00	171.00
1	—	315	209.00	209.00
6	—	372	175.00–185.00	177.94
3	—	670	148.00–159.00	154.38
3	—	562	161.00–164.00	162.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	160.00–165.00	162.56
2	—	678	138.00	138.00
1	—	395	167.50	167.50
3	—	280	170.00–196.00	179.87
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	155.00	155.00
1	—	750	120.00	120.00
9	—	521	140.00–149.00	146.16
4	—	579	136.00–144.00	137.95
3	—	427	162.00–180.00	170.36
2	—	625	124.00–129.00	126.52
2	—	680	117.00–125.00	120.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	114.00	114.00
4	—	529	136.00–143.00	139.29
5	—	425	150.00–165.00	156.33
1	—	730	105.00	105.00
5	—	466	135.00–150.00	142.49
4	—	574	125.00–136.00	128.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	135.00	135.00
1	—	600	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	68.00	68.00
5	—	1,626	76.00–82.00	78.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,043	58.00–71.00	65.21
5	—	1,124	55.00–60.00	57.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,174	51.00–74.00	64.38
9	—	1,242	72.00–78.00	75.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	80.00–85.00	82.10
2	—	1,823	115.00–118.00	116.55
5	—	1,473	103.00–112.00	105.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	870.00	870.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,253	930.00–1,010.00	973.27
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,030.00	1,030.00

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

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle