Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2023-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $157.64/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$157.64

26 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$13.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.55

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	472	163.03	770	14thin
Small 1-2	425	155.88	662	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	439	149.07	654	8thin

One grade step is worth $13.97/cwt here — about $116 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 sale26 hd

157.64

—

TN average8 barns · 1,091 hd

156.08

+1.55

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	1,719	94.77	1,629	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,467	84.21	1,235	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,270	75.41	958	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	60.00	612	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	620	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	480	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	975	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	485	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	800	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	325	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	210.77/cwt	207.50–212.50	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	168.73/cwt	167.50–170.00	646	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	360	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	162.77/cwt	156.00–170.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	210.51/cwt	205.00–217.50	872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	117.44/cwt	110.00–125.00	722	2
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	365	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	928	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	450	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	161.33/cwt	157.50–165.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	174.97/cwt	173.00–177.00	595	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	168.25/cwt	165.00–174.00	720	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	555	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	150.00/cwt	142.50–157.50	818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	866	1
Bulls	—	—	1,719	94.77/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,629	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	967	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	74.46/cwt	68.00–81.00	955	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	612	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	81.81/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,121	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,477	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 Jan 31, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 85Last week 420Year ago 293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 85Year ago 69

No trends could be established due to inadequate receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	145.00	145.00
1	—	760	132.00	132.00
2	—	485	182.50	182.50
1	—	500	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	120.00	120.00
1	—	605	145.00	145.00
2	—	545	142.50–157.50	150.00
1	—	550	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	158.00	158.00
2	—	520	187.50	187.50
3	—	380	207.50–212.50	210.77
1	—	475	185.00	185.00
4	—	414	205.00–217.50	210.51
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	165.00	165.00
1	—	325	180.00	180.00
1	—	360	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	175.00	175.00
2	—	663	140.00	140.00
1	—	300	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	162.50	162.50
2	—	615	110.00–125.00	117.44
2	—	325	155.00	155.00
2	—	358	157.50–165.00	161.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	167.50–170.00	168.73
4	—	525	156.00–170.00	162.77
1	—	485	161.00	161.00
1	—	870	110.00	110.00
2	—	340	173.00–177.00	174.97
4	—	428	165.00–174.00	168.25
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	165.00	165.00
1	—	450	157.50	157.50
1	—	330	160.00	160.00
1	—	555	141.00	141.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,719	90.00–103.00	94.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	83.00	83.00
8	—	1,283	68.00–81.00	74.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	79.00–84.00	81.81
1	—	1,660	89.00	89.00

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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