Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Steers not well established two weeks ago. Heifers under 400lbs not well established, Over 400lbs steady to 10.00 lower. Bulls mostly steady

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $271.98/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −138.85 against this barn's trailing median of $410.83.

Average price

$271.98

16 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$28.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.77

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	282.64	1,512	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	553	254.20	1,406	6thin

One grade step is worth $28.44/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $455.47, low $333.67, median $410.83 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

271.98

—

TN average11 barns · 286 hd

265.21

+6.77

This barn, trailing median24 sales

410.83

−138.85

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	1,348	141.67	1,909	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,367	132.66	1,813	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	123.69	1,524	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,164	109.47	1,274	17

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,425	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$1,375	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,390	$1,375	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,350	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,055	$1,325	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,227	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,495	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,363	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,205	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	840	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	Small 1-2	400–450	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	298.84/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	251.20/cwt	240.00–262.50	1,527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	258.31/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,351	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	296.12/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,146	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	274.62/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	317	298.39/cwt	295.00–300.00	946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	252.53/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,184	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	268.45/cwt	250.00–290.00	993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	288	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	400.21/cwt	390.00–410.00	961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	287.46/cwt	282.50–290.00	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	364.80/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,036	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	268.46/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	289.54/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,511	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	341.76/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	282.70/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,614	4
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	295.22/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	237.49/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	257.57/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,807	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	271.15/cwt	240.00–287.50	1,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	310.48/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,301	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	269.65/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	349.40/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,258	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	300–350	345	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	308.89/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,433	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	314.69/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,350	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	267.43/cwt	245.00–295.00	976	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	251.69/cwt	250.00–252.50	1,455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	280.10/cwt	255.00–291.00	1,176	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	123.64/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,557	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	134.08/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,704	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	102.52/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,121	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	118.58/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,498	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	108.51/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,250	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	136.00/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,954	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	129.32/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,677	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	110.52/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,197	7
Bulls	—	—	1,265	139.78/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,768	3
Bulls	—	—	1,320	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,676	1
Bulls	—	—	1,485	151.84/cwt	151.00–153.00	2,255	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,227.16/head	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,227	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,055	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,210	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,040	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,362.96/head	2,350.00–2,375.00	2,363	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	288.77/cwt	277.50–302.50	1,496	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	600–650	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	330.53/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,210	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	268.35/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	269.11/cwt	235.00–297.50	1,276	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	240.04/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	338.41/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,083	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	256.71/cwt	247.50–262.50	1,355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	269.73/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,125	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	213.53/cwt	200.00–227.50	1,335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	710	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	485	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	314.59/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,004	5

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 301Last week 254Year ago 312

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 72Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 40Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	425	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	332.50	332.50
1	250–300	280	340.00	340.00
5	300–350	319	300.00–330.00	314.59
7	350–400	387	292.50–310.00	296.12
4	400–450	435	290.00–310.00	298.84
6	450–500	458	265.00–282.50	274.62
14	500–550	523	250.00–265.00	258.31
2	550–600	553	255.00	255.00
2	600–650	608	240.00–262.50	251.20
1	650–700	670	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	700	217.00	217.00
1	850–900	865	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	310.00	310.00
3	300–350	317	295.00–300.00	298.39
5	350–400	370	250.00–290.00	268.45
9	400–450	417	260.00–282.50	269.73
4	450–500	469	247.50–255.00	252.53
1	500–550	500	212.50	212.50
1	550–600	555	245.00	245.00
2	600–650	625	200.00–227.50	213.53
1	700–750	700	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	710	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	390.00–410.00	400.21
4	250–300	284	360.00–370.00	364.80
5	300–350	321	335.00–360.00	341.76
3	350–400	360	320.00–370.00	349.40
6	400–450	419	302.50–312.50	310.48
7	500–550	522	285.00–295.00	289.54
4	550–600	571	280.00–291.00	282.70
2	600–650	623	265.00–272.00	268.46
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	730	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	282.50–290.00	287.46
3	350–400	373	285.00–305.00	295.22
3	400–450	425	240.00–290.00	257.57
6	450–500	468	240.00–287.50	271.15
1	500–550	530	267.50	267.50
4	550–600	589	250.00–276.00	269.65
2	600–650	628	235.00–240.00	237.49
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	295.00	295.00
1	600–650	645	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
7	350–400	366	310.00–340.00	330.53
11	400–450	429	305.00–327.50	314.69
14	450–500	464	300.00–312.50	308.89
7	500–550	518	277.50–302.50	288.77
3	550–600	575	265.00–272.50	268.35
1	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
3	650–700	690	235.00–245.00	240.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	330.00–350.00	338.41
4	350–400	365	245.00–295.00	267.43
9	400–450	420	255.00–291.00	280.10
8	450–500	474	235.00–297.50	269.11
3	500–550	528	247.50–262.50	256.71
3	550–600	578	250.00–252.50	251.69
1	700–750	740	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	810	192.50	192.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,259	119.00–129.00	123.64
9	—	1,271	130.00–139.00	134.08
7	—	1,083	104.00–114.00	110.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,093	101.00–104.00	102.52
4	—	1,263	114.00–122.00	118.58
9	—	1,152	105.00–113.00	108.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,437	134.00–139.00	136.00
10	—	1,297	127.00–134.00	129.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,265	135.00–143.00	139.78
1	—	1,320	127.00	127.00
2	—	1,485	151.00–153.00	151.84

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,227.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,825.00	1,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,495	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,293	2,350.00–2,375.00	2,362.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,900.00	1,900.00

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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

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