Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls not well established due to insufficient receipts. Feeder steers under 550 lbs 7.00 to 14.00 higher, over 550 lbs mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, over 450 lbs mostly steady. Feeder Bulls 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.11/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −169.91 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$225.11

26 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,228

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$17.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.07

vs TN average

−41.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	228.56	1,253	20
Medium and Large 2	557	215.65	1,200	3thin
Small 1	515	211.50	1,089	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.06/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.69, low $331.98, median $395.01 across 27 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 sale26 hd

225.11

—

TN average14 barns · 1,098 hd

239.18

−14.07

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−41.94

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−169.91

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	1,855	148.67	2,758	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	115.03	1,675	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,259	108.97	1,372	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	93.14	997	18

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,307	$1,720	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,113	$1,712	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,258	$1,473	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$1,725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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	850–900	870	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	212.97/cwt	211.00–215.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	258.75/cwt	252.50–265.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	272.50/cwt	270.00–275.00	804	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	366	237.25/cwt	215.00–252.50	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	271.10/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,027	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	237.58/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	262.38/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,118	13
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	482	226.59/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	200.04/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	286	255.79/cwt	240.00–267.50	732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	215.67/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,009	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,314	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	246.94/cwt	235.00–260.00	775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,636	1
Steers	Small 1	850–900	885	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	319.84/cwt	312.50–327.50	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	230.91/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,235	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	240.07/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,032	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	256.15/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,473	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	864	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	515	211.50/cwt	195.00–222.50	1,089	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	227.51/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	217.37/cwt	211.00–222.00	1,359	8
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	518	241.69/cwt	237.50–246.00	1,252	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	272.51/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,281	11
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	247.97/cwt	230.00–262.50	1,188	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	840	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	610	217.03/cwt	213.00–221.00	1,324	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,340	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	280.72/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,187	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	257.41/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,326	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	211.98/cwt	191.00–226.00	1,293	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,295	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	1,538.86/head	1,350.00–1,825.00	1,539	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,183	1,943.80/head	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,944	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	1,767.75/head	1,675.00–1,875.00	1,768	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,258	1,472.81/head	1,375.00–1,575.00	1,473	2
Bulls	—	—	2,100	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	3,192	1
Bulls	—	—	1,733	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,548	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	95.73/cwt	88.00–103.00	1,022	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,695	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,610	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	115.15/cwt	106.00–122.00	1,742	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,704	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	80.19/cwt	76.00–86.00	866	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,015	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,076	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	109.71/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,356	19
Steers	Small 1	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	525	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	332.74/cwt	322.50–345.00	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	324.10/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,063	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	258.49/cwt	251.00–277.50	1,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	280.93/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,188	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	250.32/cwt	242.50–256.00	1,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,149	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	284.17/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	299.18/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	308.38/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,119	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	300.03/cwt	292.50–302.50	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	264	306.95/cwt	302.50–312.50	810	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	468	260.24/cwt	258.00–262.50	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	229.65/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,451	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	241.04/cwt	232.00–247.50	1,381	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	225.74/cwt	222.50–229.00	1,271	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	247.59/cwt	232.50–262.50	1,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	217.67/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,474	3

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 344Last week 214Year ago 404

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 55Year ago 75

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 16Year ago 16

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	267.50–290.00	280.72
11	450–500	470	262.50–277.50	272.51
7	500–550	515	245.00–270.00	257.41
8	550–600	573	232.00–247.50	241.04
11	600–650	632	224.00–231.00	229.65
1	850–900	870	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	237.50–246.00	241.69
1	550–600	580	231.00	231.00
2	600–650	610	213.00–221.00	217.03
1	650–700	675	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	232.50–262.50	247.59
5	450–500	479	230.00–262.50	247.97
1	500–550	525	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	563	222.50–229.00	225.74
3	600–650	610	191.00–226.00	211.98
3	650–700	677	216.00–220.00	217.67
1	800–850	800	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	252.50–265.00	258.75
5	250–300	286	240.00–267.50	255.79
4	300–350	314	235.00–260.00	246.94
1	350–400	390	251.00	251.00
8	400–450	430	230.00–247.50	240.07
5	450–500	468	210.00–222.50	215.67
1	500–550	520	221.00	221.00
2	550–600	575	211.00–215.00	212.97
5	600–650	614	214.00	214.00
1	700–750	725	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	222.50	222.50
1	350–400	350	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	305.00	305.00
2	250–300	295	270.00–275.00	272.50
1	300–350	335	272.50	272.50
10	350–400	379	265.00–277.50	271.10
13	400–450	426	245.00–270.00	262.38
2	450–500	478	233.00–242.50	237.58
14	500–550	535	226.00–235.00	230.91
5	550–600	576	222.00–233.00	227.51
8	600–650	625	211.00–222.00	217.37
1	650–700	690	211.00	211.00
3	750–800	763	190.00–210.00	200.04
1	800–850	830	190.00	190.00
1	900–950	915	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	215.00–252.50	237.25
3	450–500	482	225.00–230.00	226.59
3	500–550	515	195.00–222.50	211.50
1	600–650	645	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	352.50	352.50
4	250–300	279	322.50–345.00	332.74
6	300–350	328	305.00–337.50	324.10
3	350–400	363	307.50–310.00	308.38
3	400–450	418	295.00–302.50	299.18
1	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	535	251.00–277.50	258.49
6	550–600	575	251.00–259.00	256.15
5	600–650	609	242.50–256.00	250.32
1	650–700	665	246.00	246.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	258.00–262.50	260.24
1	500–550	525	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	770	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	885	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	312.50–327.50	319.84
4	250–300	264	302.50–312.50	306.95
5	300–350	321	292.50–302.50	300.03
3	350–400	380	272.50–290.00	284.17
3	400–450	423	270.00–291.00	280.93
1	450–500	460	272.50	272.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	1,725.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,060	1,350.00–1,825.00	1,538.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,183	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,943.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,380	1,675.00–1,875.00	1,767.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,258	1,375.00–1,575.00	1,472.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	152.00	152.00
2	—	1,733	147.00	147.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,068	88.00–103.00	95.73
3	—	1,080	76.00–86.00	80.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	95.00	95.00
19	—	1,236	102.00–115.00	109.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,513	106.00–122.00	115.15
1	—	1,385	123.00	123.00
1	—	1,015	106.00	106.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle