Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were not sufficient receipts last or this week to establish a trend for Feeder Cattle or Slaughter Cows, however a higher undertone was noted. Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.71/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −111.31 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$283.71

25 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$38.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.39

vs TN average

−20.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	288.32	1,579	22
Medium and Large 2	567	249.85	1,417	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.48/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale25 hd

283.71

—

TN average14 barns · 866 hd

276.32

+7.39

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−20.71

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−111.31

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	1,968	166.23	3,272	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	136.89	1,951	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,318	129.17	1,702	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	116.46	1,153	2thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,110	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	246.02/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	325.84/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	271.01/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	551	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	250.55/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	347.65/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,335	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	334.10/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	256.55/cwt	242.50–270.00	1,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	296.16/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	259.39/cwt	257.50–262.50	1,629	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	342.54/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	268.66/cwt	252.50–272.50	1,550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	266.09/cwt	257.50–271.00	1,490	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	—	—	2,033	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,720	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,484	1
Bulls	—	—	2,018	161.45/cwt	159.00–165.00	3,258	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	116.46/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,153	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	129.17/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,702	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	136.89/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	613	310.66/cwt	307.50–311.00	1,904	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	255.28/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	284.57/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,337	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	321.98/cwt	292.50–332.50	1,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,773	6
Steers	Small 1	450–500	478	327.82/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	312.03/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	316.99/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,338	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	290.41/cwt	273.00–305.00	1,763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	367.74/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	321.25/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	337.17/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,612	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	400	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	337.77/cwt	300.00–357.50	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	488	316.32/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,544	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	370.90/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,709	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 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 175Last week 174Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 24Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 29Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	345	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	375	392.50	392.50
3	400–450	418	360.00–375.00	367.74
1	450–500	475	352.50	352.50
6	500–550	544	326.00	326.00
6	600–650	607	273.00–305.00	290.41
1	700–750	740	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	613	307.50–311.00	310.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	320.00	320.00
1	300–350	335	342.50	342.50
3	350–400	373	300.00–357.50	337.77
2	400–450	415	317.50–325.00	321.25
2	450–500	478	325.00–350.00	337.17
1	550–600	580	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	655	241.00	241.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	478	321.00–335.00	327.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	290.00	290.00
5	300–350	325	292.50–332.50	321.98
3	350–400	373	325.00–327.50	325.84
6	400–450	422	300.00–322.50	316.99
1	500–550	535	257.50	257.50
2	550–600	583	241.00–251.00	246.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	357.50	357.50
1	300–350	335	370.00	370.00
6	350–400	384	337.50–360.00	347.65
3	400–450	415	330.00–337.50	334.10
2	450–500	470	275.00–295.00	284.57
5	500–550	537	260.00–281.00	271.01
6	550–600	577	252.50–272.50	268.66
4	600–650	619	251.00–261.00	255.28
1	750–800	750	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	512	311.00–315.00	312.03
7	550–600	551	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	242.50–270.00	256.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	360.00–380.00	370.90
1	450–500	455	355.00	355.00
2	500–550	523	290.00–302.50	296.16
3	550–600	560	257.50–271.00	266.09
4	600–650	628	257.50–262.50	259.39
3	650–700	667	245.00–256.00	250.55
1	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	825	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	335.00–350.00	342.54
1	700–750	725	211.00	211.00
1	750–800	795	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
2	450–500	488	302.50–330.00	316.32

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	2,550.00	2,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,033	183.00	183.00
1	—	1,690	147.00	147.00
3	—	2,018	159.00–165.00	161.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	116.00–117.00	116.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	128.00–130.00	129.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	135.00–140.00	136.89

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