Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls and Feeder Steers were not well established due to limited comparable receipts. Feeder Heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder Bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand moderate. Quality average to good with several new crop calves which received considerable discounts due to their heavily fleshed condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.30/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −85.72 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$309.30

16 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$39.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

vs TN average

−20.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	314.20	1,722	14thin
Medium and Large 2	553	275.00	1,519	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.19/cwt here — about $202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale16 hd

309.30

—

TN average12 barns · 647 hd

316.63

−7.33

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−20.04

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−85.72

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	1,830	180.94	3,312	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,466	149.81	2,196	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,273	147.14	1,874	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	127.58	1,485	6thin

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)	1,530	$2,225	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$2,225	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,342	$1,945	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,500	$3,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$2,825	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	970	$2,300	2thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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	600–650	626	311.10/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	363.04/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	431.90/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,447	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	319.11/cwt	307.50–326.00	1,659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	240.49/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	355.80/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	374.13/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	344.90/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,469	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	309.28/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,781	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	387.09/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	311.73/cwt	311.00–312.50	2,089	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	329.62/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	356.20/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	346.49/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	340	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	470	303.39/cwt	270.00–325.00	1,426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	377	338.06/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	250–300	275	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	330.13/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,271	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	430	337.24/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,450	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,598	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	127.58/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,485	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	154.76/cwt	154.00–155.00	2,159	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	148.39/cwt	145.00–153.00	2,205	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	155.31/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,915	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	145.39/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,862	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	134.50/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,802	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	2,300.26/head	2,250.00–2,350.00	2,300	2
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	365	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,296	1
Bulls	—	—	1,828	186.35/cwt	179.00–190.00	3,406	4
Bulls	—	—	1,885	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	3,129	1
Bulls	—	—	1,819	179.27/cwt	178.00–182.00	3,261	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,471	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,530	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	1,945.12/head	1,825.00–2,150.00	1,945	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	300.44/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,412	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	331.34/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,425	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	348.28/cwt	342.50–352.50	1,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,776	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	392.50–397.50	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	255.11/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	349.63/cwt	341.00–360.00	1,647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	365.04/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	357.72/cwt	342.50–365.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	419.69/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	352.50/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	422.52/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	404.15/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,726	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	337.88/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	326.25/cwt	323.00–337.50	2,039	7

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 Apr 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 219Last week 207Year ago 175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 31Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 35Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	385.00	385.00
2	300–350	343	350.00–362.50	356.20
3	350–400	353	352.50–360.00	355.80
8	400–450	426	335.00–357.50	344.90
4	450–500	471	330.00–360.00	337.88
7	500–550	520	307.50–326.00	319.11
7	550–600	576	300.00–320.00	309.28
3	600–650	626	305.00–314.00	311.10
1	650–700	690	303.00	303.00
2	700–750	725	240.00–241.00	240.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	320.00	320.00
5	350–400	377	325.00–350.00	338.06
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	470	270.00–325.00	303.39
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	325.00–335.00	330.13
1	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	378	342.50–352.50	348.28
4	400–450	430	320.00–340.00	331.34
4	450–500	470	285.00–312.50	300.44
1	500–550	545	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	680	250.00–260.00	255.11
1	800–850	815	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	410.00–460.00	431.90
2	350–400	378	420.00–425.00	422.52
19	400–450	427	390.00–417.50	404.15
4	500–550	528	357.50–367.50	363.04
2	550–600	565	350.00–355.00	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	575	335.00	335.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	420.00	420.00
3	250–300	267	415.00–430.00	419.69
3	450–500	463	342.50–365.00	357.72
1	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	380.00–392.50	387.09
10	450–500	461	360.00–382.50	374.13
5	500–550	518	345.00–352.50	346.49
2	550–600	573	320.00–339.00	329.62
7	600–650	625	323.00–337.50	326.25
2	650–700	670	311.00–312.50	311.73
1	700–750	705	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	330.00–345.00	337.24
1	450–500	450	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	392.50–397.50	395.00
6	400–450	417	350.00–382.50	365.04
4	450–500	471	341.00–360.00	349.63
3	500–550	530	332.50–340.00	335.00
1	700–750	745	197.50	197.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,164	121.00–135.00	127.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,395	154.00–155.00	154.76
14	—	1,486	145.00–153.00	148.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,233	151.00–160.00	155.31
11	—	1,281	140.00–149.00	145.39
3	—	1,340	130.00–138.00	134.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,828	179.00–190.00	186.35
1	—	1,885	166.00	166.00
4	—	1,819	178.00–182.00	179.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,500	3,650.00	3,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	2,825.00	2,825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	2,250.00–2,350.00	2,300.26
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,530	2,225.00	2,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,225.00	2,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,342	1,825.00–2,150.00	1,945.12

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

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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle