Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.95/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −87.07 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$307.95

15 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$28.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.91

vs TN average

−30.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	321.25	1,731	8thin
Medium and Large 2	520	292.74	1,522	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.50/cwt here — about $208 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

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 sale15 hd

307.95

—

TN average13 barns · 622 hd

320.86

−12.91

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−30.29

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−87.07

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	1,588	194.85	3,095	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	153.10	2,210	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	148.57	1,834	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,102	143.33	1,579	7thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1Full	800–850	805	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	338.75/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	373.70/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	305.00/cwt	297.50–312.50	1,851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	264.00/cwt	260.00–268.00	2,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	301.47/cwt	291.00–312.50	2,149	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	322.08/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	345.61/cwt	312.50–365.00	1,604	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	349.94/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	264.18/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,884	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	316.77/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,989	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	261.15/cwt	255.00–267.50	2,123	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,133	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	334.69/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	248.70/cwt	242.50–255.00	2,134	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,550	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	154.50/cwt	149.00–160.00	2,129	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	143.68/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,726	9
Bulls	—	—	1,635	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	3,483	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	185.78/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,907	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	152.93/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,641	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	139.49/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,553	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,940	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	141.69/cwt	140.00–143.00	2,147	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	166.03/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,545	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,428	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	151.02/cwt	148.00–159.00	1,877	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	362.02/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,184	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	331.46/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	370.25/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,400	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	296.96/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	318.96/cwt	287.50–335.00	1,687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	355.58/cwt	330.00–372.50	1,533	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	311.54/cwt	255.00–335.00	1,773	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	268.01/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	298.20/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	315.72/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	322.92/cwt	305.00–332.50	1,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	347.26/cwt	322.50–367.50	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	247.50/cwt	225.00–270.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	344.86/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	354.63/cwt	335.00–375.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	318.75/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,239	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 Jun 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 152Year ago 368

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 35Year ago 75

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady; Slaughter Cows 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	397.50	397.50
1	400–450	405	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	535	347.50	347.50
2	550–600	570	335.00–342.50	338.75
3	600–650	628	310.00–322.50	316.77
1	700–750	700	287.50	287.50
2	800–850	813	255.00–267.50	261.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	378	350.00–382.50	370.25
6	400–450	431	330.00–372.50	355.58
9	450–500	464	312.50–365.00	345.61
4	500–550	529	287.50–335.00	318.96
6	550–600	569	255.00–335.00	311.54
5	600–650	632	285.00–307.50	296.96
1	650–700	670	267.50	267.50
3	700–750	725	265.00–270.00	268.01
1	850–900	865	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	302.50	302.50
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	372.50–375.00	373.70
4	400–450	424	347.50–352.50	349.94
5	450–500	478	327.50–335.00	331.46
6	500–550	520	317.50–325.00	322.08
2	550–600	595	317.50–320.00	318.75
3	600–650	607	297.50–312.50	305.00
1	650–700	670	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	713	250.00–276.00	264.18
2	750–800	760	260.00–268.00	264.00
1	900–950	935	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	335.00–375.00	354.63
3	300–350	323	322.50–367.50	347.26
2	350–400	360	340.00–350.00	344.86
4	400–450	428	305.00–332.50	322.92
5	450–500	472	300.00–335.00	315.72
6	500–550	515	280.00–305.00	298.20
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	620	287.50	287.50
2	650–700	655	225.00–270.00	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	625	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	425.00	425.00
3	600–650	615	330.00–339.00	334.69
12	650–700	673	317.00	317.00
3	700–750	713	291.00–312.50	301.47
1	800–850	820	273.00	273.00
2	850–900	858	242.50–255.00	248.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	355.00	355.00
6	300–350	327	345.00–375.00	362.02
1	350–400	390	372.50	372.50
1	400–450	415	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	555	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	610	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,378	149.00–160.00	154.50
3	—	1,515	140.00–143.00	141.69
2	—	1,533	163.00–169.00	166.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,201	140.00–146.00	143.68
1	—	1,445	168.00	168.00
10	—	1,243	148.00–159.00	151.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	149.00–157.00	152.93
5	—	1,113	135.00–144.00	139.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	213.00	213.00
2	—	1,565	180.00–189.00	185.78

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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