Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steer/bull trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. However a significantly higher undertone was noticed. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs. 10.00-20.00 higher, over 550 lbs. mostly steady. Slaughter cow/bull trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.15/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −66.49 against this barn's trailing median of $431.64.

Average price

$365.15

12 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$21.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.26

vs TN average

−16.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	368.68	2,037	10thin
Medium and Large 2	543	347.50	1,885	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.18/cwt here — about $152 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.40, low $389.64, median $431.64 across 14 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 sale12 hd

365.15

—

TN average13 barns · 279 hd

362.89

+2.26

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−16.53

This barn, trailing median14 sales

431.64

−66.49

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	1,872	187.66	3,512	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	158.15	1,866	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,535	157.00	2,410	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,086	138.77	1,507	4thin

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)	1,085	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1Value Added	500–550	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	420.91/cwt	405.00–437.50	1,507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	313.77/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	366.22/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	296.32/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	323.60/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	356.13/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	380.08/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,007	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	446.70/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	425.78/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	342.41/cwt	332.50–352.50	1,900	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	476.78/cwt	455.00–490.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	331.66/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	556.94/cwt	545.00–565.00	1,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	374.97/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,631	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	575	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,797	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	400	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,420	1
Bulls	—	—	1,985	192.33/cwt	185.00–201.00	3,818	3
Bulls	—	—	1,795	172.47/cwt	166.00–180.00	3,096	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	138.77/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,507	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,338	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,061	153.23/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,626	4
Bulls	—	—	1,685	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	370.02/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,906	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	401.23/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	412.72/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,746	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,473	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	432.34/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	365.71/cwt	352.50–377.50	1,755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	512.28/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	368.09/cwt	357.50–372.50	2,087	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	479.09/cwt	450.00–510.00	1,581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	340.66/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.99/cwt	315.50–347.50	1,572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	377.12/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	390.22/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,044	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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 117Last week 227Year ago 267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 24Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 7Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	480.00	480.00
2	250–300	273	435.00–460.00	446.70
2	300–350	328	417.50–435.00	425.78
2	350–400	358	405.00–437.50	420.91
3	400–450	435	372.50–380.00	374.97
4	450–500	474	345.00–362.50	356.13
3	500–550	503	330.00–332.50	331.66
2	550–600	573	320.00–327.50	323.60
2	650–700	658	290.00–302.50	296.32
1	700–750	730	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	575	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	373	325.00–352.50	340.66
1	400–450	410	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	475	315.50–347.50	330.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	545.00–565.00	556.94
4	300–350	334	500.00–525.00	512.28
3	350–400	370	455.00–490.00	476.78
2	400–450	423	400.00–425.00	412.72
2	450–500	473	400.00–402.50	401.23
2	500–550	528	377.50–382.50	380.08
7	550–600	567	357.50–372.50	368.09
1	600–650	640	350.00	350.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	520.00	520.00
1	250–300	265	510.00	510.00
2	300–350	330	450.00–510.00	479.09
2	350–400	385	420.00–445.00	432.34
2	400–450	413	365.00–390.00	377.12
3	450–500	480	352.50–377.50	365.71
1	500–550	500	342.50	342.50
1	550–600	585	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	382.50–397.50	390.22
2	450–500	468	360.00–372.50	366.22
1	500–550	520	312.50	312.50
2	550–600	575	312.50–315.00	313.77
1	850–900	855	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	435.00	435.00
2	400–450	403	445.00	445.00
4	500–550	515	360.00–375.00	370.02
2	550–600	555	332.50–352.50	342.41
1	600–650	640	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,985	185.00–201.00	192.33
2	—	1,795	166.00–180.00	172.47
1	—	1,685	204.00	204.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,086	136.00–140.00	138.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,490	166.00	166.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,061	150.00–155.00	153.23
2	—	1,418	168.00	168.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	2,100.00	2,100.00

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

Steers · 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