Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Calves mostly steady; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Quality fair with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.69/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −55.32 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$339.69

31 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$45.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.50

vs TN average

−58.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	345.83	1,876	26
Medium and Large 2	530	309.68	1,641	4thin
Small 1	530	300.00	1,590	1thin

One grade step is worth $45.83/cwt here — about $286 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 sale31 hd

339.69

—

TN average14 barns · 557 hd

352.19

−12.50

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−58.17

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−55.32

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	1,723	188.56	3,248	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,463	156.60	2,291	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,284	151.87	1,949	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,063	135.36	1,439	8thin

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)	1,350	$3,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2	450–500	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	340.25/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,956	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	422.65/cwt	417.50–430.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	390.09/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,642	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	369.95/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,709	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	459.05/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	417.44/cwt	412.50–422.50	1,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	348.31/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,839	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	320.19/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,004	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	394.33/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	455.12/cwt	450.00–460.00	956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	350.43/cwt	343.00–367.50	2,015	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	298.02/cwt	295.00–301.00	2,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	364.91/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,876	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	319.32/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,175	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	285.78/cwt	282.50–292.50	2,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	300.52/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,995	4
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Small 1Fleshy	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	426.22/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,590	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	148.16/cwt	144.00–151.00	1,905	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	166.49/cwt	166.00–167.00	2,156	2
Bulls	—	—	2,280	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	4,948	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	191.07/cwt	182.00–201.00	3,244	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,677	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,538	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,934	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	125.72/cwt	116.00–132.00	1,280	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,003	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,795	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	153.66/cwt	153.00–154.00	2,231	3
Bulls	—	—	1,608	178.95/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,878	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	313.15/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,239	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	285.50/cwt	270.00–301.00	2,427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,338	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	371.38/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	288.75/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	339.04/cwt	320.00–362.50	1,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	309.68/cwt	282.50–335.00	1,641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	360.74/cwt	320.00–380.00	1,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	365.64/cwt	320.00–415.00	1,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	386.25/cwt	385.00–387.50	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,211	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	294.93/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,154	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	351.21/cwt	350.00–352.50	2,170	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	337.93/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	280.00/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	433.32/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,634	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 →

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue Oct 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 245Last week 236Year ago 243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 57Last week 62Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 15Year ago 24

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Calves mostly steady; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Quality fair with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	350.00–395.00	371.38
5	400–450	428	320.00–380.00	360.74
2	450–500	483	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	533	325.00–352.50	337.93
1	550–600	575	297.50	297.50
1	600–650	610	277.50	277.50
2	650–700	680	290.00–300.00	294.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	480.00	480.00
6	350–400	373	415.00–435.00	426.22
2	400–450	420	412.50–422.50	417.44
4	450–500	469	390.00–397.50	394.33
6	500–550	514	355.00–372.50	364.91
11	550–600	575	343.00–367.50	350.43
10	600–650	626	310.00–332.50	320.19
4	650–700	681	315.00–322.50	319.32
4	700–750	715	310.00–318.00	313.15
2	800–850	810	295.00–301.00	298.02
2	850–900	850	270.00–301.00	285.50
1	900–950	935	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	450.00–460.00	455.12
1	250–300	275	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	325	417.50–430.00	422.65
3	350–400	377	430.00–440.00	433.32
8	400–450	421	380.00–412.50	390.09
5	450–500	462	365.00–375.00	369.95
18	500–550	528	340.00–360.00	348.31
8	550–600	575	330.00–347.50	340.25
1	600–650	630	327.50	327.50
4	650–700	664	285.00–312.50	300.52
3	700–750	712	282.50–292.50	285.78
1	750–800	750	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	845	260.00	260.00
1	900–950	930	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
4	400–450	428	320.00–362.50	339.04
2	450–500	460	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	530	282.50–335.00	309.68
2	600–650	645	287.50–290.00	288.75
2	650–700	665	277.50–282.50	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	600.00	600.00
1	250–300	265	505.00	505.00
2	300–350	315	440.00–480.00	459.05
2	400–450	413	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	618	350.00–352.50	351.21
1	650–700	670	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	475.00	475.00
3	300–350	323	320.00–415.00	365.64
1	350–400	390	387.50	387.50
2	400–450	445	385.00–387.50	386.25
1	600–650	635	317.50	317.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	144.00–151.00	148.16
2	—	1,295	166.00–167.00	166.49
1	—	1,240	156.00	156.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	148.00	148.00
2	—	1,083	142.00	142.00
4	—	1,018	116.00–132.00	125.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,625	172.00	172.00
3	—	1,452	153.00–154.00	153.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,280	217.00	217.00
4	—	1,698	182.00–201.00	191.07
4	—	1,608	178.00–180.00	178.95

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	—	1,350	3,250.00	3,250.00

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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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