Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers mostly steady; Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 12.00 to 16.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.03/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −59.98 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$335.03

12 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$24.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.67

vs TN average

−54.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	337.08	1,834	11thin
Medium and Large 2	540	312.50	1,688	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.58/cwt here — about $147 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 sale12 hd

335.03

—

TN average15 barns · 409 hd

344.70

−9.67

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−54.88

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−59.98

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	—	Low	1,656	172.65	2,859	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,527	151.20	2,309	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	148.21	1,793	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	132.83	1,455	17

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$3,025	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,154	$2,139	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,242	$2,047	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,825	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,155	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$1,675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$3,025	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,213	$2,725	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 1Fleshy	550–600	575	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,998	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	369.14/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	438.12/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	372.75/cwt	372.50–373.00	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	364.83/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,194	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	307.44/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	472.74/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	360.87/cwt	352.50–372.50	1,729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	513	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	316.02/cwt	314.00–318.00	1,912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	446.94/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	486.71/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	342.53/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	424.39/cwt	412.50–440.00	1,574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	330.05/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	775	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,957	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	138.83/cwt	134.00–145.00	2,180	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,895	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	118.28/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,127	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	141.44/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,666	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	128.62/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,360	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	151.23/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,860	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	139.48/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,646	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	153.19/cwt	149.00–158.00	2,316	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,515	1
Bulls	—	—	1,599	165.36/cwt	162.00–168.00	2,644	7
Bulls	—	—	1,696	177.75/cwt	175.00–184.00	3,015	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	2,131.20/head	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,131	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,133	1,936.31/head	1,525.00–2,300.00	1,936	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,070	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,198	2,005.51/head	1,825.00–2,250.00	2,006	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	345.03/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	341.25/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	285.08/cwt	262.50–308.00	1,939	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	327.56/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,064	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	322.59/cwt	312.50–326.00	2,155	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	428.33/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	433.78/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,839	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	412.39/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,876	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	535	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	323.47/cwt	295.00–352.50	1,634	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	389.02/cwt	362.50–410.00	1,657	4

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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 142Last week 190Year ago 214

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 48Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 18Year ago 29

Compared to last week Feeder Steers mostly steady; Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 12.00 to 16.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	302.50	302.50
1	550–600	595	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	417.50–435.00	428.33
4	400–450	424	420.00–445.00	433.78
2	450–500	455	402.50–422.50	412.39
3	500–550	512	360.00–377.50	369.14
1	550–600	550	370.00	370.00
5	600–650	630	320.00–337.50	327.56
6	650–700	668	312.50–326.00	322.59
1	700–750	715	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	835	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	340.00–350.00	345.03
1	400–450	435	382.50	382.50
2	450–500	485	330.00–352.50	341.25
2	500–550	505	295.00–352.50	323.47
2	650–700	680	262.50–308.00	285.08
1	900–950	900	221.00	221.00
1	950–1000	965	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	450.00	450.00
3	300–350	335	460.00–500.00	472.74
4	350–400	360	430.00–445.00	438.12
2	400–450	415	422.50	422.50
2	450–500	470	407.50	407.50
2	500–550	523	360.00–370.00	364.83
2	550–600	555	372.50–373.00	372.75
1	600–650	620	331.00	331.00
1	650–700	675	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	382.50	382.50
1	550–600	560	377.00	377.00
2	600–650	618	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	475.00–500.00	486.71
1	300–350	340	432.50	432.50
8	350–400	371	412.50–440.00	424.39
4	400–450	426	362.50–410.00	389.02
5	450–500	479	352.50–372.50	360.87
3	500–550	517	340.00–345.00	342.53
6	550–600	568	321.00–335.00	330.05
2	600–650	605	314.00–318.00	316.02
4	650–700	663	302.50–312.50	307.44
1	700–750	715	282.00	282.00
1	800–850	800	236.00	236.00
1	850–900	890	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	435.00–460.00	446.94
1	500–550	540	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	670	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	295.00	295.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	134.00–145.00	138.83
5	—	1,512	149.00–158.00	153.19
1	—	1,515	166.00	166.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	167.00	167.00
14	—	1,230	147.00–156.00	151.23
7	—	1,180	133.00–145.00	139.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	116.00–123.00	118.28
8	—	1,178	136.00–145.00	141.44
6	—	1,057	125.00–131.00	128.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,599	162.00–168.00	165.36
10	—	1,696	175.00–184.00	177.75

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	2,950.00	2,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,330	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,131.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	3,025.00	3,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,133	1,525.00–2,300.00	1,936.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,198	1,825.00–2,250.00	2,005.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	3,050.00	3,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	3,025.00	3,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,400.00	2,400.00

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

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