Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-01-13

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 13
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
56 vs last sale 142 24 vs year ago 174 · +13.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
21 vs last sale 92 47 vs year ago 24 · +195.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
17 vs last sale 27 15 vs year ago 29 · +51.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no report last week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $375.00/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 5 of 24 comparable sales and sits 35.83 against this barn's trailing median of $410.83.
Average price
$375.00
24 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,055
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.72
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538393.202,11513thin
Medium and Large 2560353.491,97811thin
One grade step is worth $39.70/cwt here — about $137 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

24 sales
469420370320median 410.8301/1303/1005/1207/0708/11
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $455.47, low $333.67, median $410.83 across 24 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 sale24 hd
375.00
TN average15 barns · 353 hd
388.72
−13.72
This barn, trailing median24 sales
410.83
−35.83
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,682179.973,02718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,480157.802,3359thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229154.341,89623
CowsLean 85-90%Average940133.141,25110

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,260$3,0001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$2,9945
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,7296
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)875$2,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,113$2,2232thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,119$1,9687

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3331
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478354.92/cwt350.00–360.001,6972
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400363370.62/cwt345.00–415.001,3454
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750709324.19/cwt321.00–332.502,2995
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450428441.69/cwt435.00–450.001,8903
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650618346.25/cwt341.00–352.502,1406
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950935237.50/cwt237.50–237.502,2211
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580346.72/cwt322.50–365.002,0117
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315535.08/cwt530.00–540.001,6862
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500473390.83/cwt372.50–412.501,8493
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550524365.35/cwt350.00–382.501,9144
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400368419.83/cwt415.00–425.001,5452
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800755295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2271
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430378.00/cwt340.00–415.001,6255
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500473435.77/cwt420.00–447.502,0615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185146.18/cwt139.00–151.001,73212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283160.56/cwt154.00–167.002,0609
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445149.79/cwt146.00–154.002,1642
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,489158.44/cwt155.00–164.002,3596
CowsLean 85-90%938131.67/cwt127.50–136.001,2356
CowsLean 85-90%957142.13/cwt140.00–144.001,3603
CowsLean 85-90%900115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0351
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600580365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1171
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8491
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480390.44/cwt382.50–395.001,8747
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573371.83/cwt362.50–377.502,1316
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,5541
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350331442.43/cwt425.00–480.001,4644
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580359.12/cwt355.00–365.002,0833
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350322541.68/cwt535.00–550.001,7443
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300283587.82/cwt575.00–605.001,6643
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558398.74/cwt397.50–400.002,2252
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375489.73/cwt480.00–500.001,8362
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666357.03/cwt343.00–371.002,3784
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610371.28/cwt362.50–376.002,2654
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9601
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700655336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,2011
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500485345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6731
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400365398.62/cwt380.00–430.001,4555
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550506403.64/cwt395.00–415.002,0427
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435447.09/cwt440.00–455.001,9455
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600556386.07/cwt380.00–395.002,1477
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550517401.51/cwt392.50–415.002,0766
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400372510.33/cwt490.00–520.001,8986
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700672342.41/cwt332.50–360.002,3013
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850835296.55/cwt288.00–305.002,4762
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350308479.76/cwt470.00–490.001,4782
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662332.02/cwt330.00–333.002,1983
HeifersMedium and Large 2900–950900222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,0031
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530358.75/cwt345.00–372.501,9012
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527372.86/cwt362.50–380.001,9656
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426421.74/cwt395.00–455.001,7974
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620337.70/cwt332.50–342.502,0943
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365466.69/cwt450.00–485.001,7033
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0011
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450415347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4421
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0491,812.63/head1,300.00–2,200.001,8135
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2952,356.95/head2,250.00–2,450.002,3572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2162,418.17/head2,125.00–2,550.002,4184
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3183,350.05/head3,050.00–3,625.003,3502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39852,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-38752,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1132,223.31/head2,075.00–2,350.002,2232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,3002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2943,017.17/head2,925.00–3,075.003,0174
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2603,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bulls1,941190.38/cwt186.00–194.003,6954
Bulls2,153203.90/cwt200.00–208.004,3902
Bulls1,517172.51/cwt166.00–177.002,61712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245175.35/cwt172.00–179.002,1832

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.