Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers mostly steady; Feeder Bulls under 550lbs 10.00 lower, over 550lbs 10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.25/cwt on 48 head, up $7.55 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 27 comparable sales and sits −18.76 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$376.25

▲ 7.55 vs prior sale

48 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

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

$41.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.18

vs TN average

−34.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	384.02	2,128	39
Medium and Large 2	559	342.60	1,914	9thin

One grade step is worth $41.42/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale48 hd

376.25

—

TN average15 barns · 808 hd

373.08

+3.18

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−34.62

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−18.76

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	1,667	190.05	3,168	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	157.77	2,367	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	153.51	1,937	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,017	132.53	1,347	7thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,182	$2,850	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	968	$2,450	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,450	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	780	$2,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	930	$2,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	810	$1,425	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	855	$3,350	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,101	$2,438	40

Every lot, as filed

80 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 1	300–350	328	437.49/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	356.33/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	399.92/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	443.23/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,875	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	436.83/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	339.80/cwt	280.00–367.50	1,913	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	416.20/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,719	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,948	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	377.55/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,956	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	393.51/cwt	350.00–422.50	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	376.17/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	379.50/cwt	367.50–387.50	2,326	6
Steers	Small 1	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	378	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,871	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	412	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	654.24/cwt	600.00–700.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	510.09/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,648	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	437.92/cwt	410.00–465.00	1,423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	433	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,187	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	410.50/cwt	410.50–410.50	2,652	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	412.83/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	360.63/cwt	342.50–370.00	2,398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	417.63/cwt	402.50–435.00	2,000	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	369.08/cwt	345.00–382.50	2,274	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	463.63/cwt	455.00–472.50	1,692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	431.97/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,788	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	394.18/cwt	392.50–395.00	2,077	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,252	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	157.77/cwt	153.00–164.00	2,367	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	160.15/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,991	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,540	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	133.17/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,505	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	798	120.53/cwt	120.00–121.00	962	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	176.43/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,223	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	141.28/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,807	7
Bulls	—	—	1,838	188.08/cwt	184.00–194.00	3,457	3
Bulls	—	—	1,415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,476	1
Bulls	—	—	1,405	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,965	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,070	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,104	2,211.96/head	1,600.00–2,350.00	2,212	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	2,588.44/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,588	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	930	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,209	2,966.91/head	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,967	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	365.80/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,074	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	382.68/cwt	362.50–400.00	1,810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	435.05/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	327.44/cwt	322.50–332.50	2,171	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	358.15/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	393.50/cwt	392.00–395.00	2,270	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	390.26/cwt	387.50–393.00	1,959	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,345	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	362.46/cwt	352.50–372.50	2,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	478.18/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,320	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	315	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	356.41/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	370.36/cwt	347.50–382.50	2,107	11

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 293Last week 198Year ago 175

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 71Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 44Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	276	470.00–490.00	478.18
6	300–350	328	425.00–455.00	437.49
13	350–400	371	420.00–455.00	436.83
7	400–450	413	395.00–435.00	416.20
2	450–500	463	395.00–405.00	399.92
6	500–550	518	365.00–387.50	377.55
11	550–600	569	347.50–382.50	370.36
2	600–650	613	352.50–372.50	362.46
1	650–700	680	322.50	322.50
1	700–750	740	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
3	300–350	322	350.00–422.50	393.51
2	350–400	373	350.00–400.00	376.17
3	400–450	413	340.00–380.00	356.41
2	450–500	485	352.50–360.00	356.33
1	500–550	525	365.00	365.00
8	550–600	563	280.00–367.50	339.80
1	750–800	775	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	885	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	378	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	412	422.50	422.50
6	500–550	502	387.50–393.00	390.26
16	550–600	577	392.00–395.00	393.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	325	410.00–465.00	437.92
1	350–400	350	435.00	435.00
1	550–600	580	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	645	342.50	342.50
1	800–850	830	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	600.00–700.00	654.24
5	300–350	323	505.00–515.00	510.09
10	400–450	423	435.00–445.00	443.23
1	450–500	475	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	536	407.50–420.00	412.83
1	550–600	565	417.50	417.50
6	600–650	613	367.50–387.50	379.50
3	650–700	665	342.50–370.00	360.63
1	700–750	725	345.00	345.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	505.00	505.00
15	600–650	646	410.50	410.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	455.00–472.50	463.63
5	400–450	414	425.00–435.00	431.97
12	450–500	479	402.50–435.00	417.63
3	500–550	527	392.50–395.00	394.18
1	550–600	570	395.00	395.00
8	600–650	616	345.00–382.50	369.08
2	700–750	700	332.50–337.50	335.00
1	800–850	840	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	445.00	445.00
4	350–400	379	425.00–450.00	435.05
3	450–500	473	362.50–400.00	382.68
3	500–550	537	352.50–370.00	358.15
3	550–600	567	360.00–372.50	365.80
1	600–650	600	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	663	322.50–332.50	327.44
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	153.00–164.00	157.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	155.00–163.00	160.15
2	—	1,260	175.00–178.00	176.43
7	—	1,279	135.00–148.00	141.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	154.00	154.00
4	—	1,130	130.00–141.00	133.17
2	—	798	120.00–121.00	120.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,838	184.00–194.00	188.08
1	—	1,415	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,405	211.00	211.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	2,850.00	2,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,209	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,966.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	2,050.00	2,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,104	1,600.00–2,350.00	2,211.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,099	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,588.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	2,850.00	2,850.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	2,800.00	2,800.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	3,350.00	3,350.00

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