Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $428.45/cwt on 14 head, up $38.81 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −3.19 against this barn's trailing median of $431.64.

Average price

$428.45

▲ 38.81 vs prior sale

14 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.48

vs TN average

−54.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	428.45	2,391	14thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale14 hd

428.45

—

TN average11 barns · 213 hd

434.92

−6.48

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−54.58

This barn, trailing median14 sales

431.64

−3.19

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	1,577	184.64	2,911	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,502	153.74	2,308	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	147.40	2,045	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,126	125.06	1,408	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,827	2thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	424.82/cwt	407.50–437.50	2,434	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	433.83/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	348.70/cwt	300.00–400.00	1,684	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	125.06/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,408	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	152.32/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,056	4
Bulls	—	—	1,525	192.46/cwt	186.00–197.00	2,935	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,436	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	150.98/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,292	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,204	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,437	140.83/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,024	3
Bulls	—	—	1,680	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	434.97/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	436.37/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	418.23/cwt	375.00–465.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	436.75/cwt	415.00–457.50	1,856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	461.17/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,158	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	487.85/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,303	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	391.22/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	430.50/cwt	330.00–480.00	1,395	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,203	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,826.56/head	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	351.59/cwt	332.50–367.50	2,201	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	489.64/cwt	470.00–525.00	1,817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	420.71/cwt	402.50–435.00	2,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	380.02/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	483.75/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,032	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	618.41/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	617.77/cwt	610.00–625.00	1,699	2

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

Wed Feb 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 178Last week 293Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 36Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 40Year ago 0

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	610.00–625.00	617.77
3	300–350	315	600.00–650.00	618.41
1	400–450	445	495.00	495.00
7	450–500	472	487.50–490.00	487.85
5	500–550	531	430.00–437.50	434.97
9	550–600	573	407.50–437.50	424.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	330.00–480.00	430.50
1	350–400	365	445.00	445.00
2	400–450	425	415.00–457.50	436.75
1	450–500	470	422.50	422.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	355.00	355.00
2	300–350	318	375.00–465.00	418.23
2	350–400	373	432.50–435.00	433.83
1	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	483	300.00–400.00	348.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	590.00	590.00
1	250–300	260	640.00	640.00
1	350–400	360	505.00	505.00
5	400–450	420	430.00–445.00	436.37
3	450–500	483	402.50–435.00	420.71
2	500–550	533	375.00–385.00	380.02
2	550–600	580	387.50–395.00	391.22
6	600–650	626	332.50–367.50	351.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	470.00–525.00	489.64
2	400–450	420	480.00–487.50	483.75
8	450–500	468	450.00–475.00	461.17
1	500–550	540	432.50	432.50
1	600–650	635	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	675	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	455.00	455.00
1	450–500	470	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	515	355.00	355.00
5	550–600	587	388.00	388.00
1	650–700	660	312.50	312.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,126	115.00–130.00	125.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,350	150.00–154.00	152.32
3	—	1,437	135.00–144.00	140.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	168.00	168.00
2	—	1,518	150.00–152.00	150.98
1	—	1,520	145.00	145.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	186.00–197.00	192.46
1	—	1,680	169.00	169.00

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)	2	—	1,200	2,750.00–2,900.00	2,826.56

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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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle