Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $404.28/cwt on 6 head, up $1.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 27 comparable sales and sits +9.27 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$404.28

▲ 1.07 vs prior sale

6 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

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

$113.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.03

vs TN average

−9.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	423.14	2,213	5thin
Medium and Large 2	575	310.00	1,783	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.14/cwt here — about $431 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale6 hd

404.28

—

TN average16 barns · 734 hd

398.25

+6.03

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−9.50

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

+9.27

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	1,325	178.96	2,371	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	163.52	2,008	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,349	156.06	2,105	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	126.00	1,269	2thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 2	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	431.15/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	484.38/cwt	462.50–500.00	1,623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	467.69/cwt	450.00–477.50	1,759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	488.33/cwt	440.00–530.00	1,294	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	509.84/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	492.67/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	438.71/cwt	435.00–442.50	2,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	456.13/cwt	442.50–470.00	2,554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	562.38/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,144	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	444.45/cwt	444.00–447.50	2,262	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	471.15/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,172	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,436	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,194	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,346	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	160.09/cwt	158.00–162.00	2,070	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,161	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	163.52/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,008	2
Bulls	—	—	1,325	178.96/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,371	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	386.75/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,023	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	500.13/cwt	445.00–515.00	2,096	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	551.49/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,041	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	463.36/cwt	430.00–495.00	1,761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	437.81/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	426.74/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,006	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	423.14/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,213	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	318.06/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,290	5

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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 245Year ago 340

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 61Year ago 49

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	375	480.00–505.00	492.67
1	600–650	645	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	570.00	570.00
2	300–350	315	560.00–565.00	562.38
3	400–450	413	505.00–520.00	509.84
1	450–500	475	480.00	480.00
2	500–550	520	435.00–442.50	438.71
2	550–600	560	442.50–470.00	456.13
1	600–650	615	405.00	405.00
1	650–700	655	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	700	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	417.50–445.00	431.15
1	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	655	307.50	307.50
1	700–750	740	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	440.00–530.00	488.33
4	300–350	335	462.50–500.00	484.38
4	350–400	376	450.00–477.50	467.69
5	400–450	438	410.00–450.00	437.81
9	450–500	470	405.00–445.00	426.74
5	500–550	523	415.00–430.00	423.14
1	600–650	620	362.50	362.50
1	650–700	690	322.50	322.50
5	700–750	720	310.00–320.00	318.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	613	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	525.00–565.00	551.49
6	400–450	419	445.00–515.00	500.13
4	450–500	461	450.00–490.00	471.15
10	500–550	509	444.00–447.50	444.45
1	550–600	560	435.00	435.00
1	650–700	690	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	800	300.00	300.00
2	850–900	868	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	430.00–495.00	463.36
2	400–450	438	435.00	435.00
2	500–550	523	370.00–405.00	386.75
1	650–700	685	307.50	307.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,020	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	158.00–162.00	160.09
1	—	1,460	148.00	148.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	163.00–164.00	163.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	178.00–180.00	178.96

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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