Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.01/cwt on 15 head, down $21.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 27 comparable sales and sits −0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$395.01

▼ 21.42 vs prior sale

15 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,167

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$37.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.52

vs TN average

−28.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	409.92	2,234	9thin
Medium and Large 2	554	372.66	2,063	6thin

One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $171 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

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 sale15 hd

395.01

—

TN average14 barns · 622 hd

405.53

−10.52

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−28.18

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−0.00

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	—	High	1,545	204.00	3,152	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	170.00	2,491	1thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$3,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	450–500	465	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,255	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	562.31/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	485.06/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,037	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	452.64/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,168	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	421.11/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	417.21/cwt	340.00–445.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	403.70/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,285	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	403.72/cwt	402.50–405.00	2,483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	498.78/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	448.11/cwt	410.00–490.00	1,716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	620.86/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	490.02/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	553.43/cwt	515.00–590.00	1,804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	556.19/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	439.87/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,305	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	298.66/cwt	290.00–307.50	2,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	605.54/cwt	585.00–630.00	2,234	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	519.08/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	413.36/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,955	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	451.47/cwt	415.00–470.00	2,131	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	369.32/cwt	325.00–395.00	2,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	351.41/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	335	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	379.33/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	532.15/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,224	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	518.91/cwt	500.00–540.00	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	608.19/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	428.62/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,439	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	417.67/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	494.97/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,316	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	382.17/cwt	347.50–410.00	2,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	506.25/cwt	430.00–575.00	1,904	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	458.50/cwt	405.00–505.00	1,917	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	404.92/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,470	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,152	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,491	1

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 31, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 225Last week 388Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 61Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 37Year ago 18

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady on a light test.

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	285	590.00	590.00
4	300–350	326	515.00–590.00	553.43
1	450–500	465	485.00	485.00
1	500–550	505	470.00	470.00
1	750–800	785	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	650.00	650.00
7	300–350	316	600.00–640.00	620.86
3	400–450	420	540.00–570.00	556.19
4	450–500	468	490.00–520.00	498.78
4	500–550	511	480.00–510.00	490.02
2	600–650	615	402.50–405.00	403.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	281	590.00–620.00	608.19
7	300–350	322	550.00–600.00	562.31
5	350–400	367	500.00–540.00	518.91
12	400–450	420	470.00–505.00	485.06
11	450–500	479	440.00–475.00	452.64
4	500–550	524	415.00–435.00	421.11
4	550–600	566	400.00–405.00	403.70
2	650–700	668	345.00–357.50	351.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	480.00	480.00
4	300–350	331	505.00–530.00	519.08
6	350–400	383	410.00–490.00	448.11
6	400–450	418	340.00–445.00	417.21
4	450–500	473	390.00–430.00	413.36
2	500–550	523	360.00–400.00	379.33
4	550–600	569	325.00–395.00	369.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	545	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	369	585.00–630.00	605.54
15	400–450	418	520.00–550.00	532.15
6	450–500	468	480.00–510.00	494.97
4	500–550	524	430.00–445.00	439.87
4	550–600	569	415.00–440.00	428.62
3	600–650	610	395.00–415.00	404.92
2	650–700	650	365.00–385.00	375.00
1	700–750	725	322.50	322.50
1	750–800	785	322.50	322.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	510.00	510.00
8	350–400	376	430.00–575.00	506.25
7	400–450	418	405.00–505.00	458.50
6	450–500	472	415.00–470.00	451.47
2	500–550	505	400.00–435.00	417.67
3	550–600	578	347.50–410.00	382.17
2	700–750	713	290.00–307.50	298.66
1	750–800	790	287.50	287.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	3,750.00	3,750.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	204.00	204.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	170.00	170.00

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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