Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 450# 2.00 lower, over 450# 3.00 higher; Feeder Heifers unevenly steady; Feeder Bulls traded with a higher undertone with limited comparable data.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.37/cwt on 23 head, down $4.54 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 24 of 27 comparable sales and sits +19.36 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$414.37

▼ 4.54 vs prior sale

23 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,236

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$16.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.34

vs TN average

−9.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	417.16	2,240	19thin
Medium and Large 2	553	401.14	2,218	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.03/cwt here — about $21 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 sale23 hd

414.37

—

TN average14 barns · 488 hd

409.03

+5.34

National average166 barns · 11,250 hd

424.07

−9.70

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

+19.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

53 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	700–750	725	323.37/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	509.93/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	382.44/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	435.77/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	490.02/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,053	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	520.01/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	419.03/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,585	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	487.50/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	507.98/cwt	430.00–570.00	1,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	584.72/cwt	580.00–590.00	1,859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	432.34/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	555.06/cwt	530.00–585.00	2,148	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	647.92/cwt	630.00–660.00	1,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	457.44/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	568.31/cwt	530.00–610.00	1,557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	528.64/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	391.21/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	422.50/cwt	417.50–427.50	2,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	488.77/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,092	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	505.02/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	550.17/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	437.91/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	419.49/cwt	412.50–430.00	2,181	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	468.39/cwt	445.00–490.00	2,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	414.96/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	392.27/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	470.26/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	448.55/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	559.78/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	430.95/cwt	380.00–460.00	1,383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	401.73/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	482.86/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,009	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	507.46/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	509.84/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	400.81/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,477	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	415.36/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,372	6

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 Apr 28, 2026

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

Receipts 208Last week 239Year ago 219

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 450# 2.00 lower, over 450# 3.00 higher; Feeder Heifers unevenly steady; Feeder Bulls traded with a higher undertone with limited comparable data.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	540.00–580.00	559.78
1	250–300	280	540.00	540.00
2	300–350	325	505.00–510.00	507.46
4	350–400	383	500.00–515.00	509.93
7	400–450	416	470.00–490.00	482.86
4	450–500	464	460.00–485.00	470.26
12	500–550	520	412.50–430.00	419.49
6	550–600	571	410.00–420.00	415.36
6	600–650	618	395.00–405.00	400.81
2	650–700	655	375.00–390.00	382.44
2	700–750	725	310.00–337.50	323.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	530.00	530.00
4	300–350	321	380.00–460.00	430.95
3	350–400	367	400.00–405.00	401.73
4	400–450	433	420.00–465.00	448.55
3	450–500	473	410.00–420.00	414.96
2	500–550	528	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	578	385.00–400.00	392.27
1	600–650	605	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	590.00	590.00
4	250–300	274	530.00–610.00	568.31
3	300–350	318	430.00–570.00	507.98
6	400–450	419	475.00–505.00	490.02
1	450–500	470	485.00	485.00
3	500–550	533	432.50–440.00	435.77
2	550–600	578	420.00–445.00	432.34
1	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	630.00–660.00	647.92
2	300–350	318	580.00–590.00	584.72
5	350–400	387	530.00–585.00	555.06
4	400–450	434	515.00–525.00	520.01
2	450–500	465	505.00–515.00	509.84
2	500–550	510	485.00–490.00	487.50
7	550–600	579	450.00–470.00	457.44
3	600–650	617	410.00–425.00	419.03
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	545.00–555.00	550.17
4	400–450	426	520.00–535.00	528.64
3	450–500	460	500.00–510.00	505.02
1	500–550	520	452.50	452.50
5	550–600	578	430.00–445.00	437.91
2	600–650	620	417.50–427.50	422.50
2	650–700	658	380.00–402.50	391.21
1	700–750	725	392.50	392.50
1	750–800	755	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	495.00	495.00
4	400–450	428	480.00–495.00	488.77
3	450–500	462	445.00–490.00	468.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	405.00	405.00

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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