Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded with a higher undertone due to buyer presence; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $452.88/cwt on 10 head, up $28.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 24 comparable sales and sits +42.06 against this barn's trailing median of $410.83.

Average price

$452.88

▲ 28.31 vs prior sale

10 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,390

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$16.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.97

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	456.23	2,413	8thin
Medium and Large 2	523	439.50	2,299	2thin

One grade step is worth $16.73/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $455.47, low $333.67, median $410.83 across 24 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 sale10 hd

452.88

—

TN average14 barns · 348 hd

427.92

+24.97

This barn, trailing median24 sales

410.83

+42.06

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	1,853	216.57	4,012	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	177.92	2,633	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	169.84	2,084	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	910	153.13	1,393	7thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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	350–400	355	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	424.98/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,261	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	417.95/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	465.96/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	358.28/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	362.60/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	381.15/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	476.64/cwt	460.00–485.00	1,964	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	472.61/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	337.53/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	595.03/cwt	530.00–630.00	1,577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	495.00/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	595.04/cwt	590.00–600.00	1,874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	534.22/cwt	510.00–560.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	510.03/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	465.82/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,017	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	331.22/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	455.50/cwt	415.00–480.00	2,118	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	607	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,064	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,277	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	187.50/cwt	185.00–190.00	2,391	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	176.70/cwt	173.00–182.00	2,596	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,824	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	173.57/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,331	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,587	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	159.34/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,267	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	148.28/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,512	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	158.22/cwt	153.00–166.00	1,766	4
Bulls	—	—	2,000	226.00/cwt	225.00–227.00	4,520	2
Bulls	—	—	1,779	211.86/cwt	206.00–215.00	3,769	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	492.60/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,310	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	491.68/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	542.50/cwt	525.00–560.00	2,062	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	330.07/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	450.59/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	439.50/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,299	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	465.95/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,372	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	440.03/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	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 May 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 235Last week 348Year ago 281

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 41Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	510.00	510.00
9	400–450	412	460.00–485.00	476.64
7	450–500	479	445.00–465.00	450.59
7	500–550	532	415.00–435.00	424.98
4	550–600	574	407.50–425.00	417.95
3	600–650	628	355.00–367.50	362.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	490.00	490.00
4	350–400	378	440.00–490.00	465.96
1	400–450	440	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	525	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	578	365.00–390.00	381.15
1	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	765	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	680.00	680.00
4	300–350	315	590.00–600.00	595.04
1	400–450	425	500.00	500.00
4	450–500	468	500.00–515.00	510.03
4	500–550	523	460.00–480.00	472.61
4	550–600	559	455.00	455.00
3	650–700	674	355.00–360.00	358.28
2	700–750	713	335.00–340.00	337.53
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	530.00–630.00	595.03
2	300–350	320	510.00–560.00	534.22
2	350–400	385	475.00–515.00	495.00
1	550–600	560	425.00	425.00
1	700–750	735	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	560.00	560.00
4	400–450	433	430.00–485.00	465.82
6	450–500	465	415.00–480.00	455.50
2	500–550	523	425.00–455.00	439.50
1	600–650	640	362.50	362.50
2	650–700	675	325.00–335.00	330.07
1	750–800	780	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	800	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	525.00–560.00	542.50
3	400–450	442	490.00–495.00	491.68
4	450–500	469	485.00–505.00	492.60
5	500–550	509	460.00–475.00	465.95
3	550–600	562	425.00–450.00	440.03
1	600–650	630	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	655	365.00	365.00
2	700–750	728	330.00–332.50	331.22
1	800–850	810	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	935	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	970	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	460.00	460.00
3	600–650	607	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	185.00–190.00	187.50
3	—	1,343	170.00–178.00	173.57
4	—	1,116	153.00–166.00	158.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,469	173.00–182.00	176.70
1	—	1,535	184.00	184.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	138.00	138.00
4	—	795	157.00–163.00	159.34
2	—	1,020	144.00–153.00	148.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,000	225.00–227.00	226.00
4	—	1,779	206.00–215.00	211.86

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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