Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.26/cwt on 25 head, up $14.37 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 16 of 27 comparable sales and sits +3.25 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$398.26

▲ 14.37 vs prior sale

25 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,211

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$504

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$67.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.72

vs TN average

−13.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	410.20	2,296	20
Medium and Large 2	547	355.83	1,945	3thin
Small 1	523	342.51	1,791	2thin

One grade step is worth $67.69/cwt here — about $504 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 sale25 hd

398.26

—

TN average15 barns · 539 hd

388.55

+9.72

National average169 barns · 9,451 hd

411.50

−13.24

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

+3.25

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	1,859	209.84	3,900	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,355	170.81	2,314	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,277	166.23	2,123	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	923	148.20	1,368	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)	1,425	$2,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,095	$2,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	250–300	270	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	396.30/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	342.65/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	439.89/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	517.95/cwt	510.00–525.00	1,911	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	805	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	404.36/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,107	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	362.50/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	490.54/cwt	455.00–520.00	1,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	690	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	498.33/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	565.23/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	390.93/cwt	355.00–415.00	2,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	506.26/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,126	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	321.81/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,986	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	468.09/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,170	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	523	342.51/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	332.60/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	464.96/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	511.35/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	331.67/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,172	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	497.47/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	464.05/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	393	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,083	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	388.51/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,826	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	173.52/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,410	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	183.19/cwt	181.00–185.00	2,305	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	170.92/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,029	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	146.41/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,388	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	164.12/cwt	161.00–166.00	2,248	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	159.85/cwt	150.00–166.00	2,128	9
Bulls	—	—	1,955	207.78/cwt	200.00–212.00	4,062	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,216	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,481	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,391	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,095	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,150	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	365.90/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	427.35/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,197	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,069	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	408.25/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,315	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	573.54/cwt	560.00–585.00	1,933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,987	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	527.84/cwt	510.00–560.00	1,985	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	430.14/cwt	410.00–460.00	1,579	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 Jun 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 276Last week 189Year ago 218

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 44Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 16Year ago 27

No trends could be established due to 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	270	530.00	530.00
3	300–350	322	455.00–520.00	490.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	560.00–570.00	565.23
3	400–450	415	475.00–510.00	498.33
1	450–500	490	510.00	510.00
2	550–600	568	435.00–445.00	439.89
2	700–750	725	325.00–340.00	332.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
4	300–350	330	505.00–515.00	511.35
5	350–400	369	510.00–525.00	517.95
2	400–450	420	445.00–485.00	464.05
6	450–500	474	450.00–470.00	464.96
8	500–550	521	385.00–415.00	404.36
4	550–600	570	380.00–410.00	396.30
2	600–650	608	330.00–355.00	342.65
3	650–700	655	325.00–340.00	331.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	530.00	530.00
8	550–600	593	423.00	423.00
2	700–750	700	335.00	335.00
3	750–800	760	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	805	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	410.00–460.00	430.14
2	400–450	423	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	470	380.00–405.00	388.51
2	500–550	530	355.00–370.00	362.50
1	550–600	580	342.50	342.50
1	600–650	625	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	340.00–345.00	342.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	450.00–485.00	468.09
1	400–450	445	465.00	465.00
1	450–500	460	445.00	445.00
6	500–550	527	355.00–415.00	390.93
3	600–650	617	315.00–335.00	321.81
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	560.00–585.00	573.54
7	350–400	376	510.00–560.00	527.84
4	400–450	420	500.00–515.00	506.26
4	450–500	459	485.00–510.00	497.47
4	500–550	514	420.00–440.00	427.35
3	550–600	567	400.00–415.00	408.25
3	600–650	627	360.00–375.00	365.90
1	650–700	665	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	705	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	180.00	180.00
4	—	1,389	168.00–179.00	173.52
3	—	1,370	161.00–166.00	164.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	181.00–185.00	183.19
5	—	1,187	169.00–176.00	170.92
9	—	1,331	150.00–166.00	159.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	948	144.00–149.00	146.41
1	—	875	139.00	139.00
1	—	920	161.00	161.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,955	200.00–212.00	207.78
1	—	1,570	216.00	216.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,095	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,425	2,650.00	2,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,175	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	2,600.00	2,600.00

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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle