Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.50/cwt on 18 head, down $16.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 27 comparable sales and sits −18.51 against this barn's trailing median of $395.01.

Average price

$376.50

▼ 16.23 vs prior sale

18 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,086

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$59.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.53

vs TN average

+0.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	379.83	2,096	17thin
Medium and Large 2	590	320.00	1,888	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.83/cwt here — about $208 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 sale18 hd

376.50

—

TN average15 barns · 731 hd

370.97

+5.53

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

+0.69

This barn, trailing median27 sales

395.01

−18.51

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	1,742	203.25	3,540	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,467	180.12	2,642	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,357	173.24	2,350	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	145.61	1,516	6thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$3,427	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$3,086	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$3,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,140	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	380.89/cwt	375.00–387.50	2,118	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	421.57/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,969	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	390.15/cwt	382.00–397.00	2,025	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	325.06/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	417.88/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,789	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	392.08/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,090	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	393.61/cwt	372.00–415.00	1,901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,889	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,883	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	3,086.27/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,086	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	3,426.59/head	3,400.00–3,450.00	3,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	391.75/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,476	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	576.37/cwt	570.00–585.00	1,527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	369.97/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	408.34/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	428.09/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,230	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	430.00/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	372.60/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,142	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	483.37/cwt	472.00–495.00	2,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	258	517.72/cwt	495.00–540.00	1,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	370.42/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	348.61/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	348.55/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	363.91/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,242	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,065	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,145	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	425.48/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,055	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,087	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,461	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	182.86/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,615	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,901	1
Bulls	—	—	2,135	210.95/cwt	205.00–218.00	4,504	2
Bulls	—	—	1,348	195.55/cwt	190.00–200.00	2,636	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	190.04/cwt	189.00–191.00	2,742	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	163.61/cwt	154.00–170.00	2,202	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	156.32/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,634	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	134.90/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,399	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	178.09/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,345	3

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 Jul 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 251Year ago 227

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 47Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 12Year ago 7

No trends could be established due to light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	505.00	505.00
1	400–450	405	465.00	465.00
4	450–500	483	420.00–435.00	425.48
7	500–550	533	380.00–415.00	392.08
5	550–600	556	375.00–387.50	380.89
5	600–650	616	355.00–370.00	363.91
1	650–700	655	360.00	360.00
1	850–900	885	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	483	372.00–415.00	393.61
1	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	660	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	506	424.00	424.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	425.00–435.00	430.00
1	350–400	370	440.00	440.00
6	400–450	428	410.00–430.00	417.88
6	450–500	467	410.00–430.00	421.57
7	500–550	519	382.00–397.00	390.15
10	550–600	575	360.00–385.00	372.60
3	600–650	623	330.00–360.00	348.61
3	650–700	687	320.00–335.00	325.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	350.00–390.00	370.42
1	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	670	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	265	570.00–585.00	576.37
1	300–350	320	515.00	515.00
1	350–400	350	530.00	530.00
2	400–450	440	472.00–495.00	483.37
8	500–550	521	415.00–440.00	428.09
3	550–600	573	405.00–415.00	408.34
6	600–650	632	380.00–405.00	391.75
4	650–700	665	350.00–385.00	369.97
4	700–750	721	335.00–365.00	348.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	495.00–540.00	517.72
1	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	595	347.00	347.00
1	600–650	605	345.00	345.00

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	—	1,255	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,086.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,180	3,400.00–3,450.00	3,426.59
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,550.00	2,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	163.00	163.00
3	—	1,430	180.00–184.00	182.86
1	—	1,535	189.00	189.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	189.00–191.00	190.04
5	—	1,346	154.00–170.00	163.61
3	—	1,317	175.00–184.00	178.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,045	153.00–160.00	156.32
3	—	1,037	128.00–140.00	134.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,135	205.00–218.00	210.95
2	—	1,348	190.00–200.00	195.55

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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle