Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2019-07-16

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 16
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▲ 296 vs last sale 0▲ 296 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 0▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to the Holiday lay off two weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.72/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$116.72
98 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Small 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.20
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1-2418120.505032thin
Medium and Large 2-3466118.2055124
Medium and Large 1-2562116.2165370
Medium and Large 3433113.004892thin
One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale98 hd
116.72
—
TN average10 barns · 2,303 hd
119.92
−3.20
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,82278.901,4385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26653.1967419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31052.696908thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95547.234513thin

Every lot

82 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3258153.81/cwt147.50–160.003972
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290177.50/cwt177.50–177.505151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy320172.50/cwt172.50–172.505521
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340158.69/cwt155.00–162.505402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368155.85/cwt149.00–164.005746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370167.50/cwt167.50–167.506201
Steers—Medium and Large 3375135.19/cwt128.00–142.005072
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3383146.10/cwt143.00–149.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy400157.00/cwt157.00–157.006281
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3421139.16/cwt132.00–141.005867
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429144.72/cwt138.00–152.006216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469138.60/cwt134.00–140.506505
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy490135.00/cwt135.00–135.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505134.00/cwt134.00–134.006771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535139.52/cwt133.00–150.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580136.00/cwt136.00–136.007891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626128.52/cwt126.00–132.008054
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635127.54/cwt125.00–130.008102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661129.00/cwt129.00–129.008534
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3670125.00/cwt125.00–125.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3710123.00/cwt123.00–123.008731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716127.11/cwt125.00–128.009105
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3780119.00/cwt119.00–119.009281
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3205125.00/cwt125.00–125.002561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3255127.50/cwt127.50–127.503251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318140.92/cwt137.50–145.004483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325154.00/cwt154.00–154.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328125.04/cwt120.00–130.004102
Heifers—Small 1-2370125.00/cwt125.00–125.004631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3372129.05/cwt118.00–135.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375143.56/cwt142.00–145.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 3405116.00/cwt116.00–116.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425118.89/cwt116.00–122.005052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429129.42/cwt124.00–134.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy434116.00/cwt116.00–116.005036
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005061
Heifers—Small 1-2465116.00/cwt116.00–116.005391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy475116.04/cwt114.00–118.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3478116.36/cwt111.00–120.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483119.96/cwt117.00–122.005794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3522115.73/cwt110.00–122.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529123.24/cwt122.00–124.006528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy530110.00/cwt110.00–110.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy577112.97/cwt110.00–115.006523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3582111.42/cwt105.00–117.006485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587117.59/cwt116.00–120.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy600101.00/cwt101.00–101.006061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643109.37/cwt106.00–118.0070316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3670108.00/cwt108.00–108.007241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy67399.49/cwt96.00–104.006704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684112.45/cwt110.00–117.007694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy72092.53/cwt90.00–95.006662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728109.75/cwt106.00–113.007994
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3414132.71/cwt129.00–136.005494
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435114.00/cwt114.00–114.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2436139.14/cwt135.00–144.006077
Bulls—Small 1-2465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473125.29/cwt116.00–130.005935
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476133.66/cwt129.00–138.0063612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516133.83/cwt124.00–137.0069115
Bulls—Small 1-2530126.00/cwt126.00–126.006681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563128.74/cwt124.00–134.007254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590118.00/cwt118.00–118.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611117.86/cwt115.00–120.007204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3635109.00/cwt109.00–109.006921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3668114.00/cwt114.00–114.007622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2790105.00/cwt105.00–105.008302
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,82278.90/cwt70.00–84.001,4385
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93049.35/cwt48.50–50.004592
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00543.00/cwt43.00–43.004321
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24251.55/cwt50.00–53.006405
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27553.77/cwt52.50–57.0068614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27753.52/cwt51.00–55.006836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41050.21/cwt50.00–50.507082
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3950885.00/cwt885.00–885.008,4081
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,155920.00/cwt920.00–920.0010,6261

This sale against other markets

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.