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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 17

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080

← Mar 3Mar 17Mar 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

103 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 252▲ 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 27▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings. However, Feeder Cattle were sharply lower, Slaughter Cattle mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.30/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$120.30

28 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$13.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.70

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	471	121.69	574	25
Medium and Large 2-3	455	108.67	494	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.03/cwt here — about $79 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 sale28 hd

120.30

—

TN average11 barns · 1,657 hd

114.60

+5.70

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	—	Low	1,640	82.98	1,361	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,593	64.50	1,027	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,462	60.94	891	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,143	39.77	455	4thin

Every lot

34 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	391	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	147.68/cwt	145.00–151.00	539	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	148.48/cwt	148.00–149.00	616	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	140.83/cwt	133.00–149.00	669	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	127.67/cwt	126.00–129.00	686	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	707	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	706	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	133.80/cwt	132.50–135.00	432	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	125.27/cwt	121.00–130.00	476	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	400	111.50/cwt	104.00–119.00	446	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	128.79/cwt	125.00–136.00	555	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	119.03/cwt	113.00–125.00	557	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	118.62/cwt	111.00–124.00	609	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	645	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	582	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	622	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	134.34/cwt	133.00–135.00	649	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	129.32/cwt	128.00–131.00	675	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	641	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	680	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	350	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	193	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,430	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,073	1
Bulls	—	—	1,597	80.63/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,288	3
Bulls	—	—	1,980	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,940	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	29.10/cwt	26.00–33.00	302	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,248	50.44/cwt	50.00–51.00	629	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,462	60.94/cwt	55.00–64.00	891	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	949	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,630	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,108	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski Stockyard - Pulaski, TN

Tue Mar 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 103Last week 252Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 27Year ago 0

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings. However, Feeder Cattle were sharply lower, Slaughter Cattle mostly steady on a light test.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,462	55.00–64.00	60.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	26.00–33.00	29.10
2	—	1,248	50.00–51.00	50.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	68.00	68.00
1	—	1,555	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,597	80.00–81.00	80.63
1	—	1,980	98.00	98.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	148.00–149.00	148.48
5	—	365	145.00–151.00	147.68
1	—	265	147.50	147.50
2	—	475	133.00–149.00	140.83
1	—	570	124.00	124.00
3	—	537	126.00–129.00	127.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
2	—	468	113.00–125.00	119.03
6	—	431	125.00–136.00	128.79
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
2	—	323	132.50–135.00	133.80
5	—	513	111.00–124.00	118.62
1	—	655	95.00	95.00
3	—	380	121.00–130.00	125.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	104.00–119.00	111.50
1	—	565	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	114.00–115.00	114.51
1	—	630	108.00	108.00
3	—	522	128.00–131.00	129.32
1	—	400	144.00	144.00
3	—	483	133.00–135.00	134.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	125.00	125.00
1	—	490	120.00	120.00

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.