Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2020-04-07

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 7
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
220 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 161▲ 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 68▲ 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 32▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well established this week. Trends could not be established on feeders due to light receipts last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.26/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$122.26
79 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$8
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$22.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.13
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2462124.3657458
Small 1-2396119.754754thin
Medium and Large 2-3465116.5354216thin
Medium and Large 3555102.005661thin
One grade step is worth $22.36/cwt here — about $8 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 sale79 hd
122.26
—
TN average10 barns · 1,833 hd
116.13
+6.13
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—High1,85381.001,5012thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30052.386818thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22050.4861630
CowsLean 85-90%Average96840.7639410

Every lot

63 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3333155.93/cwt152.50–160.005193
Steers—Small 1-2365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004751
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3369137.35/cwt131.00–147.505078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380150.32/cwt145.00–155.005714
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3400147.00/cwt147.00–147.005881
Steers—Small 1-2458124.52/cwt120.00–129.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3458123.49/cwt122.00–125.005662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472142.98/cwt139.00–145.006758
Steers—Medium and Large 3490105.00/cwt105.00–105.005151
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-282098.00/cwt98.00–98.008041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280150.00/cwt150.00–150.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3305132.50/cwt130.00–135.004042
Heifers—Small 1-2325129.00/cwt129.00–129.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332136.64/cwt130.00–145.004547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3373126.72/cwt125.00–131.004734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386135.00/cwt130.00–137.505217
Heifers—Small 1-2395125.00/cwt125.00–125.004941
Heifers—Small 1-2400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3419119.07/cwt115.00–124.004994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424130.67/cwt126.00–137.0055413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465124.87/cwt121.00–134.0058112
Heifers—Small 1-2465105.00/cwt105.00–105.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485123.00/cwt123.00–123.005971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520118.21/cwt112.50–121.006157
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555102.00/cwt102.00–102.005661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576111.95/cwt104.00–123.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3578103.64/cwt99.00–108.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy59598.00/cwt98.00–98.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614103.02/cwt100.00–106.006334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620102.00/cwt102.00–102.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367094.00/cwt94.00–94.006301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-268094.00/cwt94.00–94.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy70585.00/cwt85.00–85.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373090.00/cwt90.00–90.006571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435131.46/cwt128.00–135.005722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435126.00/cwt126.00–126.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462129.62/cwt125.00–133.0059912
Bulls—Small 1-2470123.00/cwt123.00–123.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3477124.26/cwt120.00–128.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2507125.57/cwt122.00–133.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3523122.37/cwt116.00–126.006403
Bulls—Small 1-2555107.00/cwt107.00–107.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570110.00/cwt106.00–114.006272
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-363095.00/cwt95.00–95.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-365594.45/cwt88.00–101.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685101.00/cwt101.00–101.006921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy71583.00/cwt83.00–83.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy90070.00/cwt70.00–70.006301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-293092.00/cwt92.00–92.008561
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,84073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,3431
Bulls——1,86589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%84332.00/cwt32.00–32.002702
Cows—Lean 85-90%99942.95/cwt36.00–46.004298
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18644.74/cwt42.00–47.005316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20951.00/cwt47.00–54.0061718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27851.00/cwt47.00–54.006526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28854.65/cwt54.00–57.007046
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36556.53/cwt55.00–58.007722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,045760.00/cwt760.00–760.007,9421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,124840.56/cwt820.00–860.009,4484
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2880900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,9201
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0101,230.00/cwt1,230.00–1,230.0012,4231

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.