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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 4

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080

← Jul 21Aug 4Aug 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

300 head

▲ 63 vs last sale 237▼ 163 vs year ago 463 · −35.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

52 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 52▲ 0 vs year ago 52 · +0.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 15▼ 1 vs year ago 9 · −11.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeders mostly steady.

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 $120.02/cwt on 72 head.

Average price

$120.02

72 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$12.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.38

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	465	123.50	574	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	121.44	698	37
Medium and Large 2-3	524	118.95	624	30
Small 1-2	497	111.00	551	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $23 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 sale72 hd

120.02

—

TN average10 barns · 2,691 hd

126.40

−6.38

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	1,689	91.96	1,553	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	62.51	773	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,280	61.81	791	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	955	52.37	500	6thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	265	148.51/cwt	142.50–155.00	394	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	427	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	159.13/cwt	155.00–163.00	509	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	379	145.03/cwt	138.00–152.00	550	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	152.24/cwt	150.00–155.00	594	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	405	145.50/cwt	140.00–151.00	589	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	480	133.22/cwt	126.00–139.00	639	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	152.01/cwt	151.00–154.00	783	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	136.08/cwt	132.00–139.00	782	3
Steers	—	Small 1-2	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	720	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	132.19/cwt	126.00–140.00	818	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	628	120.39/cwt	116.00–122.00	756	5
Steers	—	Small 1-2	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	119.49/cwt	116.00–121.00	810	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	683	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	803	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	117.49/cwt	116.00–120.00	840	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	113.07/cwt	108.00–118.00	831	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	750	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	833	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	118.00/cwt	115.00–121.00	915	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	982	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	845	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	980	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	920	104.01/cwt	99.00–107.00	957	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	420	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	508	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	461	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	126.41/cwt	123.00–130.00	480	4
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	415	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	490	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	137.02/cwt	136.00–138.00	578	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	425	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	557	1
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	477	123.25/cwt	115.00–128.00	588	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	126.28/cwt	121.00–130.00	604	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	526	121.05/cwt	114.00–127.00	637	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	127.02/cwt	125.00–130.00	669	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	126.40/cwt	119.00–133.00	713	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	676	2
Heifers	—	Small 1-2	610	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	561	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	622	108.68/cwt	107.00–111.00	676	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	112.00/cwt	108.00–114.00	701	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	103.07/cwt	98.00–108.00	696	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	732	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	104.24/cwt	102.00–106.00	746	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	723	103.95/cwt	102.00–106.00	752	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	840	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	824	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	884	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	134.00/cwt	130.00–138.00	549	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	147.95/cwt	143.00–155.00	621	6
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	131.72/cwt	130.00–133.00	619	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	138.73/cwt	132.00–145.00	663	11
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	485	123.02/cwt	121.00–125.00	597	2
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	523	126.31/cwt	125.00–127.00	661	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	132.72/cwt	126.00–136.00	710	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	545	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	676	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	130.18/cwt	125.00–135.00	734	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	580	118.93/cwt	114.00–123.00	690	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	620	122.87/cwt	119.00–127.00	762	2
Bulls	—	Small 1-2	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	671	108.25/cwt	91.00–118.00	726	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	120.00/cwt	119.00–121.00	810	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2-3	380	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	274	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2-3	400	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	292	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2-3	688	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	399	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,517	80.14/cwt	70.00–85.00	1,216	3
Bulls	—	—	1,749	95.30/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,667	4
Bulls	—	—	1,825	103.01/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,880	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	52.37/cwt	47.00–56.00	500	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,036	53.53/cwt	47.00–58.00	555	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	887	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,218	63.33/cwt	60.00–65.00	771	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	64.00/cwt	60.00–67.00	823	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,465	57.25/cwt	57.00–57.50	839	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,025	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,919	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	9,676	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 Aug 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 300Last week 237Year ago 463

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 52Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 15Year ago 9

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeders mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	119.00	119.00
1	—	360	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	526	114.00–127.00	121.05
5	—	477	115.00–128.00	123.25
4	—	380	123.00–130.00	126.41
3	—	622	107.00–111.00	108.68
2	—	723	102.00–106.00	103.95
2	—	675	98.00–108.00	103.07
2	—	575	115.00–120.00	117.48
1	—	425	131.00	131.00
1	—	325	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	564	119.00–133.00	126.40
5	—	527	125.00–130.00	127.02
4	—	716	102.00–106.00	104.24
4	—	626	108.00–114.00	112.00
4	—	478	121.00–130.00	126.28
3	—	422	136.00–138.00	137.02
2	—	678	108.00	108.00
1	—	850	104.00	104.00
1	—	800	103.00	103.00
1	—	785	107.00	107.00
1	—	355	143.00	143.00
1	—	300	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	92.00	92.00
1	—	465	123.00	123.00
1	—	415	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	114.00–123.00	118.93
3	—	523	125.00–127.00	126.31
2	—	485	121.00–125.00	123.02
1	—	625	117.00	117.00
1	—	425	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	91.00–118.00	108.25
4	—	470	130.00–133.00	131.72
2	—	620	119.00–127.00	122.87
2	—	410	130.00–138.00	134.00
1	—	755	113.00	113.00
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
1	—	545	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	478	132.00–145.00	138.73
10	—	564	125.00–135.00	130.18
6	—	420	143.00–155.00	147.95
4	—	535	126.00–136.00	132.72
3	—	675	119.00–121.00	120.00
1	—	610	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	58.00	58.00
1	—	400	73.00	73.00
1	—	380	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
1	—	605	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	138.00–152.00	145.03
3	—	920	99.00–107.00	104.01
3	—	480	126.00–139.00	133.22
2	—	735	108.00–118.00	113.07
2	—	683	117.00–118.00	117.50
2	—	405	140.00–151.00	145.50
2	—	265	142.50–155.00	148.51
1	—	845	116.00	116.00
1	—	750	111.00	111.00
1	—	605	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	715	116.00–120.00	117.49
4	—	678	116.00–121.00	119.49
4	—	619	126.00–140.00	132.19
4	—	390	150.00–155.00	152.24
3	—	575	132.00–139.00	136.08
3	—	515	151.00–154.00	152.01
2	—	775	115.00–121.00	118.00
2	—	320	155.00–163.00	159.13
1	—	805	122.00	122.00
1	—	480	150.00	150.00
1	—	400	155.00	155.00
1	—	280	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	116.00–122.00	120.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	955	47.00–56.00	52.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	60.00–65.00	63.33
2	—	1,465	57.00–57.50	57.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,286	60.00–67.00	64.00
4	—	1,036	47.00–58.00	53.53
1	—	1,215	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,749	92.00–97.00	95.30
3	—	1,517	70.00–85.00	80.14
2	—	1,825	102.00–104.00	103.01

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	820.00	820.00

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.