Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2020-11-03

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Nov 3
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 366▼ 372 vs year ago 613 · −60.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 54▼ 32 vs year ago 83 · −38.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 27▲ 0 vs year ago 11 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers under 400 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 400 lbs 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers 5.00 to 13.00 higher. Bulls under 600 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.13/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$118.13
79 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.85
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2497120.6059961
Small 1-2477112.815388thin
Medium and Large 3425111.504742thin
Medium and Large 2-3529106.355628thin
One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about $37 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
118.13
—
TN average10 barns · 1,788 hd
114.29
+3.85
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—Low1,62474.781,2159thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48951.507677thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25450.0462720
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13842.0647910

Every lot

71 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2230157.50/cwt157.50–157.503621
Steers—Small 1-2240132.50/cwt132.50–132.503181
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3283142.50/cwt142.50–142.504032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328152.79/cwt147.50–158.005012
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3345147.50/cwt147.50–147.505091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2361150.25/cwt147.50–155.005427
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3378140.32/cwt135.00–146.005302
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3408144.99/cwt144.00–146.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423146.49/cwt144.00–149.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473154.33/cwt154.00–155.007303
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485127.50/cwt127.50–127.506181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517136.02/cwt134.00–138.007033
Steers—Small 1-2543115.49/cwt113.00–118.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570125.57/cwt118.00–133.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575118.00/cwt118.00–118.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665114.00/cwt114.00–114.007581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745111.00/cwt111.00–111.008271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330146.23/cwt145.00–147.504832
Heifers—Small 1-2335102.50/cwt102.50–102.503431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340127.50/cwt127.50–127.504341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2366126.54/cwt125.00–132.504637
Heifers—Small 1-2380121.00/cwt121.00–121.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 3395112.00/cwt112.00–112.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added414124.00/cwt124.00–124.005134
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3418112.63/cwt105.00–120.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426120.27/cwt116.00–124.005129
Heifers—Medium and Large 3455111.00/cwt111.00–111.005051
Heifers—Small 1-2465112.96/cwt111.00–115.005252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470119.00/cwt119.00–119.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487123.64/cwt118.00–127.0060213
Heifers—Small 1-2508110.53/cwt105.00–116.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521119.91/cwt116.00–124.006259
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573119.09/cwt114.00–123.0068211
Heifers—Small 1-2578116.00/cwt116.00–116.006702
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-361598.00/cwt98.00–98.006031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633113.38/cwt111.00–115.007183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy66095.00/cwt95.00–95.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-369596.00/cwt96.00–96.006671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375080.00/cwt80.00–80.006001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283089.00/cwt89.00–89.007391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy87579.00/cwt79.00–79.006911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2420132.50/cwt132.50–132.505571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430143.00/cwt143.00–143.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435141.99/cwt140.00–143.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3468129.02/cwt128.00–130.006042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473140.72/cwt136.00–147.0066611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2529122.95/cwt120.00–133.006509
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3531117.44/cwt112.00–124.006244
Bulls—Small 1-2543113.49/cwt111.00–116.006162
Bulls—Small 1-2550114.00/cwt114.00–114.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570118.00/cwt118.00–118.006731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577116.99/cwt116.00–120.006756
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-361597.30/cwt85.00–110.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Full625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007133
Bulls—Small 1-263590.00/cwt90.00–90.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3660106.00/cwt106.00–106.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-270096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-370089.00/cwt89.00–89.006231
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53971.15/cwt68.00–73.001,0956
Bulls——1,79582.03/cwt80.00–84.001,4723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11844.53/cwt41.00–47.004987
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12555.31/cwt54.00–57.006223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18536.31/cwt33.00–38.004303
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23941.35/cwt38.00–46.005125
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29252.34/cwt49.00–55.0067612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37056.00/cwt56.00–56.007671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43545.00/cwt45.00–45.006461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52451.90/cwt48.00–54.007915
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,025810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,3031
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,120630.00/cwt630.00–630.007,0561

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.