Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2021-03-02

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 2
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 270▼ 63 vs year ago 252 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 47▲ 3 vs year ago 27 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend could be established due to light receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.65/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$123.65
76 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$178
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small 1-2
$12.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.64
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3423125.0152918thin
Medium and Large 1-2534123.6166056
Small 1-2628112.517072thin
One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale76 hd
123.65
—
TN average10 barns · 2,163 hd
124.29
−0.64
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—High1,66191.241,5154thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44862.749095thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35561.438329thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05945.384817thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3235155.00/cwt155.00–155.003641
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3270145.00/cwt145.00–145.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318176.00/cwt176.00–176.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320142.50/cwt142.50–142.504561
Steers—Medium and Large 3360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3375157.63/cwt155.00–160.005912
Steers—Small 1-2375139.00/cwt139.00–139.005211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381169.43/cwt162.50–173.006467
Steers—Medium and Large 3425124.00/cwt124.00–124.005271
Steers—Small 1-2440140.00/cwt140.00–140.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3440136.52/cwt135.00–138.006012
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006511
Steers—Small 1-2478139.97/cwt135.00–145.006692
Steers—Small 1-2Fleshy495127.00/cwt127.00–127.006292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505142.00/cwt142.00–142.007171
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3528130.94/cwt127.00–135.006912
Steers—Small 1-2540121.00/cwt121.00–121.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571130.87/cwt130.00–131.007478
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610129.00/cwt128.00–130.007872
Steers—Small 1-281091.00/cwt91.00–91.007371
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3215130.00/cwt130.00–130.002801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3255135.00/cwt135.00–135.003441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3308136.24/cwt135.00–137.504202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2362145.26/cwt138.00–155.005265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3363126.62/cwt123.00–130.004602
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed410139.00/cwt139.00–139.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422140.62/cwt135.00–146.005939
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3423129.65/cwt127.00–135.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3469119.88/cwt111.00–126.005624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485130.81/cwt128.00–138.006349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed520134.00/cwt134.00–134.006971
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520117.35/cwt116.00–119.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528125.43/cwt121.00–130.006627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565117.99/cwt116.00–121.006677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610114.00/cwt111.00–117.006954
Heifers—Small 1-2628112.51/cwt112.00–113.007072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy65894.00/cwt94.00–94.006195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690105.00/cwt105.00–105.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy707106.00/cwt106.00–106.007495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2738109.53/cwt107.00–112.008082
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1-2423151.20/cwt150.00–152.506402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425161.44/cwt152.50–165.006865
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531135.64/cwt132.00–138.007206
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550139.00/cwt139.00–139.007651
Bulls—Small 1-2565119.87/cwt115.00–125.006772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613121.43/cwt118.00–125.007442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620113.77/cwt110.00–118.007054
Bulls—Small 1-2640117.00/cwt117.00–117.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3658113.67/cwt111.00–116.007483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675116.00/cwt116.00–116.007831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3-434574.00/cwt74.00–74.002553
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63889.65/cwt88.00–91.001,4683
Bulls——1,73096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04347.82/cwt43.00–55.004994
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08042.13/cwt39.00–45.004553
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24055.08/cwt51.00–61.006833
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25066.72/cwt65.00–69.008342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30558.00/cwt58.00–58.007571
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48463.93/cwt62.00–67.009494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49363.55/cwt60.00–66.009494

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.