Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2024-05-07

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, May 7
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
176 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 175▼ 72 vs year ago 248 · −29.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 43▼ 38 vs year ago 66 · −57.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 11 vs year ago 15 · −73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well established last week; Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 11.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 15.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher. Quality pour to good. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.99/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −128.13 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.
Average price
$255.99
19 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,343
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$48.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.61
vs TN average
−11.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524258.541,35418thin
Medium and Large 2-3540210.001,1341thin
One grade step is worth $48.54/cwt here — about $220 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale19 hd
255.99
—
TN average13 barns · 881 hd
254.38
+1.61
National average178 barns · 10,823 hd
267.59
−11.60
This barn, trailing median30 sales
384.12
−128.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
435386336287median 384.1203/0305/1207/1409/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.69, low $301.40, median $384.12 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,828153.542,8075thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,435130.021,8665thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,300126.841,64913
CowsLean 85-90%Low991105.221,0425thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,095$1,4001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$1,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,035$1,1501thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220335.00/cwt335.00–335.007371
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3225305.00/cwt305.00–305.006861
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3278279.76/cwt245.00–310.007783
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3327302.74/cwt280.00–315.009905
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2161
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0951
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2381
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477307.43/cwt302.50–310.001,4663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3601
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5035
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515282.34/cwt272.50–292.501,4543
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563279.50/cwt279.00–280.001,5746
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275284.73/cwt270.00–300.007832
Heifers250–300Small 1-2280290.00/cwt290.00–290.008121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3305260.00/cwt260.00–260.007931
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335285.00/cwt285.00–285.009551
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383306.75/cwt306.00–307.501,1752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1261
Heifers350–400Small 1-2395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419295.70/cwt280.00–307.501,2399
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,0941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472263.75/cwt250.00–272.501,2458
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485283.72/cwt280.00–292.501,3766
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy510257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516259.82/cwt242.50–267.501,34114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1341
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565252.94/cwt244.00–260.001,4293
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611240.31/cwt237.00–245.001,4684
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy620220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3641
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690221.47/cwt218.00–225.001,5282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330270.00/cwt270.00–270.008911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380331.74/cwt317.50–337.501,2614
Bulls350–400Small 1-2380295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1211
Bulls400–450Small 2-3415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008301
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426301.06/cwt295.00–315.001,2834
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440287.50/cwt285.00–290.001,2652
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474300.28/cwt290.00–307.501,4237
Bulls450–500Small 1-2480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3495262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,2991
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed513237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523277.06/cwt260.00–297.501,4498
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4721
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576265.83/cwt255.00–273.001,5316
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2624253.81/cwt247.00–265.001,5845
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673252.99/cwt250.00–256.001,7034
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2151
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6611
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3825190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5681
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,7341
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,708150.69/cwt143.00–155.002,5743
Bulls——2,008157.81/cwt155.00–161.003,1692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79591.00/cwt91.00–91.007231
Cows—Boner 80-85%825107.00/cwt107.00–107.008831
Cows—Lean 85-90%998107.36/cwt104.00–110.001,0713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,327126.37/cwt116.00–130.001,6778
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365132.74/cwt131.00–134.001,8124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435130.02/cwt126.00–134.001,8665
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.