Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2024-09-24

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 24
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 205▼ 165 vs year ago 519 · −31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 66▼ 61 vs year ago 107 · −57.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/Bulls are 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers are 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows/Bulls are 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality poor to fair, Demand fair to average

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $212.92/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −171.20 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.
Average price
$212.92
36 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,165
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$246
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.46
vs TN average
−27.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547220.701,20617thin
Medium and Large 2551208.371,14917thin
Medium and Large 3518185.379602thin
One grade step is worth $35.33/cwt here — about $246 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale36 hd
212.92
—
TN average15 barns · 849 hd
224.38
−11.46
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−27.17
This barn, trailing median30 sales
384.12
−171.20
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—Low1,634141.602,3149thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,191116.521,3878thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,447113.491,64214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,017101.971,0379thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285295.00/cwt295.00–295.008411
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3290225.00/cwt225.00–225.006531
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315309.36/cwt295.00–330.009745
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3317226.95/cwt220.00–240.007193
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0011
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378244.90/cwt240.00–250.009262
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400220.00/cwt220.00–220.008801
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423260.77/cwt257.50–264.001,1032
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475230.00/cwt227.50–232.501,0932
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3042
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5731
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768218.51/cwt218.00–219.001,6782
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270275.00/cwt275.00–275.007431
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3270217.78/cwt212.50–222.505882
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280246.03/cwt240.00–252.506892
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321244.30/cwt240.00–265.007847
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363265.02/cwt260.00–270.009623
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373243.92/cwt232.50–256.0091011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414247.14/cwt240.00–260.001,0235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425227.65/cwt220.00–232.509685
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2465224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465205.00/cwt205.00–205.009531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474227.81/cwt220.00–232.501,0808
Heifers450–500Small 1495211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,0441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518185.37/cwt180.00–191.009602
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522224.25/cwt220.00–232.001,1718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526212.70/cwt200.00–219.001,1198
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,1881
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561219.48/cwt218.00–220.001,2314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574204.53/cwt195.00–213.001,1749
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy582215.51/cwt215.00–217.001,2544
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3605183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1071
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619215.00/cwt211.00–221.001,3314
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630204.36/cwt200.00–208.001,2877
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3663178.03/cwt171.00–185.001,1802
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677204.31/cwt201.00–206.001,3833
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715186.82/cwt181.00–191.001,3368
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370257.96/cwt247.50–265.009544
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372281.51/cwt275.00–285.001,0475
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3388235.02/cwt232.50–237.509122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417249.95/cwt240.00–257.501,0426
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422267.06/cwt262.50–270.001,1275
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3422224.12/cwt222.50–227.509463
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466251.58/cwt249.00–255.001,1724
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480216.15/cwt212.50–220.001,0383
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483237.65/cwt222.50–247.501,1486
Bulls500–550Medium 1500245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514216.30/cwt210.00–224.001,1128
Bulls500–550Small 1525205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0761
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538198.63/cwt190.00–205.001,0693
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565222.43/cwt220.00–225.001,2572
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568207.42/cwt198.00–216.001,1788
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618211.96/cwt200.00–216.001,31016
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665199.91/cwt191.00–208.001,3293
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2081
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745188.50/cwt185.00–192.001,4042
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3861
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2828160.59/cwt152.50–167.001,3303
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2985140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,295129.34/cwt126.00–135.001,6753
Bulls——1,663145.51/cwt141.00–150.002,4204
Bulls——2,085152.17/cwt151.00–153.003,1732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970102.31/cwt100.00–106.009924
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005112.90/cwt111.00–115.001,1352
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08794.22/cwt91.00–99.001,0243
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,120108.54/cwt106.00–110.001,2162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130120.98/cwt120.00–123.001,3673
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298117.39/cwt116.00–118.001,5243
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,421114.54/cwt112.00–117.001,6289
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,449109.51/cwt109.00–110.001,5874
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,670120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,0041

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.