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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 12

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

139 head

▼ 135 vs last sale 274▼ 131 vs year ago 270 · −48.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 70▼ 35 vs year ago 62 · −56.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

14 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 26▼ 1 vs year ago 15 · −6.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend could be established due to a lack of comparable receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.68/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 7 of 30 comparable sales and sits −58.44 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.

Average price

$325.68

11 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.24

vs TN average

−25.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	333.11	1,797	7thin
Medium and Large 2	532	314.39	1,672	3thin
Small 1	580	307.50	1,784	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.61/cwt here — about $13 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 sale11 hd

325.68

—

TN average17 barns · 944 hd

338.92

−13.24

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−25.13

This barn, trailing median30 sales

384.12

−58.44

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	2,021	183.25	3,704	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	162.77	2,097	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,460	161.06	2,351	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	143.71	1,430	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,125	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$1,925	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$2,275	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,035	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,120	$2,675	1thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	220	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,111	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,268	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	521.54/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,408	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	426.40/cwt	415.00–437.50	1,642	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	406.43/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,752	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,691	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	380.75/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,980	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,081	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	346.68/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,229	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	336.70/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,229	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,205	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,419	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	894	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	271	398.02/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,079	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	411.49/cwt	407.50–415.00	1,144	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,215	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	359.95/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,325	3
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	382.47/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,606	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	428	344.82/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,476	2
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	460	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,484	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	362.42/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,714	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,639	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	332.45/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,579	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	316.09/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,612	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	335.42/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,764	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	327.34/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,876	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,788	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	580	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,784	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	305.05/cwt	302.50–307.50	1,900	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,951	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	406.22/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,747	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,656	3
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,616	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	340.63/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,771	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,752	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	560	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,806	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	328.26/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,881	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	320.50/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,843	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	312.48/cwt	302.50–322.50	1,931	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,012	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	301.04/cwt	295.00–307.50	2,026	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,146	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	277.34/cwt	265.00–290.00	2,163	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,958	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,115	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	187.67/cwt	182.00–194.00	3,378	3
Bulls	—	—	2,685	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	4,565	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	150.56/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,488	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,313	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	159.91/cwt	156.00–163.00	1,924	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	172.39/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,336	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,290	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	160.41/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,371	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,495	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,317	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,165	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	870	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 139Last week 274Year ago 270

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 70Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 26Year ago 15

No trend could be established due to a lack of comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	372.50	372.50
4	250–300	271	385.00–407.50	398.02
3	350–400	368	355.00–362.50	359.95
1	450–500	475	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	510	300.00–332.50	316.09
1	550–600	575	311.00	311.00
1	600–650	645	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	407.50–415.00	411.49
1	300–350	300	405.00	405.00
1	350–400	365	420.00	420.00
3	400–450	420	377.50–385.00	382.47
3	450–500	473	352.50–370.00	362.42
5	500–550	526	332.50–340.00	335.42
2	550–600	573	320.00–335.00	327.34
2	600–650	623	302.50–307.50	305.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	428	335.00–355.00	344.82
1	450–500	460	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	580	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	345.00	345.00
2	450–500	475	327.50–337.50	332.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	517.50	517.50
3	250–300	270	520.00–525.00	521.54
4	400–450	431	395.00–420.00	406.43
1	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	520	375.00–387.50	380.75
2	550–600	578	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	643	340.00–350.00	346.68
3	650–700	662	320.00–350.00	336.70
1	700–750	700	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	750	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	505.00	505.00
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
2	350–400	385	415.00–437.50	426.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	430	405.00–407.50	406.22
1	450–500	455	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	573	322.50–332.50	328.26
6	600–650	618	302.50–322.50	312.48
2	650–700	673	295.00–307.50	301.04
1	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	780	265.00–290.00	277.34
1	850–900	870	225.00	225.00
1	900–950	900	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	560	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	430	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	465	347.50	347.50
4	500–550	520	340.00–342.50	340.63
2	550–600	575	320.00–321.00	320.50
1	650–700	665	302.50	302.50
1	700–750	740	290.00	290.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,125.00	2,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,925.00	1,925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,700.00	2,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	2,275.00	2,275.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	3,000.00	3,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	2,675.00	2,675.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,203	156.00–163.00	159.91
1	—	1,495	155.00	155.00
2	—	1,355	170.00–175.00	172.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	130.00	130.00
2	—	988	145.00–157.00	150.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,478	158.00–163.00	160.41
1	—	1,405	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,685	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,800	182.00–194.00	187.67

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.