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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 14
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 236▲ 2 vs year ago 243 · +0.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 62▲ 17 vs year ago 40 · +42.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 15▲ 6 vs year ago 24 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Calves mostly steady; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Quality fair with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.69/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 11 of 30 comparable sales and sits −44.43 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.
Average price
$339.69
31 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$286
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$45.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.50
vs TN average
−58.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542345.831,87626
Medium and Large 2530309.681,6414thin
Small 1530300.001,5901thin
One grade step is worth $45.83/cwt here — about $286 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 sale31 hd
339.69
—
TN average14 barns · 557 hd
352.19
−12.50
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−58.17
This barn, trailing median30 sales
384.12
−44.43
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—High1,723188.563,2489thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,463156.602,2915thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,284151.871,94912
CowsLean 85-90%High1,063135.361,4398thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$3,2501thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,2111
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,3381
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315459.05/cwt440.00–480.001,4462
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323365.64/cwt320.00–415.001,1813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,5111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7552
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445386.25/cwt385.00–387.501,7192
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618351.21/cwt350.00–352.502,1702
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,0161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210455.12/cwt450.00–460.009562
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2381
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325422.65/cwt417.50–430.001,3743
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3141
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377433.32/cwt430.00–440.001,6343
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421390.09/cwt380.00–412.501,6428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428339.04/cwt320.00–362.501,4514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6102
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462369.95/cwt365.00–375.001,7095
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528348.31/cwt340.00–360.001,83918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530309.68/cwt282.50–335.001,6414
Heifers500–550Small 1Fleshy530300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575340.25/cwt330.00–347.501,9568
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy610303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,8481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,0631
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645288.75/cwt287.50–290.001,8622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664300.52/cwt285.00–312.501,9954
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665280.00/cwt277.50–282.501,8622
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712285.78/cwt282.50–292.502,0353
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1381
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1971
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1930190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5601
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373426.22/cwt415.00–435.001,5906
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2387371.38/cwt350.00–395.001,4373
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420417.44/cwt412.50–422.501,7532
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428360.74/cwt320.00–380.001,5445
Bulls400–450Small 1445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469394.33/cwt390.00–397.501,8494
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514364.91/cwt355.00–372.501,8766
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533337.93/cwt325.00–352.501,8014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575350.43/cwt343.00–367.502,01511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,7111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2610277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6931
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626320.19/cwt310.00–332.502,00410
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680294.93/cwt290.00–300.002,0062
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681319.32/cwt315.00–322.502,1754
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715313.15/cwt310.00–318.002,2394
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810298.02/cwt295.00–301.002,4142
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1850285.50/cwt270.00–301.002,4272
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1935272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,5481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,608178.95/cwt178.00–180.002,8784
Bulls——1,698191.07/cwt182.00–201.003,2444
Bulls——2,280217.00/cwt217.00–217.004,9481
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018125.72/cwt116.00–132.001,2804
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,5382
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,133148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,6772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286148.16/cwt144.00–151.001,9059
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295166.49/cwt166.00–167.002,1562
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0031
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452153.66/cwt153.00–154.002,2313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,625172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,7951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3503,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501

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.