Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-02-04

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 4
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
▼ 115 vs last sale 293▲ 178 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 36▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 40▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to no sale last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $428.45/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 8 of 14 comparable sales and sits +4.51 against this barn's trailing median of $423.93.
Average price
$428.45
14 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−6.48
vs TN average
−54.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558428.452,39114thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale14 hd
428.45
—
TN average11 barns · 213 hd
434.92
−6.48
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−54.58
This barn, trailing median14 sales
423.93
+4.51
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

14 sales
468425382339median 423.9303/0305/1207/1409/1510/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $453.51, low $352.63, median $423.93 across 14 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—Average1,577184.642,9113thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,502153.742,3084thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,387147.402,0457thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,126125.061,4084thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,8272thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275617.77/cwt610.00–625.001,6992
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315618.41/cwt600.00–650.001,9483
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324430.50/cwt330.00–480.001,3954
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6241
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2161
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425436.75/cwt415.00–457.501,8562
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2031
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472487.85/cwt487.50–490.002,3037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531434.97/cwt430.00–437.502,3105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573424.82/cwt407.50–437.502,4349
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,3871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,6641
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280355.00/cwt355.00–355.009941
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318418.23/cwt375.00–465.001,3302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8181
Heifers350–400Small 1360360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373433.83/cwt432.50–435.001,6182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420436.37/cwt430.00–445.001,8335
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7001
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483420.71/cwt402.50–435.002,0323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483348.70/cwt300.00–400.001,6842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533380.02/cwt375.00–385.002,0262
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580391.22/cwt387.50–395.002,2692
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626351.59/cwt332.50–367.502,2016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy665320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1371489.64/cwt470.00–525.001,8174
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8201
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420483.75/cwt480.00–487.502,0322
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468461.17/cwt450.00–475.002,1588
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0921
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8281
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,3361
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,2785
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3181
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1771
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525192.46/cwt186.00–197.002,9352
Bulls——1,680169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,8391
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,126125.06/cwt115.00–130.001,4084
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,350152.32/cwt150.00–154.002,0564
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,437140.83/cwt135.00–144.002,0243
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,4361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518150.98/cwt150.00–152.002,2922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,2041
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2002,826.56/head2,750.00–2,900.002,8272

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.