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Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Name: Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 10

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080

← Mar 3Mar 10Mar 17 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

150 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 245▼ 190 vs year ago 340 · −55.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 61▲ 10 vs year ago 49 · +20.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

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 $404.28/cwt on 6 head, up $1.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 30 comparable sales and sits +20.17 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.

Average price

$404.28

▲ 1.07 vs prior sale

6 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$113.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.03

vs TN average

−9.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	423.14	2,213	5thin
Medium and Large 2	575	310.00	1,783	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.14/cwt here — about $431 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale6 hd

404.28

—

TN average16 barns · 734 hd

398.25

+6.03

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−9.50

This barn, trailing median30 sales

384.12

+20.17

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	1,325	178.96	2,371	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	163.52	2,008	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,349	156.06	2,105	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	126.00	1,269	2thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,144	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,682	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	562.38/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,771	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	492.67/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,848	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	509.84/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,106	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,280	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	438.71/cwt	435.00–442.50	2,281	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	456.13/cwt	442.50–470.00	2,554	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,491	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,424	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,468	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	488.33/cwt	440.00–530.00	1,294	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	484.38/cwt	462.50–500.00	1,623	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	431.15/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,479	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	467.69/cwt	450.00–477.50	1,759	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	437.81/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,918	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	426.74/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,006	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	423.14/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,213	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	613	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,544	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,248	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,014	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,225	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	318.06/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,290	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,832	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	551.49/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,041	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	463.36/cwt	430.00–495.00	1,761	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	500.13/cwt	445.00–515.00	2,096	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,905	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	471.15/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,172	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	444.45/cwt	444.00–447.50	2,262	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	386.75/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,023	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,436	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,106	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,452	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,325	178.96/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,371	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,194	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,346	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	163.52/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,008	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,293	160.09/cwt	158.00–162.00	2,070	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,161	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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 245Year ago 340

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 61Year ago 49

No trends could be established due to light receipts and lack of comparable data.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	375	480.00–505.00	492.67
1	600–650	645	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	570.00	570.00
2	300–350	315	560.00–565.00	562.38
3	400–450	413	505.00–520.00	509.84
1	450–500	475	480.00	480.00
2	500–550	520	435.00–442.50	438.71
2	550–600	560	442.50–470.00	456.13
1	600–650	615	405.00	405.00
1	650–700	655	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	700	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	417.50–445.00	431.15
1	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	655	307.50	307.50
1	700–750	740	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	440.00–530.00	488.33
4	300–350	335	462.50–500.00	484.38
4	350–400	376	450.00–477.50	467.69
5	400–450	438	410.00–450.00	437.81
9	450–500	470	405.00–445.00	426.74
5	500–550	523	415.00–430.00	423.14
1	600–650	620	362.50	362.50
1	650–700	690	322.50	322.50
5	700–750	720	310.00–320.00	318.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	613	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	525.00–565.00	551.49
6	400–450	419	445.00–515.00	500.13
4	450–500	461	450.00–490.00	471.15
10	500–550	509	444.00–447.50	444.45
1	550–600	560	435.00	435.00
1	650–700	690	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	800	300.00	300.00
2	850–900	868	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	430.00–495.00	463.36
2	400–450	438	435.00	435.00
2	500–550	523	370.00–405.00	386.75
1	650–700	685	307.50	307.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,020	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	158.00–162.00	160.09
1	—	1,460	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	163.00–164.00	163.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	178.00–180.00	178.96

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.