Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-03-31

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 31
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
225 head
▼ 163 vs last sale 388▲ 81 vs year ago 144 · +56.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 61▲ 23 vs year ago 22 · +104.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 37▲ 17 vs year ago 18 · +94.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.01/cwt on 15 head, down $21.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 30 comparable sales and sits +10.89 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.
Average price
$395.01
▼ 21.42 vs prior sale
15 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,167
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.52
vs TN average
−28.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545409.922,2349thin
Medium and Large 2554372.662,0636thin
One grade step is worth $37.26/cwt here — about $171 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 sale15 hd
395.01
—
TN average14 barns · 622 hd
405.53
−10.52
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
−28.18
This barn, trailing median30 sales
384.12
+10.89
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—High1,545204.003,1521thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,465170.002,4911thin

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)1,275$3,7501thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,8402
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,6821
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316620.86/cwt600.00–640.001,9627
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326553.43/cwt515.00–590.001,8044
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420556.19/cwt540.00–570.002,3363
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2551
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468498.78/cwt490.00–520.002,3344
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,3741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511490.02/cwt480.00–510.002,5044
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615403.72/cwt402.50–405.002,4832
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,3751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2481
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1281608.19/cwt590.00–620.001,7096
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322562.31/cwt550.00–600.001,8117
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2331519.08/cwt505.00–530.001,7184
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367518.91/cwt500.00–540.001,9045
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383448.11/cwt410.00–490.001,7166
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3395360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418417.21/cwt340.00–445.001,7446
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420485.06/cwt470.00–505.002,03712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473413.36/cwt390.00–430.001,9554
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479452.64/cwt440.00–475.002,16811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523379.33/cwt360.00–400.001,9842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524421.11/cwt415.00–435.002,2074
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1261
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566403.70/cwt400.00–405.002,2854
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569369.32/cwt325.00–395.002,1014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668351.41/cwt345.00–357.502,3472
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2325510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,6581
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369605.54/cwt585.00–630.002,2347
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376506.25/cwt430.00–575.001,9048
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418532.15/cwt520.00–550.002,22415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2418458.50/cwt405.00–505.001,9177
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468494.97/cwt480.00–510.002,3166
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472451.47/cwt415.00–470.002,1316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505417.67/cwt400.00–435.002,1092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524439.87/cwt430.00–445.002,3054
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569428.62/cwt415.00–440.002,4394
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578382.17/cwt347.50–410.002,2093
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610404.92/cwt395.00–415.002,4703
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650375.00/cwt365.00–385.002,4382
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2713298.66/cwt290.00–307.502,1292
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,3381
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,5321
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,545204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,1521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7501

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.