Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-04-07

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 225▲ 7 vs year ago 199 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 45▲ 52 vs year ago 27 · +192.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 9.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady; Feeder Bulls 10.00 higher; Quality good with steady demand. Slaughter Cows/Bulls Traded with a slightly higher undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $405.05/cwt on 9 head, up $10.03 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 24 of 30 comparable sales and sits +20.93 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.
Average price
$405.05
▲ 10.03 vs prior sale
9 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$649
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$87.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.55
vs TN average
−23.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555417.132,3156thin
Medium and Large 2535406.312,1742thin
Small 1505330.001,6671thin
One grade step is worth $87.13/cwt here — about $649 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale9 hd
405.05
—
TN average16 barns · 808 hd
412.59
−7.55
National average175 barns · 10,626 hd
428.36
−23.31
This barn, trailing median30 sales
384.12
+20.93
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—Low1,729198.713,4368thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,519173.372,6346thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,337164.052,1947thin
CowsLean 85-90%High943144.671,3653thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,4951
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260647.69/cwt640.00–660.001,6844
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,6371
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312608.96/cwt590.00–625.001,9005
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320505.39/cwt450.00–540.001,6173
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,1222
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437546.88/cwt545.00–547.502,3904
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,2221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468488.02/cwt465.00–510.002,2843
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,4681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525438.86/cwt435.00–442.502,3042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527471.77/cwt460.00–485.002,4863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added601453.22/cwt452.50–455.002,7247
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2681
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725368.48/cwt360.00–372.502,6713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1761
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265459.81/cwt450.00–470.001,2182
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285560.12/cwt520.00–590.001,5963
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2312489.68/cwt440.00–540.001,5283
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320546.72/cwt540.00–550.001,7503
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374541.72/cwt530.00–560.002,0269
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376489.88/cwt410.00–525.001,8426
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9571
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433472.02/cwt462.50–480.002,0444
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy455430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,9571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467446.61/cwt445.00–450.002,0863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470420.43/cwt400.00–440.001,9762
Heifers500–550Small 1505330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6671
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,1801
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535406.31/cwt400.00–412.502,1742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,2821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565416.95/cwt410.00–427.502,3564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620384.05/cwt372.50–395.002,3813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,4671
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,4261
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added688365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5113
Heifers750–800Small 1790285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2521
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,4341
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1955255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,4351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370527.80/cwt505.00–550.001,9532
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378606.92/cwt595.00–620.002,2942
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416545.53/cwt525.00–555.002,2699
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423478.76/cwt417.50–515.002,0256
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy455485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,2071
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465519.84/cwt515.00–525.002,4172
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474431.11/cwt405.00–455.002,0434
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511462.77/cwt445.00–480.002,3655
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572446.07/cwt440.00–457.502,5523
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573402.27/cwt385.00–420.002,3052
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,418184.61/cwt183.00–187.502,6183
Bulls——1,730199.08/cwt195.00–203.003,4442
Bulls——2,040212.57/cwt211.00–214.004,3363
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2171
Cows—Lean 85-90%940144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3541
Cows—Lean 85-90%975157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283164.18/cwt160.00–171.002,1063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,373150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0602
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,383177.91/cwt175.00–181.002,4602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,494177.01/cwt175.00–182.502,6454
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570166.08/cwt164.00–168.002,6072

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.