Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-06-02

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 2
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
199 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 198▲ 12 vs year ago 187 · +6.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 24▼ 18 vs year ago 54 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $392.95/cwt on 11 head, down $18.50 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 29 comparable sales and sits −5.15 against this barn's trailing median of $398.10.
Average price
$392.95
▼ 18.50 vs prior sale
11 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,156
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$53.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.38
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536413.772,2186thin
Medium and Large 2564369.962,0854thin
Small 1565360.002,0341thin
One grade step is worth $53.77/cwt here — about $184 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 sale11 hd
392.95
—
TN average14 barns · 291 hd
407.33
−14.38
This barn, trailing median29 sales
398.10
−5.15
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

29 sales
469413357301median 398.1003/0305/1207/1409/0810/27
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $455.47, low $315.18, median $398.10 across 29 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—Low1,744204.673,5699thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,404178.712,5084thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,175174.412,04912
CowsLean 85-90%Low920152.001,3994thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5601
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5391
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3801
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380537.20/cwt530.00–545.002,0412
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430494.94/cwt490.00–500.002,1282
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2301
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525430.14/cwt420.00–435.002,2583
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558412.51/cwt410.00–415.002,3022
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563370.34/cwt330.00–400.002,0855
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1531
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,4041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335419.70/cwt410.00–430.001,4062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370419.80/cwt405.00–435.001,5532
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418446.75/cwt445.00–450.001,8673
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426416.28/cwt395.00–430.001,7734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455437.53/cwt435.00–440.001,9912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479415.15/cwt395.00–440.001,9894
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524404.04/cwt395.00–417.502,1174
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0991
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576378.69/cwt370.00–385.002,1814
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613332.45/cwt330.00–335.002,0382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614349.88/cwt340.00–360.002,1484
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2261
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713304.98/cwt300.00–310.002,1752
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1731
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374523.74/cwt510.00–550.001,9595
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376447.38/cwt400.00–480.001,6825
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428425.89/cwt395.00–450.001,8236
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430480.06/cwt475.00–490.002,0643
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469446.21/cwt440.00–460.002,0934
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479408.36/cwt380.00–430.001,9566
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512423.39/cwt415.00–430.002,1683
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1401
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560404.15/cwt400.00–407.502,2633
Bulls550–600Small 1565360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0341
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573359.94/cwt350.00–375.002,0623
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623348.31/cwt342.50–352.502,1703
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1041
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,035262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,7171
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,697204.01/cwt197.00–211.003,4627
Bulls——1,760193.00/cwt193.00–193.003,3971
Bulls——2,055221.00/cwt221.00–221.004,5421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%803138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6001
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,8491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114164.40/cwt158.00–168.001,8314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185176.17/cwt173.00–180.002,0886
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265189.13/cwt187.00–191.002,3922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338183.95/cwt183.00–185.002,4613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,6081

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.