Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-06-16

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 16
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
276 head
▲ 87 vs last sale 189▲ 58 vs year ago 218 · +26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 44▼ 3 vs year ago 45 · −6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 16▼ 8 vs year ago 27 · −29.6%
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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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.26/cwt on 25 head, up $14.37 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 21 of 30 comparable sales and sits +14.15 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.
Average price
$398.26
▲ 14.37 vs prior sale
25 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$504
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$67.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.72
vs TN average
−13.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560410.202,29620
Medium and Large 2547355.831,9453thin
Small 1523342.511,7912thin
One grade step is worth $67.69/cwt here — about $504 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 sale25 hd
398.26
—
TN average15 barns · 539 hd
388.55
+9.72
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−13.24
This barn, trailing median30 sales
384.12
+14.15
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

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—Average1,859209.843,9004thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,355170.812,3148thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,277166.232,12316
CowsLean 85-90%Average923148.201,3684thin

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)1,425$2,6501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,260$2,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,095$2,4501thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4311
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322490.54/cwt455.00–520.001,5803
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325565.23/cwt560.00–570.001,8372
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415498.33/cwt475.00–510.002,0683
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,4991
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568439.89/cwt435.00–445.002,4992
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added690410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,8291
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725332.60/cwt325.00–340.002,4112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330511.35/cwt505.00–515.001,6874
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367430.14/cwt410.00–460.001,5796
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369517.95/cwt510.00–525.001,9115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added393530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0834
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420464.05/cwt445.00–485.001,9492
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470388.51/cwt380.00–405.001,8263
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474464.96/cwt450.00–470.002,2046
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521404.36/cwt385.00–415.002,1078
Heifers500–550Small 1523342.51/cwt340.00–345.001,7912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530362.50/cwt355.00–370.001,9212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570396.30/cwt380.00–410.002,2594
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9871
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added593423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,5088
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608342.65/cwt330.00–355.002,0832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655331.67/cwt325.00–340.002,1723
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added700335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3452
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5083
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added805325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1337573.54/cwt560.00–585.001,9333
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373468.09/cwt450.00–485.001,7462
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376527.84/cwt510.00–560.001,9857
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420506.26/cwt500.00–515.002,1264
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0691
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1459497.47/cwt485.00–510.002,2834
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0471
Bulls450–500Small 1480330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5841
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514427.35/cwt420.00–440.002,1974
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527390.93/cwt355.00–415.002,0606
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567408.25/cwt400.00–415.002,3153
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2617321.81/cwt315.00–335.001,9863
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627365.90/cwt360.00–375.002,2943
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4271
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4321
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,570216.00/cwt216.00–216.003,3911
Bulls——1,955207.78/cwt200.00–212.004,0623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2161
Cows—Lean 85-90%920161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,4811
Cows—Lean 85-90%948146.41/cwt144.00–149.001,3882
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,170180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,1061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187170.92/cwt169.00–176.002,0295
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258183.19/cwt181.00–185.002,3052
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,331159.85/cwt150.00–166.002,1289
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370164.12/cwt161.00–166.002,2483
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,389173.52/cwt168.00–179.002,4104
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0952,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4252,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501

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.