Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-07-14

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 14
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 225▼ 150 vs year ago 401 · −37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 30▲ 18 vs year ago 29 · +62.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 9▼ 6 vs year ago 18 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week all classes of Feeder cattle sharply lower due to quality and lack of Buyer presence; Slaughter Cows/Bulls steady to 2.00 higher with fair quality and steady demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.73/cwt on 30 head, down $6.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 30 comparable sales and sits +8.61 against this barn's trailing median of $384.12.
Average price
$392.73
▼ 6.12 vs prior sale
30 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,143
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$427
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$52.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.63
vs TN average
−3.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546402.172,19522
Medium and Large 2552369.162,0367thin
Small 1505350.001,7681thin
One grade step is worth $52.17/cwt here — about $427 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale30 hd
392.73
—
TN average15 barns · 803 hd
393.36
−0.63
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−3.32
This barn, trailing median30 sales
384.12
+8.61
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—Average1,669210.933,5217thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,373180.422,47710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216173.102,10512
CowsLean 85-90%Average997150.621,50210

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,405$3,3002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,4001thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2263417.38/cwt405.00–430.001,0982
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324450.44/cwt425.00–475.001,4594
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330511.87/cwt505.00–545.001,6896
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8691
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427486.60/cwt480.00–490.002,0783
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458464.92/cwt460.00–470.002,1292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527454.36/cwt450.00–460.002,3947
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555468.33/cwt465.00–470.002,5993
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1091
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578424.26/cwt415.00–435.002,4526
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6151
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,2351
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2273419.59/cwt405.00–445.001,1454
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321403.77/cwt400.00–405.001,2964
Heifers300–350Small 1335385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6981
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365415.00/cwt405.00–425.001,5152
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418444.36/cwt430.00–455.001,8579
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422413.20/cwt405.00–420.001,7443
Heifers400–450Small 1425355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5091
Heifers450–500Small 1Fleshy470305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475393.38/cwt382.00–405.001,8692
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478431.70/cwt420.00–445.002,0649
Heifers500–550Small 1Fleshy505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7681
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527366.33/cwt355.00–380.001,9313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530405.95/cwt395.00–415.002,15215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570371.29/cwt352.50–380.002,1164
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580399.42/cwt385.00–405.002,3176
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615347.19/cwt330.00–365.002,1355
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added650372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,4183
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678338.37/cwt320.00–342.002,2946
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,1151
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added798327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,6092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2335482.43/cwt480.00–485.001,6162
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375457.78/cwt380.00–480.001,7179
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378498.89/cwt490.00–510.001,8865
Bulls400–450Small 1405380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419473.26/cwt455.00–485.001,9836
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428423.44/cwt405.00–445.001,8124
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464460.20/cwt455.00–475.002,1359
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2472428.64/cwt415.00–435.002,0233
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509410.20/cwt402.00–430.002,08814
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522380.45/cwt365.00–395.001,9865
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566396.39/cwt380.00–410.002,2445
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,1791
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623355.53/cwt345.00–370.002,2155
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627327.11/cwt322.00–337.002,0513
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,631208.92/cwt205.00–212.003,4076
Bulls——1,900223.00/cwt223.00–223.004,2371
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%992128.92/cwt120.00–137.001,2793
Cows—Lean 85-90%993153.36/cwt151.00–156.001,5233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004164.85/cwt161.00–168.001,6554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,126163.82/cwt160.00–169.001,8456
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301178.46/cwt175.00–184.002,3225
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,6871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,342179.35/cwt175.00–184.002,4079
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,650190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,1351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4053,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3002

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.