Sale reports / Tennessee / Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN / 2026-08-04

Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pulaski, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 4
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2080
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 168▼ 31 vs year ago 274 · −11.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 49▼ 24 vs year ago 70 · −34.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 13▼ 10 vs year ago 26 · −38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers not well established; Feeder Heifers and Bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher with good quality throughout; Slaughter Cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls not well established however traded well due to quality.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $367.87/cwt on 40 head, up $20.51 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −30.23 against this barn's trailing median of $398.10.
Average price
$367.87
▲ 20.51 vs prior sale
40 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,961
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$32.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.06
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535377.282,01723
Medium and Large 2531355.761,88916thin
Small 1535345.001,8461thin
One grade step is worth $32.28/cwt here — about $171 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 sale40 hd
367.87
—
TN average14 barns · 289 hd
367.93
−0.06
This barn, trailing median29 sales
398.10
−30.23
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—Average1,943208.764,0576thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,548178.912,7703thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,260176.182,2209thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,009149.791,51111

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,138$1,9214thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,155$1,8501thin

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3260375.00/cwt375.00–375.009751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1282584.45/cwt565.00–600.001,6485
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318497.64/cwt480.00–515.001,5822
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326543.40/cwt532.50–560.001,7715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6101
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9061
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9241
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8261
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473445.02/cwt440.00–455.002,1053
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7891
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565387.40/cwt375.00–400.002,1894
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4752
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3731
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,8331
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,085260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,8211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2131
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4841
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383423.39/cwt420.00–430.001,6223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421420.59/cwt417.50–425.001,7714
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476377.97/cwt370.00–395.001,7998
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478352.30/cwt340.00–365.001,6842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518364.56/cwt350.00–385.001,88814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563341.63/cwt340.00–345.001,9233
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570358.93/cwt350.00–365.002,0469
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620328.39/cwt325.00–330.002,0363
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8291
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667319.83/cwt310.00–325.002,1333
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Fleshy815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375448.20/cwt430.00–465.001,6812
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390492.50/cwt490.00–495.001,9212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410419.97/cwt390.00–445.001,7224
Bulls400–450Small 1423360.15/cwt355.00–365.001,5232
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428473.55/cwt460.00–490.002,0278
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467447.98/cwt430.00–460.002,0923
Bulls450–500Small 1480375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481412.47/cwt405.00–420.001,9844
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy513410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1033
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520362.15/cwt345.00–375.001,88313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8721
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1521383.20/cwt375.00–405.001,99612
Bulls500–550Small 1535345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8461
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569355.59/cwt345.00–365.002,0237
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578328.05/cwt305.00–345.001,8963
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617337.05/cwt325.00–350.002,08010
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8911
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670327.57/cwt325.00–330.002,1952
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0382
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1801
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1845272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3031
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,825200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,6501
Bulls——1,967210.51/cwt205.00–223.004,1415
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983144.61/cwt143.00–146.001,4226
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040156.00/cwt150.00–161.001,6225
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,3741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264177.76/cwt175.00–182.002,2475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272166.60/cwt159.00–172.002,1193
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,548178.91/cwt175.00–186.002,7703
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1351,592.07/head1,450.00–1,750.001,5922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,249.56/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1551,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501

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.