Pulaski Stockyard Market Report

Pulaski, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 17, 2020

528 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.11/cwt -5.53 vs last sale · ≈ $569/hd at 482 lb · 17 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $115.14/cwt -4.77 vs last sale · ≈ $603/hd at 524 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	528	303	803
Feeder cattle	405	241	699
Slaughter cattle	93	51	59
Replacement cattle	30	11	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows steady. Bulls 1.00 higher. Steers 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Bulls under 500 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	145.00	$145.00	$464	-7.79
350–390	368	3	137.00–146.00	$140.84	$518	-9.41
415–445	432	3	138.00–143.00	$141.28	$610	-5.21
455–485	472	8	136.00–143.00	$138.46	$654	-15.87
515–545	533	4	122.00–134.00	$129.71	$691	-6.31
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	+4.43
600–635	612	3	117.00–121.00	$119.00	$728	—
680–690	685	2	110.00–114.00	$111.99	$767	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	136.00	$136.00	$333	+3.50
340	340	1	132.00	$132.00	$449	—
375–390	386	4	125.00–134.00	$128.76	$497	—
400–420	410	2	133.00–135.00	$133.98	$549	—
525	525	1	124.00	$124.00	$651	+8.51
555–575	565	2	122.00–123.00	$122.49	$692	—
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	137.50	$137.50	$399	-5.00
320	320	1	134.00	$134.00	$429	-13.50
350–390	365	4	130.00–136.00	$133.92	$489	-6.40
435	435	1	137.00	$137.00	$596	-7.99
615	615	1	111.00	$111.00	$683	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	150.00	$150.00	$315	—
285	285	1	132.00	$132.00	$376	—
305–320	313	3	129.00–132.50	$131.19	$411	-15.04
355–390	375	6	120.00–131.00	$125.71	$471	-0.83
415	415	1	117.00	$117.00	$486	-3.27
405–435	418	5	124.00–133.00	$126.98	$531	+6.71
460	460	1	105.00	$105.00	$483	-18.64
460–492	483	16	113.00–124.00	$118.93	$574	-4.71
510	510	1	105.00	$105.00	$536	-14.91
500–545	525	9	113.00–125.00	$117.06	$615	-2.85
525	525	1	108.00	$108.00	$567	-11.91
565–580	572	3	114.00	$114.00	$652	-5.09
600–615	611	9	108.00–118.00	$111.98	$684	-1.40
660–665	663	2	98.00–100.00	$99.00	$656	+4.00
760–775	768	2	103.00–104.00	$103.50	$795	—
810–840	825	4	99.00–103.00	$101.73	$839	+12.73
855	855	1	100.00	$100.00	$855	+21.00
855	855	1	84.00	$84.00	$718	+5.00
865 value added	865	2	103.00	$103.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	128.00	$128.00	$333	—
330	330	2	120.00	$120.00	$396	-7.50
355	355	1	120.00	$120.00	$426	—
410–440	420	3	115.00–121.00	$117.10	$492	+4.47
455–485	470	2	110.00–114.00	$112.06	$527	-6.94
530–535	533	2	99.00–102.00	$100.49	$536	-4.51
575–583	581	5	90.00–109.00	$104.41	$607	—
660–670	665	2	86.00–92.00	$89.02	$592	-6.98
735–740	738	2	86.00–100.00	$92.98	$686	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	124.00	$124.00	$322	—
305	305	1	118.00	$118.00	$360	+15.50
360	360	1	105.00	$105.00	$378	-16.00
400–445	426	6	105.00–115.00	$110.60	$471	—
450–490	467	3	95.00–115.00	$105.28	$492	-7.68
510–545	530	3	96.00–115.00	$106.21	$563	-4.32
550–565	558	2	106.00–114.00	$110.05	$614	-5.95
620	620	1	99.00	$99.00	$614	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	107.50	$107.50	$414	-4.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	430	4	132.00–137.00	$134.27	$577	-7.72
455–490	474	7	130.00–142.00	$136.54	$647	-4.18
515–535	525	8	126.00–134.00	$129.12	$678	+6.17
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	-2.95
570–590	578	3	118.00–122.00	$119.69	$692	+2.70
605–625	612	5	108.00–119.00	$114.78	$702	+0.78
657–670	660	4	115.00	$115.00	$759	—
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	—
720	720	1	88.00	$88.00	$634	-8.00
775	775	1	104.00	$104.00	$806	—
840	840	1	77.00	$77.00	$647	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	126.00	$126.00	$542	-17.00
490–495	493	3	126.00–129.00	$127.33	$628	-1.69
535–545	540	2	113.00–118.00	$115.52	$624	-1.92
595	595	9	110.00	$110.00	$654	-8.00
600–615	608	2	105.00–108.00	$106.52	$648	+9.22
651–668	657	6	90.00–95.00	$93.30	$613	-12.70
705	705	1	88.00	$88.00	$620	-1.00
781–790	783	5	80.00–85.00	$81.01	$634	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	126.00–131.00	$128.50	$501	—
400–445	423	2	120.00–132.00	$126.32	$534	-6.18
480	480	1	128.00	$128.00	$614	—
525–540	530	3	109.00–121.00	$116.59	$618	+3.10
565–570	568	2	111.00	$111.00	$630	-3.00
630	630	1	93.00	$93.00	$586	+3.00
690	690	1	88.00	$88.00	$607	—
720	720	1	86.00	$86.00	$619	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1590	1236	80-85%	21	47.00–55.00	$51.31	$634	+9.96
980–1830	1259	80-85%	19	38.00–47.00	$42.66	$537	-9.68
1265–1275	1270	80-85%	2	58.00–60.00	$59.00	$749	+6.66

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1155	963	85-90%	8	45.00–47.00	$45.71	$440	—
860–1285	1071	85-90%	11	32.00–43.00	$39.72	$425	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1540	1324	75-80%	4	56.00–60.00	$57.50	$761	—
1120–1780	1373	75-80%	8	48.00–55.00	$51.61	$709	-4.39
1395–1465	1430	75-80%	2	43.00–45.00	$44.02	$629	-0.98

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1840	1628	2	72.00–77.00	$74.83	$1,218	—
1350–1740	1645	6	75.00–85.00	$81.30	$1,337	—
1685	1685	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,483	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050–1100	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–790.00	$770.47
870–1240	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	580.00–760.00	$655.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190–1215	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–900.00	$887.37	—
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	56.00	$56.00	$386	—
965	965	1	52.00	$52.00	$502	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.