Pulaski Stockyard Market Report

Pulaski, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 20, 2021

410 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.47/cwt -9.51 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 472 lb · 13 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.23/cwt -1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $788/hd at 673 lb · 13 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2-3 heifers $131.84/cwt +5.84 vs last sale · ≈ $633/hd at 480 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	410	423	358
Feeder cattle	341	347	301
Slaughter cattle	51	52	54
Replacement cattle	18	24	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls steady. Steers under 500 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady with instances 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	374	6	167.50–176.00	$171.37	$641	-4.79
425–435	428	3	162.00–169.00	$166.68	$713	-6.68
460–495	477	8	159.00–167.00	$163.12	$778	+1.12
500–535	518	6	155.00–160.00	$157.83	$818	-1.13
550–590	568	6	144.00–157.00	$150.78	$856	-1.75
610	610	1	145.00	$145.00	$884	+1.69
650–680	662	10	132.00–135.00	$133.42	$883	—
700–705	702	3	128.00–133.00	$129.67	$910	+7.67
705 value added	705	2	131.00	$131.00	$924	+3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	142.50–172.50	$156.54	$427	-13.46
345	345	1	153.00	$153.00	$528	-23.94
365–385	375	3	148.00–165.00	$158.21	$593	-5.23
430	430	1	163.00	$163.00	$701	-6.46
465–495	474	5	145.00–159.00	$151.96	$720	-5.63
530–545	538	2	138.00–143.00	$140.47	$756	+4.03
570–580	575	2	126.00–135.00	$130.54	$751	—
600–640	610	4	126.00–135.50	$133.01	$811	—
650–675	663	2	128.00–134.00	$131.06	$869	+9.06
710	710	1	119.00	$119.00	$845	-6.25

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	160.00	$160.00	$544	±0.00
425	425	1	155.00	$155.00	$659	+13.00
640	640	1	127.00	$127.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	155.00	$155.00	$558	+13.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	145.00	$145.00	$420	—
345	345	1	149.00	$149.00	$514	+4.00
365–395	378	8	144.00–156.00	$149.10	$564	+1.90
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	-7.20
400–445	427	6	139.00–154.00	$143.50	$613	-4.50
430–444	441	5	135.00–138.00	$135.58	$598	-12.42
459	459	4	129.00	$129.00	$592	-12.13
455–492	478	9	131.00–139.00	$134.01	$641	+5.51
500–545	519	7	127.00–139.00	$132.18	$686	-7.82
565–599	587	9	123.00–133.00	$126.37	$742	-3.25
630–640	635	2	119.00–131.00	$124.95	$793	-1.36
650–670	656	7	114.00–118.00	$114.85	$753	-4.15
692 value added	692	6	120.00	$120.00	$830	—
715	715	1	113.00	$113.00	$808	-2.00
770–795	786	4	108.00–111.00	$108.98	$857	-2.02
960	960	1	98.00	$98.00	$941	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	142.50	$142.50	$385	—
320–340	328	5	137.00–142.00	$138.38	$454	-4.27
380–395	386	4	132.00–145.00	$136.71	$528	-6.26
400–440	425	6	128.00–138.00	$133.76	$568	-3.27
450–495	480	12	126.00–136.00	$131.84	$633	+5.84
510–540	525	4	117.00–128.00	$124.01	$651	—
580–595	588	2	123.00–124.00	$123.49	$726	+1.82
600–630	614	4	110.00–121.00	$116.94	$718	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	117.50	$117.50	$341	—
340	340	1	132.50	$132.50	$450	-8.50
460	460	1	124.00	$124.00	$570	-5.96

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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	432	3	160.00–169.00	$165.81	$716	-0.92
470–495	489	6	159.00–162.00	$161.33	$789	-1.96
500–545	521	4	146.00–160.00	$150.88	$786	-5.12
550–580	561	6	141.00–149.00	$146.33	$821	-2.74
610–630	620	2	135.00–137.00	$135.98	$843	+6.59
670	670	1	136.00	$136.00	$911	+7.00
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	—
855	855	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	417	3	146.00–155.00	$150.21	$626	—
460–490	480	3	137.50–143.00	$140.81	$676	-12.57
530–540	533	3	136.00–143.00	$139.36	$743	+1.36
560–585	573	2	132.00–135.00	$133.47	$765	-1.85
625–632	630	4	123.50–126.00	$124.12	$782	+3.12
670–680	675	2	122.00	$122.00	$824	—
740	740	2	118.00–123.00	$120.50	$892	+5.50
820	820	1	113.00	$113.00	$927	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	154.00	$154.00	$631	+16.00
495	495	1	135.00	$135.00	$668	-21.84
520–530	525	2	137.00–143.00	$140.03	$735	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1225	1130	80-85%	2	54.00–61.00	$57.21	$646	-7.33
1045–1540	1291	80-85%	13	60.00–68.00	$64.45	$832	—
1225–1620	1439	80-85%	5	68.00–70.00	$69.66	$1,002	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1265	1149	85-90%	9	49.00–59.00	$54.10	$622	—
1210–1310	1260	85-90%	2	48.00	$48.00	$605	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1585	1397	75-80%	5	60.00–63.00	$62.29	$870	—
1215–1585	1433	75-80%	4	62.00–66.00	$64.47	$924	+10.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1850	1632	3	86.00–92.00	$88.55	$1,445	+1.10
1685–1880	1783	2	94.00–97.00	$95.42	$1,701	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	690.00	$690.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	980.00	$980.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00

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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
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	990.00	$990.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	990.00	$990.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	219	7	89.00–90.00	$89.30	$196	—

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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.