Pulaski Stockyard Market Report

Pulaski, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 24, 2026

486 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $449.25/cwt +24.41 vs last sale · ≈ $2,112/hd at 470 lb · 18 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $510.21/cwt +0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $2,179/hd at 427 lb · 17 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $372.95/cwt +30.45 vs last sale · ≈ $2,309/hd at 619 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	486	182	348
Feeder cattle	388	131	268
Slaughter cattle	61	33	51
Replacement cattle	37	18	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends could be established due to light receipts last week, however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded steady to slightly higher with fleshier calves receiving a considerable discount. Slaughter Cows/Bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

▲ Feeder cattle: however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded steady to slightly higher with fleshier calves receiving a considerable discount
▲ Slaughter cows: Slaughter Cows/Bulls 3.00 to 6.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	660.00	$660.00	$1,947	+110.00
300–345	318	6	560.00–635.00	$601.73	$1,914	-28.27
328 thin fleshed	328	2	640.00	$640.00	$2,099	—
350–380	365	2	525.00–565.00	$544.18	$1,986	—
405–445	425	5	475.00–525.00	$505.47	$2,148	-24.53
450–465	458	3	480.00–520.00	$498.45	$2,283	-16.55
505–545	528	8	440.00–472.50	$457.11	$2,414	-27.89
550–585	570	3	435.00–450.00	$444.87	$2,536	+4.87
600–635	623	3	385.00–420.00	$402.17	$2,506	—
665–680	675	3	382.50–385.00	$384.18	$2,593	—
775	775	2	352.50	$352.50	$2,732	-10.00
915	915	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,585	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	272	3	455.00–565.00	$521.01	$1,417	+81.01
305–340	324	8	405.00–515.00	$470.33	$1,524	-16.58
360	360	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,746	+26.26
485	485	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,182	+60.00
510–520	515	2	415.00–435.00	$424.90	$2,188	—
565–590	579	4	400.00–417.50	$409.36	$2,370	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,213	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263 thin fleshed	263	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,460	—
250–295	271	7	485.00–550.00	$516.99	$1,401	-13.66
275	275	1	535.00	$535.00	$1,471	+4.35
308 thin fleshed	308	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,709	—
300–320	312	5	520.00–655.00	$577.87	$1,803	+41.51
350–395	374	6	485.00–530.00	$494.99	$1,851	-22.25
370–375 thin fleshed	374	4	540.00–545.00	$543.76	$2,034	+43.76
375	375	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,706	-62.24
400–440	426	10	450.00–472.50	$465.91	$1,985	+7.62
455 thin fleshed	455	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,093	—
455–495	472	16	417.50–465.00	$447.91	$2,114	+23.07
500–545	515	12	395.00–445.00	$422.20	$2,174	+19.70
525 value added	525	1	450.00	$450.00	$2,362	—
555–577	572	7	395.00–432.50	$420.34	$2,404	+31.69
600	600	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,100	-10.00
610 value added	610	2	402.50	$402.50	$2,455	—
600–647	622	13	345.00–395.00	$370.17	$2,302	+45.17
660	660	1	312.50	$312.50	$2,062	-55.68
670	670	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,378	-13.18
730	730	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,080	-55.00
735	735	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,315	-25.00
850–875	863	2	270.00–280.00	$274.93	$2,373	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,192	—
330–340	335	2	425.00–440.00	$432.39	$1,449	-35.66
350–385	375	5	455.00–475.00	$465.03	$1,744	+34.84
405–440	425	3	410.00–455.00	$424.29	$1,803	—
460–475	465	3	412.50–475.00	$441.62	$2,054	+31.62
510–545	525	4	342.50–415.00	$387.98	$2,037	—
600–625	613	2	315.00–325.00	$319.90	$1,961	+12.40
650	650	1	332.50	$332.50	$2,161	+8.30
890	890	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,270	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,180	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–365 thin fleshed	360	2	585.00–590.00	$587.53	$2,115	—
350–395	377	12	510.00–555.00	$533.68	$2,012	-36.32
400–445	426	16	480.00–540.00	$513.66	$2,188	+3.66
445	445	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,025	-55.00
455–470 thin fleshed	463	2	525.00–535.00	$529.92	$2,454	—
450–490	469	10	475.00–495.00	$485.41	$2,277	-34.59
495	495	1	425.00	$425.00	$2,104	-95.00
505–538	522	7	422.50–450.00	$436.69	$2,280	-59.31
560	560	2	430.00–435.00	$432.50	$2,422	-35.88
560	560	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,156	-83.38
615–640	629	4	340.00–380.00	$363.56	$2,287	—
650–665	658	2	340.00–367.50	$353.59	$2,327	—
710–745	731	4	325.00–342.50	$333.16	$2,435	-21.84
960	960	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,736	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	370	6	495.00–540.00	$522.67	$1,934	+75.48
425–445	434	4	455.00–475.00	$466.35	$2,024	+16.35
455	455	1	470.00	$470.00	$2,138	+35.00
510–545	523	3	405.00–455.00	$429.05	$2,244	+64.05
555–590	577	5	355.00–412.50	$381.56	$2,202	—
615–645	630	2	340.00–352.50	$346.40	$2,182	+26.40
650–695	675	3	315.00–362.50	$339.48	$2,291	-8.02
720–735	727	3	310.00–330.00	$319.13	$2,320	—
785	785	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,473	—
875	875	1	302.50	$302.50	$2,647	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,802	—
470	470	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,833	+40.00
530	530	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,120	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1315	1111	80-85%	5	149.00–160.00	$155.00	$1,722	—
1175–1220	1198	80-85%	2	175.00–178.00	$176.47	$2,114	+10.47
1045–1370	1211	80-85%	5	163.00–171.00	$166.46	$2,016	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1785	1518	75-80%	7	167.00–178.00	$172.38	$2,617	—
1515–1520	1518	75-80%	2	180.00–187.00	$183.51	$2,786	—
1510–1565	1538	75-80%	2	155.00	$155.00	$2,384	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1010	967	85-90%	3	127.50–129.00	$128.20	$1,240	—
880–1180	1027	85-90%	3	150.00–170.00	$157.48	$1,617	+25.48
880–1320	1058	85-90%	3	138.00–151.00	$141.91	$1,501	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–2095	1528	8	169.00–185.00	$175.97	$2,689	—
1640–1730	1685	2	190.00–196.00	$193.08	$3,253	+17.48

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00
1035–1085	1062	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,300.00–3,750.00	$3,552.67
930–1250	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,300.00–2,550.00	$2,443.35
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975–1055	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,200.00–2,900.00	$2,551.16
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00
1010	1010	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,350.00	$3,350.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
885–915	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,850.00–2,250.00	$2,053.33	—
765–1050	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,500.00–3,100.00	$2,905.95	—
1075	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,150.00	$3,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	5,100.00	$5,100.00	—
1305	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1510	1453	85-90%	2	153.00–156.00	$154.56	$2,246	—
1500	1500	85-90%	1	136.00	$136.00	$2,040	—

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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.