Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2019-07-24

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Jul 24
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
54 head
25 vs last sale 29 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Grade Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 26)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.40/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$133.40
28 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$17.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.74
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2620135.388394thin
Medium and Large 1675133.7390323
Small 1530118.006251thin
One grade step is worth $17.38/cwt here — about $214 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale28 hd
133.40
VA average8 barns · 432 hd
131.66
+1.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Pulaski Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Dublin, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2705131.00/cwt131.00–131.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1775128.00/cwt128.00–128.009921
HeifersMedium and Large 1708113.50/cwt113.50–113.508042
SteersMedium and Large 2565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007912
SteersMedium and Large 1850117.00/cwt117.00–117.009951
HeifersMedium and Large 1576117.00/cwt117.00–117.006746
SteersSmall 1530118.00/cwt118.00–118.006251
SteersMedium and Large 1556142.50/cwt142.50–142.507925
HeifersMedium and Large 1645117.50/cwt117.50–117.5075810
SteersMedium and Large 1726130.00/cwt130.00–130.009447
HeifersMedium and Large 2458121.00/cwt121.00–121.005542
SteersMedium and Large 1671134.25/cwt134.25–134.259019
HeifersMedium and Large 2638116.50/cwt116.50–116.507432
SteersMedium and Large 2645130.50/cwt130.50–130.508421
HeifersMedium and Large 2546116.00/cwt116.00–116.006334

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.