Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2019-08-14

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Aug 14
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
70 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 54▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 25)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $124.06/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$124.06
45 head · 764 lb average
Value per head Derived
$947
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$14.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.18
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705125.9388720
Medium and Large 2821123.041,01024
Small 1570111.006331thin
One grade step is worth $14.93/cwt here — about $254 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 sale45 hd
124.06
—
VA average10 barns · 1,793 hd
134.23
−10.18
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

22 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—555109.00/cwt109.00–109.006051
HeifersSmall 1—68081.00/cwt81.00–81.005511
SteersMedium and Large 2—675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 1—91597.00/cwt97.00–97.008882
HeifersMedium and Large 2—857102.00/cwt102.00–102.008747
SteersMedium and Large 1—739126.50/cwt126.50–126.509356
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 2—93097.00/cwt97.00–97.009022
SteersMedium and Large 1—656127.31/cwt127.00–128.508355
SteersSmall 1—570111.00/cwt111.00–111.006331
HeifersMedium and Large 1—87095.00/cwt95.00–95.008271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—743103.50/cwt103.50–103.507692
SteersMedium and Large 1—550131.00/cwt131.00–131.007215
SteersMedium and Large 2—848126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0689
HeifersMedium and Large 1—645106.50/cwt106.50–106.506871
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465114.00/cwt114.00–114.005302
SteersMedium and Large 1—980110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0782
SteersMedium and Large 2—771126.50/cwt126.50–126.509758
HeifersMedium and Large 1—595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—665102.50/cwt102.50–102.506821
SteersMedium and Large 1—833124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0332
SteersMedium and Large 2—971108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0494

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.