Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 82, Bulls 20)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $117.17/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$117.17

90 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$29.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.06

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	649	118.30	767	38
Medium and Large 1	683	117.44	802	50
Medium and Large 3	605	89.00	538	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.30/cwt here — about $229 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 sale90 hd

117.17

—

VA average11 barns · 2,346 hd

123.24

−6.06

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

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	638	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,016	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	834	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	972	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	104.47/cwt	103.00–105.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	633	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	735	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	962	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,039	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	990	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	567	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	494	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	831	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	751	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	871	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	728	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	677	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	748	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	762	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	570	6

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Dublin, VA

Wed Sep 11, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 192Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 82, Bulls 20)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	90.00	90.00
2	—	445	119.00	119.00
1	—	990	67.00	67.00
1	—	625	85.00	85.00
1	—	520	109.00	109.00
1	—	450	119.00	119.00
4	—	570	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	562	103.00–105.00	104.47
2	—	490	116.00	116.00
1	—	850	74.50	74.50
1	—	675	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	102.00	102.00
13	—	649	97.50	97.50
12	—	556	102.00	102.00
9	—	470	105.00	105.00
7	—	758	96.00	96.00
1	—	805	94.50	94.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	104.00	104.00
14	—	651	98.00	98.00
9	—	758	97.00	97.00
5	—	560	99.00	99.00
4	—	831	94.00	94.00
3	—	443	104.00	104.00
2	—	393	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	82.00	82.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	872	116.50	116.50
5	—	962	108.00	108.00
5	—	738	111.50	111.50
3	—	482	128.00	128.00
1	—	620	113.50	113.50
15	—	553	122.50	122.50
14	—	657	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	834	116.50	116.50
5	—	560	120.00	120.00
2	—	378	122.00	122.00
1	—	710	115.00	115.00
11	—	751	116.00	116.00
8	—	662	113.00	113.00
6	—	442	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	89.00	89.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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