Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2019-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 178, Heifers 150, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.79/cwt on 176 head.

Average price

$126.79

176 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$20.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	127.99	793	97
Medium and Large 2	512	126.87	649	62
Medium and Large 3	400	123.50	494	13thin
Small 1	559	107.00	598	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.99/cwt here — about $196 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 sale176 hd

126.79

—

VA average11 barns · 1,362 hd

126.45

+0.34

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

46 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
Steers	Small 1	—	465	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	133.97/cwt	131.00–135.50	492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	350	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	424	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	113.45/cwt	112.00–113.50	733	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	516	1
Steers	Small 1	—	525	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	124.67/cwt	123.00–128.00	677	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	526	1
Steers	Small 1	—	555	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	563	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	905	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	887	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	610	72.95/cwt	70.00–76.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	572	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	676	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	351	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,004	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	845	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	488	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,108	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	727	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	597	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	646	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	134.44/cwt	127.00–136.00	624	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	673	17
Steers	Small 1	—	690	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	676	1

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 25, 2019

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 178, Heifers 150, Bulls 2)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	111.00	111.00
1	—	525	109.50	109.50
1	—	555	109.50	109.50
1	—	690	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	131.00–135.50	133.97
1	—	650	117.00	117.00
5	—	637	117.00	117.00
1	—	835	118.00	118.00
8	—	438	128.50	128.50
1	—	905	117.00	117.00
3	—	317	132.00	132.00
2	—	753	110.00	110.00
19	—	452	132.00	132.00
2	—	735	110.00	110.00
17	—	531	126.75	126.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	755	120.00	120.00
6	—	543	123.00–128.00	124.67
10	—	739	120.00	120.00
4	—	840	119.50	119.50
30	—	645	131.00	131.00
3	—	935	118.50	118.50
21	—	568	128.00	128.00
1	—	380	130.50	130.50
17	—	464	127.00–136.00	134.44
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	400	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	81.00	81.00
2	—	440	92.00	92.00
2	—	610	70.00–76.00	72.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	115.00	115.00
9	—	644	111.00	111.00
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
24	—	465	123.00	123.00
1	—	555	106.00	106.00
3	—	737	102.00	102.00
1	—	815	79.00	79.00
1	—	750	95.00	95.00
25	—	545	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	646	112.00–113.50	113.45
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
20	—	554	122.00	122.00
6	—	738	107.50	107.50
4	—	444	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	413	85.00	85.00
4	—	610	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	80.00	80.00
1	—	720	73.00	73.00

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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