Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 10, Bulls 13)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $95.00/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$95.00

13 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 1

$12.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.54

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small 1	555	103.00	572	1thin
Medium and Large 2	710	96.13	682	8thin
Medium and Large 1	724	90.75	657	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.25/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale13 hd

95.00

—

VA average9 barns · 867 hd

119.54

−24.54

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

18 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 2	—	835	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	130.52/cwt	129.00–132.00	640	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	995	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	840	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	672	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	572	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	450	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	629	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	603	2

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 Oct 9, 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 5, Heifers 10, Bulls 13)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	86.50	86.50
2	—	673	97.50	97.50
1	—	995	71.00	71.00
3	—	555	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	99.00	99.00
1	—	840	80.00	80.00
1	—	740	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	100.00	100.00
2	—	548	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	569	112.50	112.50
2	—	628	103.50	103.50
1	—	495	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	129.00–132.00	130.52
1	—	655	121.00	121.00
1	—	605	121.00	121.00

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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