Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 40, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $129.90/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$129.90

57 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$33.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	133.29	846	29
Medium and Large 2	796	128.46	1,023	26
Medium and Large 3	648	99.50	644	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.79/cwt here — about $202 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 sale57 hd

129.90

—

VA average11 barns · 1,533 hd

130.15

−0.24

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

34 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	—	660	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	116.02/cwt	115.50–117.50	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,011	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	112.85/cwt	112.50–116.00	727	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	553	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	580	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	748	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	949	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,196	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	662	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	858	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,120	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	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 Oct 23, 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 57, Heifers 40, Bulls 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	108.50	108.50
1	—	755	92.00	92.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	115.50–117.50	116.02
3	—	760	107.00	107.00
10	—	644	112.50–116.00	112.85
9	—	559	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	113.50	113.50
1	—	710	99.00	99.00
1	—	520	117.00	117.00
4	—	465	119.00	119.00
1	—	410	118.00	118.00
2	—	580	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	102.00	102.00
2	—	330	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	118.50	118.50
5	—	972	123.00	123.00
5	—	473	143.00	143.00
10	—	538	139.00	139.00
2	—	550	137.00	137.00
6	—	648	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	139.50	139.50
1	—	745	123.00	123.00
4	—	790	128.00	128.00
1	—	625	119.50	119.50
2	—	678	120.00	120.00
9	—	949	126.00	126.00
1	—	585	135.50	135.50
2	—	485	142.00	142.00
5	—	858	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	90.00	90.00
1	—	790	109.00	109.00

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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