Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2019-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 61, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.82/cwt on 66 head.

Average price

$130.82

66 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$47.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	536	133.09	713	16thin
Medium and Large 1	627	131.43	825	48
Small 1	450	110.00	495	1thin
Medium and Large 3	605	86.00	520	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.09/cwt here — about $192 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 sale66 hd

130.82

—

VA average10 barns · 1,808 hd

132.21

−1.39

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

36 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	—	463	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	615	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	117.64/cwt	115.00–118.00	552	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	665	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	532	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	814	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	728	3
Steers	Small 1	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	102.48/cwt	95.00–104.00	695	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	265	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,016	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	500	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	445	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	136.51/cwt	126.00–137.00	796	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	638	8

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 Nov 13, 2019

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

Receipts 137Last week 102Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 61, Bulls 10)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	132.00	132.00
2	—	390	141.00	141.00
1	—	570	116.00	116.00
3	—	545	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	113.50	113.50
1	—	735	99.00	99.00
15	—	549	112.00	112.00
1	—	640	106.00	106.00
9	—	464	122.00	122.00
1	—	445	122.00	122.00
5	—	663	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	738	93.50	93.50
8	—	469	115.00–118.00	117.64
1	—	610	104.00	104.00
6	—	678	95.00–104.00	102.48
1	—	530	108.00	108.00
4	—	379	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	80.00	80.00
1	—	265	91.00	91.00
2	—	445	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	74.00	74.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	118.00	118.00
10	—	636	128.00	128.00
1	—	950	99.00	99.00
6	—	854	119.00	119.00
6	—	468	140.00	140.00
23	—	583	126.00–137.00	136.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	125.50	125.50
3	—	543	134.00	134.00
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
2	—	678	125.50	125.50
1	—	720	106.00	106.00
8	—	456	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	86.00	86.00

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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