Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2020-01-08

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Jan 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
53 head
53 vs last sale 0 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 24, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.46/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$138.46
27 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.51
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625138.8286824
Medium and Large 2417135.655663thin
One grade step is worth $3.16/cwt here — about $302 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 sale27 hd
138.46
VA average11 barns · 1,047 hd
141.98
−3.51
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

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1583149.00/cwt149.00–149.008693
SteersMedium and Large 11,01093.00/cwt93.00–93.009391
SteersMedium and Large 1740126.00/cwt126.00–126.009321
SteersMedium and Large 1435132.00/cwt132.00–132.005741
SteersMedium and Large 2438135.98/cwt135.00–137.005962
SteersMedium and Large 1637138.73/cwt134.00–140.008849
SteersMedium and Large 1547149.00/cwt149.00–149.008155
SteersMedium and Large 1650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008784
SteersMedium and Large 2375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 2430126.17/cwt115.00–130.005434
HeifersMedium and Large 2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006272
HeifersMedium and Large 2540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 2365115.00/cwt115.00–115.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1563110.00/cwt110.00–110.0061912
HeifersMedium and Large 1490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005884
BullsMedium and Large 1543121.00/cwt121.00–121.006572

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.