Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 32, Bulls 1)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.29/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$150.29

34 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$1.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	151.20	869	15thin
Medium and Large 2	587	149.58	879	19thin

One grade step is worth $1.62/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale34 hd

150.29

—

VA average12 barns · 2,444 hd

147.91

+2.39

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

25 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	124.20/cwt	123.50–128.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	720	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	140.47/cwt	133.50–147.50	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	124.51/cwt	115.00–134.50	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	925	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	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 Mar 11, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 32, Bulls 1)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	98.00	98.00
6	—	638	123.50–128.00	124.20
1	—	565	128.00	128.00
3	—	457	141.00	141.00
1	—	795	99.50	99.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	98.00	98.00
5	—	467	143.50	143.50
1	—	610	123.50	123.50
4	—	668	123.50	123.50
1	—	445	138.00	138.00
1	—	835	92.00	92.00
7	—	558	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	147.50	147.50
5	—	459	163.00	163.00
2	—	623	133.50–147.50	140.47
4	—	574	157.00	157.00
2	—	723	115.00–134.50	124.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	141.50	141.50
6	—	528	158.00	158.00
1	—	565	158.00	158.00
2	—	755	122.00	122.00
1	—	440	159.50	159.50
2	—	493	160.50	160.50
6	—	638	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	156.00	156.00

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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