Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 48 , Bulls 12)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.11/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$146.11

50 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$842

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$17.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.86

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	506	156.08	789	13thin
Medium and Large 1	614	142.93	878	34
Medium and Large 3	452	139.00	628	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.08/cwt here — about $161 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 sale50 hd

146.11

—

VA average10 barns · 1,627 hd

140.26

+5.86

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

28 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	—	537	129.07/cwt	128.00–129.50	693	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	130.17/cwt	130.00–131.50	608	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	717	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	820	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	469	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	922	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	823	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	129.26/cwt	126.00–135.00	935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	916	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	141.98/cwt	140.00–144.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	839	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	628	3

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 Apr 8, 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 50, Heifers 48 , Bulls 12)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	537	128.00–129.50	129.07
6	—	648	117.00	117.00
1	—	735	95.50	95.50
8	—	462	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	130.00	130.00
9	—	467	130.00–131.50	130.17
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
7	—	535	134.00	134.00
4	—	365	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	79.00	79.00
1	—	510	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	129.00	129.00
2	—	468	146.00	146.00
2	—	418	146.00	146.00
2	—	358	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	146.00	146.00
1	—	560	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	153.00	153.00
2	—	473	153.00	153.00
9	—	645	143.00	143.00
1	—	870	111.00	111.00
3	—	723	126.00–135.00	129.26
1	—	825	111.00	111.00
2	—	673	140.00–144.00	141.98
15	—	567	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	157.00	157.00
6	—	484	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	139.00	139.00

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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