Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2020-04-22

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Apr 22
● Final4 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
6 head
104 vs last sale 110 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1, Heifers 5)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.60/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$130.60
5 head · 380 lb average
Value per head Derived
$497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$55
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.75
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2340133.004521thin
Medium and Large 1391130.005084thin
One grade step is worth $3.00/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale5 hd
130.60
VA average12 barns · 1,536 hd
119.85
+10.75
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

4 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 1375143.00/cwt143.00–143.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 1363134.00/cwt134.00–134.004862
HeifersMedium and Large 1418126.00/cwt126.00–126.005272
HeifersMedium and Large 2340133.00/cwt133.00–133.004521

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.