Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2020-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 39, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.58/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$138.58

39 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$10.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	639	143.06	914	22
Medium and Large 1	691	132.83	918	9thin
Medium and Large 2	602	132.75	799	8thin

One grade step is worth $10.31/cwt here — about $115 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 sale39 hd

138.58

—

VA average9 barns · 1,220 hd

139.34

−0.76

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

20 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	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	975	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	893	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	137.69/cwt	125.00–142.00	924	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	778	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	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 Aug 12, 2020

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

Receipts 80Last week 38Year ago 70

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 39, Bulls 2)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	747	130.50	130.50
6	—	663	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	146.00	146.00
4	—	655	130.00	130.00
3	—	572	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	581	153.75	153.75
8	—	671	125.00–142.00	137.69
3	—	740	128.00	128.00
2	—	620	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	601	129.50	129.50
5	—	712	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	121.00	121.00
4	—	450	130.50	130.50
2	—	688	110.50	110.50
1	—	445	133.00	133.00
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	543	131.50	131.50
3	—	490	133.00	133.00
1	—	620	118.00	118.00

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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