Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2020-08-26

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Aug 26
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
39 head
41 vs last sale 80 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 18, Bulls 4)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.36/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$127.36
18 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.59
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563127.5971816thin
Medium and Large 2615125.507722thin
One grade step is worth $2.09/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale18 hd
127.36
VA average8 barns · 1,068 hd
126.77
+0.59
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

18 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 1738134.00/cwt134.00–134.009892
SteersMedium and Large 1443153.00/cwt153.00–153.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 1555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 1437134.00/cwt134.00–134.005864
HeifersMedium and Large 2645124.50/cwt124.50–124.508031
HeifersMedium and Large 2585126.50/cwt126.50–126.507401
SteersMedium and Large 2437153.00/cwt153.00–153.006693
SteersMedium and Large 2830110.00/cwt110.00–110.009131
SteersMedium and Large 1569153.64/cwt151.00–154.508744
SteersMedium and Large 1660142.00/cwt142.00–142.009373
SteersMedium and Large 1890126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1211
SteersMedium and Large 1375148.00/cwt148.00–148.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 1647126.50/cwt126.50–126.508183
HeifersMedium and Large 1753119.50/cwt119.50–119.509002
HeifersMedium and Large 1380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005322
HeifersMedium and Large 1825115.00/cwt115.00–115.009491
BullsMedium and Large 1738102.00/cwt102.00–102.007532
BullsMedium and Large 1640114.00/cwt114.00–114.007302

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.