Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2020-09-09

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Sep 9
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
67 head
28 vs last sale 39 125 vs year ago 192 · 65.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feed Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 24, Bulls 3)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.46/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$134.46
40 head · 698 lb average
Value per head Derived
$938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$263
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.91
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2595140.198338thin
Medium and Large 1638138.0088021
Medium and Large 1-2888123.551,09711thin
One grade step is worth $16.64/cwt here — about −$263 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 sale40 hd
134.46
VA average8 barns · 664 hd
139.38
−4.91
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

24 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 1-2Value Added964117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,1334
SteersMedium and Large 1728126.00/cwt126.00–126.009172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added844127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0727
SteersMedium and Large 1474152.50/cwt152.50–152.507233
SteersMedium and Large 2390156.00/cwt156.00–156.006081
SteersMedium and Large 1675135.00/cwt135.00–135.009113
SteersMedium and Large 2445152.50/cwt152.50–152.506791
SteersMedium and Large 1765125.50/cwt125.50–125.509603
SteersMedium and Large 2560150.00/cwt150.00–150.008403
SteersMedium and Large 1827117.50/cwt117.50–117.509723
SteersMedium and Large 1335162.00/cwt162.00–162.005431
SteersMedium and Large 2747121.00/cwt121.00–121.009043
SteersMedium and Large 1554151.50/cwt151.50–151.508395
SteersMedium and Large 1605135.00/cwt135.00–135.008171
HeifersMedium and Large 1463131.00/cwt131.00–131.006075
HeifersMedium and Large 1536125.09/cwt125.00–125.506705
HeifersMedium and Large 1667120.50/cwt120.50–120.508045
HeifersMedium and Large 1320137.00/cwt137.00–137.004381
HeifersMedium and Large 2645119.00/cwt119.00–119.007681
HeifersMedium and Large 1720117.50/cwt117.50–117.508461
HeifersMedium and Large 1588123.25/cwt123.00–123.507252
HeifersMedium and Large 1364137.00/cwt137.00–137.004994
BullsMedium and Large 1715106.00/cwt106.00–106.007581
BullsMedium and Large 1390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005462

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.