Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 196, Heifers 142)

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 $138.85/cwt on 196 head.

Average price

$138.85

196 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$29.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.86

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	669	144.69	968	56
Medium and Large 1	672	138.05	928	67
Medium and Large 2	702	136.43	958	68
Medium and Large 3	655	117.50	770	4thin
Small 1	590	115.00	679	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.69/cwt here — about $290 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 sale196 hd

138.85

—

VA average8 barns · 1,442 hd

137.99

+0.86

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

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,032	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	916	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	160.30/cwt	146.00–164.00	757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	905	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	815	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	117.42/cwt	107.00–118.00	662	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	751	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	834	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	967	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	765	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	887	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	129.61/cwt	127.50–131.00	850	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	621	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	475	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	124.32/cwt	117.00–125.00	799	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	950	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	124.05/cwt	119.50–125.00	950	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,010	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	947	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	602	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	976	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	986	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	853	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,001	1
Steers	Small 1	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	605	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	654	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	124.34/cwt	123.00–125.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	995	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	145.93/cwt	142.00–147.50	985	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	138.68/cwt	132.00–139.00	915	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,107	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	811	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	828	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	767	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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Receipts 338Last week 67Year ago 330

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 196, Heifers 142)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	607	144.00	144.00
8	—	584	155.00	155.00
9	—	737	137.00	137.00
9	—	767	135.00	135.00
21	—	675	142.00–147.50	145.93
4	—	515	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	853	121.00	121.00
5	—	969	111.00	111.00
9	—	740	128.00	128.00
21	—	565	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,065	94.00	94.00
23	—	660	132.00–139.00	138.68
2	—	460	160.00	160.00
2	—	545	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	654	140.00	140.00
5	—	472	146.00–164.00	160.30
8	—	976	101.00	101.00
11	—	737	135.00	135.00
12	—	865	128.00	128.00
1	—	380	158.00	158.00
14	—	552	150.00	150.00
1	—	515	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	95.00	95.00
3	—	602	125.00	125.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	564	107.00–118.00	117.42
23	—	650	118.00	118.00
1	—	610	118.00	118.00
1	—	935	94.00	94.00
3	—	467	133.00	133.00
6	—	766	119.50–125.00	124.05
7	—	547	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	90.00	90.00
4	—	633	100.00	100.00
5	—	765	116.00	116.00
1	—	440	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	751	124.00	124.00
7	—	834	116.00	116.00
8	—	476	135.50	135.50
11	—	643	117.00–125.00	124.32
1	—	950	93.00	93.00
14	—	559	117.00	117.00
2	—	390	132.00	132.00
3	—	665	123.00–125.00	124.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	120.00	120.00
15	—	656	127.50–131.00	129.61
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	80.00	80.00
1	—	605	100.00	100.00

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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