Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2020-10-28

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Oct 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
58 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 127▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 37)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.01/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$110.01
37 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$498
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$16.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.14
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2714112.0480023
Medium and Large 1594107.5063813thin
Small 131596.003021thin
One grade step is worth $16.04/cwt here — about $498 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 sale37 hd
110.01
—
VA average11 barns · 1,835 hd
111.16
−1.14
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 1-2Value Added—690127.00/cwt127.00–127.008761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—785112.00/cwt112.00–112.0087913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—691116.00/cwt116.00–116.008025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—558109.00/cwt109.00–109.006084
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—540105.00/cwt105.00–105.005671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—746130.00/cwt130.00–130.009705
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—846128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—583137.00/cwt137.00–137.007993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—1,09590.00/cwt90.00–90.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—605119.50/cwt119.50–119.507232
SteersMedium and Large 1—578134.00/cwt134.00–134.007752
SteersMedium and Large 1—605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007991
HeifersSmall 1—31596.00/cwt96.00–96.003021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—654104.50/cwt104.50–104.506835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458113.00/cwt113.00–113.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 1—71099.00/cwt99.00–99.007031

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.