Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2020-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 23)

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 $127.56/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$127.56

92 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$970

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$259

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$49.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	570	135.94	775	8thin
Medium and Large 1	625	132.31	827	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	819	126.91	1,040	69
Small 1	550	124.50	685	6thin
Medium and Large 3	600	86.00	516	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.94/cwt here — about $259 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 sale92 hd

127.56

—

VA average10 barns · 2,053 hd

134.67

−7.11

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	643	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	765	2
Steers	Small 1	—	605	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	593	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	470	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	818	125.47/cwt	120.00–133.50	1,026	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	784	128.69/cwt	127.00–129.50	1,009	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	933	126.51/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,180	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	897	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	749	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	861	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	995	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	644	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 Nov 11, 2020

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

Receipts 115Last week 58Year ago 137

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 23)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	119.00	119.00
3	—	470	137.00	137.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	818	120.00–133.50	125.47
25	—	784	127.00–129.50	128.69
7	—	933	120.00–129.00	126.51
3	—	897	130.00	130.00
1	—	710	123.50	123.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	123.00	123.00
2	—	710	120.00–126.00	123.00
2	—	565	134.00	134.00
2	—	483	146.00	146.00
1	—	840	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	140.00	140.00
2	—	463	140.00	140.00
1	—	875	130.50	130.50
1	—	675	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	749	115.00	115.00
3	—	673	110.50	110.50
1	—	995	86.50	86.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	121.00	121.00
1	—	635	106.00	106.00
1	—	565	114.00	114.00

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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