Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 73, Heifers 42, Bulls 18)

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 $156.26/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$156.26

73 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$56.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.33

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	402	171.00	687	8thin
Medium and Large 1	584	155.65	909	34
Medium and Large 2	532	154.40	821	30
Medium and Large 3	375	115.00	431	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $256 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 sale73 hd

156.26

—

VA average10 barns · 2,316 hd

148.93

+7.33

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

35 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	157.05/cwt	156.00–163.00	922	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	125.76/cwt	123.50–130.00	667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	833	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	680	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	683	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	814	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	144.65/cwt	135.00–147.00	982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	548	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	745	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	129.31/cwt	117.00–141.50	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	432	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	402	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	457	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	154.25/cwt	154.00–154.50	830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	114.48/cwt	110.00–119.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	510	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	138.64/cwt	132.00–145.50	873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	165.50/cwt	165.00–166.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	902	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	524	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 Apr 14, 2021

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

Receipts 133Last week 269Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 73, Heifers 42, Bulls 18)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	162.00	162.00
2	—	445	147.00	147.00
2	—	558	150.00	150.00
1	—	345	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
7	—	457	145.50	145.50
2	—	538	154.00–154.50	154.25
2	—	630	132.00–145.50	138.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	587	156.00–163.00	157.05
1	—	800	120.00	120.00
2	—	768	128.00	128.00
9	—	505	165.00	165.00
1	—	465	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	679	135.00–147.00	144.65
2	—	543	117.00–141.50	129.31
8	—	438	168.50	168.50
1	—	795	117.00	117.00
2	—	340	165.00–166.00	165.50
8	—	571	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	402	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
3	—	510	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	113.00	113.00
3	—	353	132.00	132.00
8	—	530	123.50–130.00	125.76
1	—	415	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	130.00	130.00
3	—	432	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	619	131.50	131.50
4	—	548	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	111.50	111.50
2	—	628	110.00–119.00	114.48
2	—	355	134.50	134.50

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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