Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 87)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.01/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$135.01

122 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$362

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

$4.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.05

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	445	139.00	619	1thin
Medium and Large 1	726	134.98	981	121

One grade step is worth $4.02/cwt here — about −$362 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 sale122 hd

135.01

—

VA average11 barns · 2,272 hd

144.06

−9.05

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

21 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	—	755	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,000	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	147.78/cwt	140.00–151.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	721	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	102.70/cwt	90.00–115.00	943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	122.65/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,070	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	121.79/cwt	112.00–124.50	764	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	135.42/cwt	132.50–136.00	997	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	140.99/cwt	139.00–144.00	952	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	115.13/cwt	110.00–120.00	843	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	119.74/cwt	118.00–120.00	669	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	101.60/cwt	99.00–104.50	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	133.84/cwt	127.00–137.50	621	3

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 Jul 14, 2021

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 87)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	755	132.50	132.50
11	—	558	140.00–151.00	147.78
9	—	843	128.00	128.00
3	—	487	148.00	148.00
1	—	365	147.00	147.00
4	—	918	90.00–115.00	102.70
4	—	623	146.50	146.50
15	—	872	121.00–125.00	122.65
32	—	736	132.50–136.00	135.42
27	—	675	139.00–144.00	140.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	131.00	131.00
1	—	685	109.00	109.00
1	—	600	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	627	112.00–124.50	121.79
21	—	732	110.00–120.00	115.13
8	—	559	118.00–120.00	119.74
5	—	818	99.00–104.50	101.60
5	—	774	114.00	114.00
3	—	505	125.00	125.00
3	—	464	127.00–137.50	133.84

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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