Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 60, Bulls 5)

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 $139.07/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$139.07

92 head · 713 lb average

Value per head Derived

$992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$130

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

$6.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.74

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	630	142.46	898	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	692	141.42	978	38
Medium and Large 1	756	135.98	1,028	42

One grade step is worth $6.48/cwt here — about −$130 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

139.07

—

VA average10 barns · 1,833 hd

145.81

−6.74

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

34 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	—	410	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,113	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	133.91/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,034	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,110	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	947	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	969	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	771	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	934	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	153.01/cwt	152.00–154.00	809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	980	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	789	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	880	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	125.62/cwt	121.00–128.00	708	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	813	5

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 Aug 11, 2021

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

Receipts 157Last week 27Year ago 80

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 60, Bulls 5)

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	—	410	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	868	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
3	—	913	92.00	92.00
4	—	641	121.00	121.00
5	—	834	112.00	112.00
5	—	755	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	624	123.50	123.50
12	—	564	121.00–128.00	125.62
6	—	506	129.50	129.50
1	—	370	127.00	127.00
5	—	675	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	80.00	80.00
3	—	560	123.50	123.50
1	—	435	132.00	132.00
6	—	663	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	778	143.00	143.00
5	—	990	128.00	128.00
9	—	697	139.00	139.00
6	—	497	150.00	150.00
6	—	529	152.00–154.00	153.01
6	—	726	134.50	134.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	772	133.00–134.00	133.91
6	—	937	125.00	125.00
8	—	854	130.00	130.00
4	—	588	151.00	151.00
12	—	667	142.00	142.00
1	—	460	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	152.00	152.00
1	—	465	144.00	144.00
4	—	634	140.00	140.00
3	—	760	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	143.00	143.00

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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