Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 42, Bulls 9)

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 $150.49/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$150.49

116 head · 766 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$329

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

$8.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.69

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	776	150.89	1,171	110
Medium and Large 1	580	144.50	838	2thin
Medium and Large 2	590	142.63	841	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.26/cwt here — about $329 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 sale116 hd

150.49

—

VA average9 barns · 1,044 hd

147.80

+2.69

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

27 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	—	510	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	604	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	121.51/cwt	121.00–122.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	990	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	717	159.00/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,140	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	992	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,369	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	786	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,167	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	855	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,265	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	930	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	798	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	138.14/cwt	125.50–139.00	883	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,000	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 Aug 25, 2021

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

Receipts 167Last week 157Year ago 39

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 42, Bulls 9)

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	—	510	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	604	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	133.00	133.00
1	—	785	116.00	116.00
1	—	820	119.00	119.00
2	—	618	121.00–122.00	121.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
1	—	465	129.50	129.50
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	135.50	135.50
3	—	798	122.00	122.00
28	—	639	125.50–139.00	138.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	146.00	146.00
39	—	717	151.00–161.00	159.00
12	—	992	138.00	138.00
3	—	603	150.50	150.50
30	—	786	148.50	148.50
14	—	855	148.00	148.00
1	—	930	133.00	133.00
2	—	538	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	140.50	140.50
1	—	810	130.00	130.00
1	—	505	150.00	150.00
1	—	400	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	145.00	145.00
1	—	600	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	147.00	147.00

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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