Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 51)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.93/cwt on 51 head.

Average price

$125.93

51 head · 739 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$15

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

$26.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.50

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	594	126.97	755	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	834	126.67	1,057	30
Medium and Large 2	593	121.33	720	3thin
Medium and Large 3	770	100.00	770	1thin

One grade step is worth $26.97/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale51 hd

125.93

—

VA average7 barns · 881 hd

134.43

−8.50

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	Medium and Large 1	—	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	845	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	970	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	897	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,126	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,274	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	398	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	788	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	859	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 Sep 8, 2021

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

Receipts 72Last week 167Year ago 67

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 51)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	151.00	151.00
2	—	575	147.00	147.00
2	—	778	133.00	133.00
1	—	455	151.00	151.00
1	—	680	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	132.00	132.00
2	—	628	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	910	136.00	136.00
4	—	1,036	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	897	125.50	125.50
2	—	725	123.00	123.00
5	—	590	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	94.00	94.00
2	—	490	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	555	133.00	133.00
3	—	463	134.50	134.50
2	—	858	106.50	106.50
2	—	720	119.00	119.00
2	—	615	130.00	130.00
2	—	380	135.50	135.50
1	—	795	108.00	108.00

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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