Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 176, Heifers 122, Bulls 3)

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 $142.26/cwt on 176 head.

Average price

$142.26

176 head · 709 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$259

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

$14.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	522	153.08	800	13thin
Medium and Large 1	685	144.17	988	83
Medium and Large 1-2	764	138.51	1,059	80

One grade step is worth $14.56/cwt here — about −$259 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 sale176 hd

142.26

—

VA average10 barns · 1,726 hd

146.59

−4.34

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

44 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 1-2Value Added	—	919	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,264	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	135.25/cwt	134.50–135.50	756	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	952	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	937	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	781	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	138.22/cwt	137.00–138.50	1,031	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	129.08/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,078	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	856	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	814	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,083	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	139.99/cwt	132.00–141.00	636	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	147.04/cwt	140.00–147.50	950	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	165.73/cwt	159.00–168.00	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	839	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	738	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	857	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	121.65/cwt	120.50–122.00	892	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	110.32/cwt	105.50–120.50	811	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	813	10

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 301Last week 72Year ago 338

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 176, Heifers 122, Bulls 3)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	919	137.50	137.50
6	—	635	147.50	147.50
5	—	781	138.00	138.00
7	—	723	137.00	137.00
35	—	814	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	661	145.00	145.00
1	—	370	156.00	156.00
21	—	746	137.00–138.50	138.22
1	—	750	134.00	134.00
5	—	578	160.00	160.00
13	—	835	129.00–130.00	129.08
11	—	535	160.00	160.00
3	—	970	120.00	120.00
16	—	646	140.00–147.50	147.04
4	—	480	159.00–168.00	165.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	134.50	134.50
4	—	529	161.00	161.00
9	—	614	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	353	170.00	170.00
3	—	667	144.00	144.00
2	—	540	141.00	141.00
2	—	743	137.00	137.00
1	—	460	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	559	134.50–135.50	135.25
9	—	454	132.00–141.00	139.99
3	—	872	107.00	107.00
1	—	535	129.50	129.50
28	—	653	128.50	128.50
21	—	733	120.50–122.00	121.65
10	—	640	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	135.00	135.00
3	—	567	136.00	136.00
4	—	495	137.00	137.00
4	—	694	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	131.00	131.00
2	—	325	134.00	134.00
5	—	563	131.00	131.00
2	—	628	120.00	120.00
2	—	470	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	735	105.50–120.50	110.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	137.00	137.00
1	—	500	144.00	144.00
1	—	435	157.00	157.00

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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