Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 101, Heifers 110, Bulls 12)

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 $124.66/cwt on 110 head.

Average price

$124.66

110 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

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

$7.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.51

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	693	127.25	881	71
Medium and Large 1	568	120.02	682	25
Medium and Large 2	456	119.81	546	14thin

One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about $335 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 sale110 hd

124.66

—

VA average10 barns · 1,626 hd

125.17

−0.51

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

37 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	—	380	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	125.95/cwt	124.50–129.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	143.64/cwt	140.00–147.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	891	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,176	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	158.31/cwt	156.00–158.50	898	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	979	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	819	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,057	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	153.48/cwt	144.00–160.00	712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	963	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	155.83/cwt	150.00–158.50	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	991	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	158.75/cwt	158.00–159.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	696	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	125.28/cwt	123.00–127.00	808	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	140.39/cwt	140.00–140.50	877	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	121.65/cwt	120.00–122.00	555	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	132.66/cwt	131.00–133.50	958	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	116.67/cwt	114.00–118.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	120.33/cwt	117.00–122.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	139.94/cwt	135.00–145.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	128.26/cwt	128.00–128.50	994	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	754	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	117.69/cwt	115.00–119.00	636	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 Oct 13, 2021

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

Receipts 223Last week 301Year ago 127

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 101, Heifers 110, Bulls 12)

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	—	380	149.00	149.00
2	—	488	147.00	147.00
3	—	622	124.50–129.00	125.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	140.00–147.00	143.64
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	143.00	143.00
2	—	430	135.00–145.00	139.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	891	132.00	132.00
5	—	704	139.00	139.00
18	—	819	129.00	129.00
2	—	963	124.00	124.00
4	—	751	132.00	132.00
2	—	580	152.00	152.00
12	—	684	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	567	156.00–158.50	158.31
2	—	683	140.50	140.50
3	—	530	150.00–158.50	155.83
4	—	469	159.00	159.00
13	—	625	140.00–140.50	140.39
6	—	722	131.00–133.50	132.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	144.00–160.00	153.48
2	—	655	138.00	138.00
4	—	532	158.00–159.00	158.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	110.50	110.50
14	—	578	120.50	120.50
3	—	457	125.00	125.00
3	—	658	115.00	115.00
1	—	390	130.00	130.00
3	—	540	115.00–119.00	117.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	645	123.00–127.00	125.28
31	—	775	128.00–128.50	128.26
10	—	580	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	120.00–122.00	121.65
1	—	620	114.50	114.50
1	—	420	122.00	122.00
3	—	525	114.00–118.00	116.67
3	—	344	117.00–122.00	120.33

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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