Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 62, Bulls 16)

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 $124.71/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$124.71

62 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$67

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

$28.79/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	565	128.19	725	38
Medium and Large 2	514	124.42	639	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	662	99.40	658	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.79/cwt here — about $67 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 sale62 hd

124.71

—

VA average10 barns · 1,967 hd

122.02

+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

36 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	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	496	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	702	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	912	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	493	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	157.35/cwt	156.00–158.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	887	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	834	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	665	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,126	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	599	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	134.07/cwt	102.00–138.50	611	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	147.76/cwt	147.00–148.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	858	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	123.73/cwt	117.00–126.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	643	6

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 27, 2021

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

Receipts 139Last week 223Year ago 58

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 62, Bulls 16)

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	145.00	145.00
1	—	550	145.00	145.00
1	—	675	128.00	128.00
3	—	340	146.00	146.00
5	—	471	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	144.00	144.00
4	—	469	147.00–148.00	147.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	159.50	159.50
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
1	—	365	150.00	150.00
3	—	522	156.00–158.00	157.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	129.00	129.00
2	—	755	129.00	129.00
4	—	583	156.50	156.50
12	—	636	139.50	139.50
5	—	466	160.00	160.00
1	—	500	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	135.00	135.00
1	—	430	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	810	134.00	134.00
2	—	398	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	137.00	137.00
13	—	790	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	659	126.50	126.50
11	—	541	123.00	123.00
1	—	710	117.00	117.00
8	—	599	132.00	132.00
9	—	456	102.00–138.50	134.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	127.00	127.00
1	—	705	102.00	102.00
2	—	858	95.00	95.00
4	—	560	117.00–126.00	123.73
5	—	367	128.00	128.00
6	—	476	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	91.00	91.00

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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