Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2021-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 77, Bulls 2)

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 $139.35/cwt on 111 head.

Average price

$139.35

111 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	538	142.38	765	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	701	141.09	989	75
Medium and Large 1	608	134.88	820	32

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale111 hd

139.35

—

VA average10 barns · 1,671 hd

141.40

−2.06

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

42 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	—	285	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	112.45/cwt	110.00–115.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	682	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	918	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,180	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	793	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	360	154.24/cwt	152.00–155.00	555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	137.88/cwt	137.50–138.00	979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	860	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	946	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,220	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	822	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	829	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,127	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	837	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	139.12/cwt	136.00–140.50	662	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	362	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,030	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	403	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	953	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	996	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	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 Nov 10, 2021

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

Receipts 190Last week 139Year ago 115

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 77, Bulls 2)

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	—	285	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	135.00	135.00
4	—	632	110.00–115.00	112.45
12	—	557	122.50	122.50
1	—	350	127.00	127.00
1	—	515	122.50	122.50
1	—	725	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	790	106.00	106.00
17	—	476	136.00–140.50	139.12
3	—	362	132.00	132.00
1	—	1,030	90.50	90.50
2	—	505	120.00	120.00
2	—	690	110.50	110.50
3	—	403	138.00	138.00
4	—	615	118.50	118.50
6	—	953	104.50	104.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	125.00	125.00
1	—	710	98.00	98.00
3	—	468	134.00	134.00
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	125.00	125.00
3	—	443	157.00	157.00
8	—	631	145.50	145.50
8	—	466	156.00	156.00
1	—	570	135.50	135.50
1	—	1,180	96.00	96.00
12	—	522	152.00	152.00
4	—	360	152.00–155.00	154.24
4	—	710	137.50–138.00	137.88
4	—	860	134.00	134.00
17	—	946	129.00	129.00
11	—	829	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	150.00	150.00
1	—	835	121.00	121.00
4	—	724	125.50	125.50
7	—	562	143.00	143.00
14	—	642	128.00	128.00
1	—	500	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	150.00	150.00
2	—	475	150.00	150.00
1	—	770	119.50	119.50

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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