Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 89, Bulls 1)

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 $133.54/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$133.54

89 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$653

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

$53.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.89

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	725	135.97	985	79
Medium and Large 1	570	124.65	710	6thin
Medium and Large 2	638	104.50	667	3thin
Small 1	405	82.00	332	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.97/cwt here — about $653 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 sale89 hd

133.54

—

VA average10 barns · 1,105 hd

137.43

−3.89

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	—	370	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	405	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	113.44/cwt	111.50–115.50	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	787	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,098	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	860	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	135.98/cwt	135.00–138.00	995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	950	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	171.37/cwt	167.00–175.00	991	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	930	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	881	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	808	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	148.67/cwt	139.00–153.50	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	126.11/cwt	121.00–127.00	778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	140.46/cwt	125.00–142.00	1,142	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	139.20/cwt	138.00–141.00	799	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	920	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	789	136.94/cwt	122.00–141.25	1,080	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	433	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	870	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	1,194	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	645	2

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 Jan 12, 2022

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

Receipts 158Last week 190Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 89, Bulls 1)

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	—	370	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
2	—	623	111.50–115.50	113.44
1	—	595	127.00	127.00
2	—	548	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	135.50	135.50
7	—	617	121.00–127.00	126.11
34	—	813	125.00–142.00	140.46
16	—	574	138.00–141.00	139.20
1	—	920	89.00	89.00
13	—	789	122.00–141.25	136.94
2	—	433	125.00	125.00
2	—	870	137.25	137.25
2	—	675	95.50	95.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	123.00	123.00
1	—	790	84.50	84.50
1	—	615	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	787	139.50	139.50
1	—	860	137.50	137.50
1	—	690	155.50	155.50
3	—	732	135.00–138.00	135.98
1	—	950	125.50	125.50
18	—	578	167.00–175.00	171.37
8	—	601	169.00	169.00
3	—	808	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	155.00	155.00
3	—	470	165.00	165.00
10	—	531	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	154.00	154.00
1	—	780	136.00	136.00
4	—	560	166.00	166.00
1	—	500	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	95.00	95.00
3	—	650	139.00–153.50	148.67
1	—	815	103.00	103.00
1	—	565	154.50	154.50

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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