Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2022-03-09

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Mar 9
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
117 head
41 vs last sale 158 152 vs year ago 269 · 56.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 25, Bulls 1)

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 $172.08/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$172.08
91 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$41.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.08
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539175.6394782
Medium and Large 1673140.389448thin
Medium and Large 2735134.009851thin
One grade step is worth $41.63/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale91 hd
172.08
VA average10 barns · 1,504 hd
163.00
+9.08
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

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2465161.00/cwt161.00–161.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
HeifersMedium and Large 1655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 1735122.00/cwt122.00–122.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added470157.06/cwt155.00–158.5073815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added592148.50/cwt148.50–148.508797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added613169.38/cwt166.50–171.001,03817
SteersMedium and Large 1685146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added476188.18/cwt161.50–199.0089630
SteersMedium and Large 2735134.00/cwt134.00–134.009851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added740148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added764147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1274
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added598168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0053
SteersMedium and Large 1425165.00/cwt165.00–165.007011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added505174.50/cwt174.50–174.5088112
SteersMedium and Large 1720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1767130.00/cwt130.00–130.009973
SteersMedium and Large 1625146.00/cwt146.00–146.009132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added378183.67/cwt165.00–190.006949

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.