Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 46, 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 $176.82/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$176.82

60 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,076

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$36.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.80

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	603	178.63	1,078	57
Medium and Large 1	708	142.33	1,008	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.30/cwt here — about $69 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 sale60 hd

176.82

—

VA average10 barns · 1,115 hd

167.02

+9.80

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

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	417	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	542	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	263	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	225	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	320	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,114	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	616	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	860	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	459	203.97/cwt	192.00–206.00	936	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	590	148.48/cwt	110.50–153.00	876	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	856	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,164	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	547	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	160.12/cwt	146.00–163.00	781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	757	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	616	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 Apr 13, 2022

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

Receipts 108Last week 117Year ago 133

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 60, Heifers 46, Bulls 2)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	172.00	172.00
7	—	320	219.00	219.00
12	—	633	176.00	176.00
6	—	760	150.00	150.00
14	—	459	192.00–206.00	203.97
12	—	856	136.00	136.00
5	—	547	195.50	195.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	140.00	140.00
1	—	655	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	417	156.00	156.00
3	—	542	157.00	157.00
2	—	263	160.00	160.00
1	—	225	156.00	156.00
11	—	616	155.00	155.00
2	—	860	117.00	117.00
9	—	590	110.50–153.00	148.48
6	—	488	146.00–163.00	160.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	127.00	127.00
1	—	525	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	176.00	176.00

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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