Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 40, 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 $139.01/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$139.01

40 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

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

$9.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.03

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	545	139.24	758	39
Medium and Large 1	325	130.00	423	1thin

One grade step is worth $9.24/cwt here — about $336 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 sale40 hd

139.01

—

VA average10 barns · 1,975 hd

143.04

−4.03

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

15 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 1-2	—	528	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	163.59/cwt	145.00–173.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	889	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	765	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	941	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	137.67/cwt	124.00–141.50	650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	372	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	556	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	866	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	744	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,146	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	975	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	543	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 27, 2022

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

Receipts 73Last week 108Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 40, 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	131.00	131.00
3	—	387	145.00–173.00	163.59
4	—	566	157.00	157.00
7	—	454	168.50	168.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	135.00	135.00
9	—	472	124.00–141.50	137.67
3	—	648	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	691	136.25	136.25
7	—	372	149.50	149.50
1	—	535	117.00	117.00
8	—	614	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	744	154.00	154.00
9	—	524	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	175.00	175.00

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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