Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 32)

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 $180.10/cwt on 46 head.

Average price

$180.10

46 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.42

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	617	180.10	1,112	46

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

180.10

—

VA average10 barns · 1,247 hd

165.68

+14.42

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

12 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	—	616	184.89/cwt	184.00–185.50	1,139	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	689	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,213	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	180.82/cwt	170.00–183.00	942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	420	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	836	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	449	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	453	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	936	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	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 May 11, 2022

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

Receipts 78Last week 73Year ago 26

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 46, Heifers 32)

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
22	—	616	184.00–185.50	184.89
15	—	689	176.00	176.00
6	—	521	170.00–183.00	180.82
1	—	420	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	557	150.00	150.00
5	—	449	149.00	149.00
4	—	453	149.50	149.50
3	—	630	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	434	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	130.00	130.00
1	—	550	129.00	129.00

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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