Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 108, Bulls 4)

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 $160.04/cwt on 116 head.

Average price

$160.04

116 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,070

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$258

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

$6.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	516	164.15	847	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	677	161.17	1,091	58
Medium and Large 1	702	157.39	1,105	45

One grade step is worth $6.76/cwt here — about −$258 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 sale116 hd

160.04

—

VA average11 barns · 1,789 hd

167.45

−7.41

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

38 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 2	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,153	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	984	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	153.69/cwt	151.00–155.00	981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	165.44/cwt	165.00–166.00	877	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,234	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,123	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	428	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,131	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	812	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	849	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,155	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,067	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	157.34/cwt	148.00–159.50	1,045	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	136.79/cwt	127.00–146.00	781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	144.80/cwt	143.25–146.50	877	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	140.67/cwt	139.50–142.00	1,009	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	137.47/cwt	131.00–139.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	795	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	131.48/cwt	131.00–133.50	696	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,241	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	622	3

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 Jul 13, 2022

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

Receipts 228Last week 78Year ago 209

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 108, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	820	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	116.00	116.00
2	—	490	140.50	140.50
2	—	725	134.50	134.50
5	—	557	140.50	140.50
5	—	636	131.00–139.00	137.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	555	146.25	146.25
5	—	602	141.00	141.00
1	—	485	134.00	134.00
1	—	795	109.00	109.00
15	—	529	131.00–133.50	131.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	571	127.00–146.00	136.79
17	—	606	143.25–146.50	144.80
25	—	717	139.50–142.00	140.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	138.50	138.50
3	—	457	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	723	159.50	159.50
4	—	790	150.00	150.00
7	—	530	165.00–166.00	165.44
7	—	857	144.00	144.00
15	—	673	168.00	168.00
2	—	488	173.00	173.00
6	—	645	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	110.00	110.00
1	—	700	152.00	152.00
12	—	564	174.50	174.50
1	—	500	164.00	164.00
11	—	760	152.00	152.00
11	—	664	148.00–159.50	157.34
8	—	856	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	151.00–155.00	153.69
2	—	428	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	164.00	164.00
2	—	560	156.00	156.00
2	—	345	175.00	175.00
1	—	780	148.00	148.00
6	—	458	166.00	166.00

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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