Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 93)

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 $154.27/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$154.27

89 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$95

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

$2.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	156.22	780	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	154.05	875	80

One grade step is worth $2.17/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale89 hd

154.27

—

VA average10 barns · 1,240 hd

152.54

+1.73

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

17 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	811	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	944	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	179.45/cwt	127.50–188.00	1,026	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	408	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	294	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	429	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	295	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	929	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,482	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,165	19

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 Aug 10, 2022

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

Receipts 171Last week 228Year ago 157

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 93)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	148.00	148.00
3	—	528	156.00	156.00
5	—	471	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	138.00	138.00
21	—	513	158.00	158.00
52	—	603	156.50	156.50
2	—	295	131.00	131.00
2	—	653	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	572	127.50–188.00	179.45
2	—	408	147.50	147.50
5	—	294	146.00	146.00
18	—	929	159.50	159.50
19	—	651	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	559	177.00	177.00
1	—	530	174.50	174.50
1	—	615	156.00	156.00
3	—	432	170.00	170.00

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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