Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 89, Bulls 20)

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 $163.89/cwt on 127 head.

Average price

$163.89

127 head · 748 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$9.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	685	172.00	1,178	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	777	164.49	1,278	91
Medium and Large 1	675	162.09	1,094	35

One grade step is worth $9.91/cwt here — about $84 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 sale127 hd

163.89

—

VA average11 barns · 1,887 hd

173.13

−9.24

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

42 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	—	855	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,428	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,021	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,562	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,111	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,611	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	189.35/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,058	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,087	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	839	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	143.48/cwt	143.00–145.00	671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,160	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	895	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,092	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	827	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	949	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	949	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	160.49/cwt	160.00–161.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	529	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	162.42/cwt	156.00–163.50	939	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	368	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	707	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,138	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	171.58/cwt	166.00–173.00	1,172	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	833	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,089	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,003	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	165.63/cwt	160.00–171.00	704	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	807	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	629	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 Sep 14, 2022

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

Receipts 237Last week 171Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 89, Bulls 20)

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
11	—	855	167.00	167.00
11	—	1,021	153.00	153.00
12	—	1,111	145.00	145.00
13	—	559	186.00–190.00	189.35
1	—	435	189.00	189.00
5	—	755	120.00	120.00
5	—	707	161.00	161.00
5	—	683	166.00–173.00	171.58
3	—	833	165.00	165.00
25	—	633	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	831	152.00	152.00
1	—	380	163.00	163.00
1	—	645	167.00	167.00
7	—	651	167.00	167.00
1	—	775	156.50	156.50
1	—	920	135.00	135.00
3	—	558	172.00	172.00
5	—	474	177.00	177.00
11	—	741	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	143.00–145.00	143.48
1	—	615	146.00	146.00
3	—	540	148.00	148.00
12	—	743	147.00	147.00
6	—	578	143.00	143.00
6	—	828	134.50	134.50
7	—	650	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	745	155.00	155.00
2	—	895	130.00	130.00
6	—	529	156.00	156.00
32	—	578	156.00–163.50	162.42
2	—	368	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	650	146.00	146.00
2	—	515	160.00–161.00	160.49
3	—	732	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	160.00–171.00	165.63
1	—	665	149.00	149.00
1	—	610	149.00	149.00
1	—	545	148.00	148.00
1	—	370	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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