Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 200, Bulls 5)

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 $149.42/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$149.42

200 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$137

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

$9.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	157.82	857	30
Medium and Large 1	671	147.94	993	170

One grade step is worth $9.88/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale200 hd

149.42

—

VA average9 barns · 2,020 hd

143.65

+5.77

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

43 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	—	365	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	695	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	773	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,156	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	698	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,057	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	613	166.13/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,018	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	139.87/cwt	133.00–147.00	1,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,263	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	843	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	173.98/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,004	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	680	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	156.67/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,081	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,167	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	156.85/cwt	120.00–166.00	742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	192.93/cwt	192.00–195.00	833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	739	165.75/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,225	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,060	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,053	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	140.77/cwt	140.50–146.00	922	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	645	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	566	145.64/cwt	145.00–147.00	824	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	850	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	911	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,435	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	156.98/cwt	145.00–161.00	887	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	777	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	145.07/cwt	141.00–147.00	910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	909	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	682	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	982	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	143.75/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	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 28, 2022

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

Receipts 348Last week 237Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 200, Bulls 5)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	188.00	188.00
1	—	695	135.00	135.00
2	—	440	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	773	149.50	149.50
39	—	698	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	120.00–166.00	156.85
24	—	744	142.50	142.50
20	—	655	140.50–146.00	140.77
1	—	775	140.00	140.00
1	—	335	160.00	160.00
24	—	565	145.00–161.00	156.98
3	—	818	143.50	143.50
6	—	647	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	126.50	126.50
13	—	566	145.00–147.00	145.64
9	—	682	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	160.00	160.00
2	—	365	172.00	172.00
9	—	457	170.00	170.00
7	—	627	141.00–147.00	145.07
4	—	722	140.00–145.00	143.75
1	—	445	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	613	160.00–173.00	166.13
2	—	843	158.00	158.00
1	—	680	150.00	150.00
16	—	739	164.00–166.00	165.75
11	—	911	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	181.00	181.00
2	—	378	190.50	190.50
1	—	635	160.00	160.00
3	—	690	150.00–160.00	156.67
10	—	546	174.00	174.00
2	—	708	160.00	160.00
1	—	465	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	133.00–147.00	139.87
8	—	842	150.00	150.00
18	—	577	171.00–176.00	173.98
1	—	465	169.00	169.00
1	—	855	143.00	143.00
19	—	746	156.50	156.50
3	—	432	192.00–195.00	192.93
29	—	658	160.00	160.00

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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