Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 47, Bulls 33)

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 $164.72/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$164.72

54 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$262

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

$25.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.72

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	415	186.00	772	1thin
Medium and Large 1	612	167.08	1,022	30
Medium and Large 1-2	643	160.70	1,034	23

One grade step is worth $25.30/cwt here — about −$262 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 sale54 hd

164.72

—

VA average9 barns · 1,245 hd

161.00

+3.72

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

29 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	—	485	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	846	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	872	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	866	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	826	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,080	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	477	185.59/cwt	184.00–189.00	885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	693	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	178.53/cwt	172.00–179.00	998	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	165.34/cwt	156.00–171.50	1,022	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,060	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	146.48/cwt	145.00–148.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	895	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	145.20/cwt	141.50–145.50	948	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	443	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	390	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	896	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	803	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,004	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	886	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	958	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 Oct 26, 2022

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

Receipts 134Last week 81Year ago 139

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 47, Bulls 33)

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	—	485	179.00	179.00
4	—	564	150.00	150.00
6	—	730	119.50	119.50
10	—	656	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	186.50	186.50
5	—	516	171.00	171.00
1	—	390	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	730	148.00	148.00
3	—	477	184.00–189.00	185.59
3	—	693	150.00	150.00
10	—	618	156.00–171.50	165.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	559	172.00–179.00	178.53
1	—	445	185.00	185.00
6	—	730	145.00	145.00
4	—	684	155.00	155.00
1	—	860	119.00	119.00
2	—	495	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	568	141.50	141.50
2	—	508	145.00–148.00	146.48
6	—	644	139.00	139.00
1	—	495	148.00	148.00
1	—	715	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	653	141.50–145.50	145.20
2	—	443	148.00	148.00
3	—	803	125.00	125.00
3	—	573	144.00	144.00
8	—	633	140.00	140.00

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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