Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2022-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 143, Bulls 8)

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 $139.04/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$139.04

143 head · 699 lb average

Value per head Derived

$972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$15.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	722	140.73	1,016	115
Medium and Large 1	602	132.96	801	25
Medium and Large 2	618	125.00	773	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.73/cwt here — about $244 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 sale143 hd

139.04

—

VA average10 barns · 2,026 hd

136.28

+2.77

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	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	848	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,084	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	887	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	172.08/cwt	170.00–174.00	988	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	486	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	996	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,374	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	830	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,311	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	742	151.37/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,123	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	150.58/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,001	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	914	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	781	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,132	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	833	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,204	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,070	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	505	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	728	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	740	145.03/cwt	139.00–145.50	1,073	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	998	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	895	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	752	12

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 Nov 9, 2022

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

Receipts 279Last week 134Year ago 190

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 143, Bulls 8)

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	—	705	110.00	110.00
2	—	648	121.00	121.00
2	—	848	85.00	85.00
3	—	458	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
2	—	720	125.00	125.00
3	—	633	131.50	131.50
3	—	820	119.50	119.50
4	—	469	141.00	141.00
12	—	553	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	119.00	119.00
7	—	781	145.00	145.00
15	—	833	144.50	144.50
4	—	1,070	98.50	98.50
8	—	588	139.00	139.00
2	—	380	133.00	133.00
14	—	516	141.00	141.00
58	—	740	139.00–145.50	145.03
2	—	998	104.50	104.50
2	—	478	135.00	135.00
1	—	895	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	136.00	136.00
1	—	630	124.00	124.00
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	140.00	140.00
5	—	634	159.00	159.00
8	—	504	176.00	176.00
6	—	574	170.00–174.00	172.08
7	—	486	178.00	178.00
15	—	996	138.00	138.00
19	—	830	158.00	158.00
18	—	742	143.00–153.00	151.37
14	—	665	145.00–156.00	150.58
4	—	914	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	174.00	174.00
1	—	725	109.00	109.00
1	—	840	129.00	129.00
5	—	767	141.50	141.50
1	—	660	150.00	150.00
8	—	544	177.00	177.00
7	—	645	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	165.00	165.00
1	—	710	136.00	136.00

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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