Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 65)

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 $157.57/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$157.57

65 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$987

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$12.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.89

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	625	158.70	992	59
Medium and Large 1	638	146.42	935	6thin

One grade step is worth $12.29/cwt here — about $57 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 sale65 hd

157.57

—

VA average10 barns · 1,925 hd

151.68

+5.89

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

22 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 1-2	—	743	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	965	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	741	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	375	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	795	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	822	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,167	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,148	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,187	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	534	176.90/cwt	166.50–182.00	945	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,079	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	927	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	820	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 Jan 11, 2023

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

Receipts 94Last week 279Year ago 158

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 65)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	64.00	64.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	163.50	163.50
3	—	645	166.00	166.00
2	—	578	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	155.00	155.00
6	—	645	184.00	184.00
2	—	653	171.00	171.00
11	—	514	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	167.00	167.00
6	—	609	166.50	166.50
4	—	466	159.00	159.00
2	—	375	155.00	155.00
13	—	822	142.00	142.00
8	—	698	164.50	164.50
1	—	425	163.00	163.00
15	—	534	166.50–182.00	176.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	52.00	52.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	149.50	149.50
1	—	785	131.00	131.00
1	—	695	147.50	147.50
1	—	565	150.50	150.50
1	—	545	150.50	150.50

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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