Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 134, Bulls 7)

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 $170.03/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$170.03

133 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.14

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	553	170.03	940	133

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale133 hd

170.03

—

VA average11 barns · 1,988 hd

176.17

−6.14

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

30 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	—	630	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,109	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	192.60/cwt	192.00–193.00	1,019	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	793	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	912	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	824	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	165.41/cwt	165.00–166.00	1,007	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	212.79/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,347	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	885	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	397	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	224.82/cwt	214.00–235.50	1,207	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	945	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	893	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	720	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	180.62/cwt	167.00–186.50	1,384	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	184.15/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,357	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,109	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	666	218.27/cwt	217.00–219.00	1,454	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	799	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	969	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	164.92/cwt	163.00–174.50	965	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	185.09/cwt	177.00–185.50	912	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	313	153.64/cwt	139.00–169.00	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	811	4

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 Mar 8, 2023

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

Receipts 237Last week 94Year ago 117

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 134, Bulls 7)

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	—	630	168.50	168.50
1	—	720	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	192.00–193.00	192.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	793	115.00	115.00
6	—	824	118.00	118.00
17	—	609	165.00–166.00	165.41
11	—	438	182.50	182.50
14	—	540	179.50	179.50
23	—	585	163.00–174.50	164.92
40	—	493	177.00–185.50	185.09
2	—	313	139.00–169.00	153.64
2	—	715	157.00	157.00
3	—	667	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	187.00	187.00
1	—	600	169.00	169.00
4	—	451	186.00	186.00
4	—	676	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	633	180.00–220.00	212.79
1	—	885	172.50	172.50
3	—	397	234.00	234.00
4	—	537	214.00–235.50	224.82
21	—	766	167.00–186.50	180.62
7	—	737	182.00–185.00	184.15
14	—	476	233.00	233.00
15	—	666	217.00–219.00	218.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	200.00	200.00
1	—	695	173.00	173.00
1	—	770	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	94.50	94.50
4	—	720	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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