Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 37, Bulls 9)

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 $210.13/cwt on 62 head.

Average price

$210.13

62 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$9.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.95

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	615	210.52	1,296	56
Medium and Large 1	632	209.24	1,322	4thin
Medium and Large 2	603	201.00	1,211	2thin

One grade step is worth $9.52/cwt here — about $85 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 sale62 hd

210.13

—

VA average7 barns · 852 hd

227.08

−16.95

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

24 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	—	440	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	972	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	579	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	884	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	997	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	642	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,377	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	905	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,267	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,186	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	198.22/cwt	174.00–207.00	1,334	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	188.33/cwt	187.00–189.00	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	209.24/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	223.26/cwt	188.00–239.00	1,188	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	227.33/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,103	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	837	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	609	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,029	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	683	169.11/cwt	168.50–171.00	1,155	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	644	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	293	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	539	2

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 Apr 12, 2023

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

Receipts 108Last week 21Year ago 108

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 37, Bulls 9)

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
3	—	440	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	178.00	178.00
3	—	425	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	178.00	178.00
4	—	341	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	187.00–189.00	188.33
7	—	609	169.00	169.00
8	—	683	168.50–171.00	169.11
6	—	596	180.50	180.50
2	—	293	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	228.00	228.00
1	—	710	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	642	214.50	214.50
1	—	905	140.00	140.00
2	—	770	154.00	154.00
10	—	673	174.00–207.00	198.22
11	—	532	188.00–239.00	223.26
9	—	485	226.00–228.00	227.33
3	—	837	167.00	167.00
4	—	573	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	632	209.00–210.00	209.24

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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