Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 27, Bulls 20)

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 $169.85/cwt on 27 head.

Average price

$169.85

27 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$81

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

$6.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	428	172.88	739	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	531	169.58	901	12thin
Medium and Large 1	492	166.86	820	7thin

One grade step is worth $6.02/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale27 hd

169.85

—

VA average10 barns · 1,903 hd

186.01

−16.16

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	—	510	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	908	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,068	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,275	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,251	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	997	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	950	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	646	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	708	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	695	3

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 26, 2023

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

Receipts 66Last week 108Year ago 73

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 27, Bulls 20)

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	—	510	200.00	200.00
3	—	445	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	180.00	180.00
6	—	521	205.00	205.00
6	—	768	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	200.00	200.00
1	—	340	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	194.00	194.00
1	—	760	188.00	188.00
1	—	550	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	194.00	194.00
2	—	385	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	166.00	166.00
4	—	735	189.00	189.00
5	—	646	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	708	161.00	161.00
1	—	620	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	171.00	171.00
2	—	435	171.00	171.00
3	—	395	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	169.00	169.00
3	—	563	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	175.00	175.00
4	—	335	180.00	180.00

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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