Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 85, Bulls 4)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.89/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$229.89

97 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$687

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

$32.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.94

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	685	230.22	1,578	96
Medium and Large 1	450	198.00	891	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.22/cwt here — about $687 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 sale97 hd

229.89

—

VA average10 barns · 1,651 hd

226.95

+2.94

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

19 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 1-2	—	720	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,326	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,034	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	256.02/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,224	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,612	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	239.01/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,515	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	228.40/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,601	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	219.51/cwt	212.00–229.00	1,686	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	196.82/cwt	193.00–198.00	1,222	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	185.08/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,270	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,666	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	891	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 Jul 12, 2023

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

Receipts 186Last week 66Year ago 228

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 85, Bulls 4)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	180.50	180.50
3	—	570	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	200.00	200.00
4	—	741	179.00	179.00
8	—	483	214.00	214.00
42	—	621	193.00–198.00	196.82
12	—	686	185.00–186.00	185.08
14	—	963	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	255.00–258.00	256.02
5	—	545	249.00	249.00
1	—	965	190.00	190.00
19	—	689	234.00	234.00
16	—	634	220.00–245.00	239.01
22	—	701	223.00–230.00	228.40
20	—	768	212.00–229.00	219.51
5	—	812	199.00	199.00
2	—	575	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	198.00	198.00

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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