Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2023-08-23

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Aug 23
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
102 head
53 vs last sale 49 69 vs year ago 171 · 40.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 47, Bulls 5)

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 $235.43/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$235.43
50 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,403
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$25.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.93
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590236.441,39548
Medium and Large 1738211.251,5582thin
One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale50 hd
235.43
VA average9 barns · 1,092 hd
229.50
+5.93
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

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539197.64/cwt174.00–220.501,0656
SteersMedium and Large 1-2539239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,28814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2849208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7664
HeifersMedium and Large 2445170.00/cwt170.00–170.007571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635197.66/cwt190.00–214.001,2556
SteersMedium and Large 1825200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6501
SteersMedium and Large 1650222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,4461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added768231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added515227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added645220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,4226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added560243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,36123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3793
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added551229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,26220
HeifersMedium and Large 1725197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4281
HeifersMedium and Large 1695185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2861
HeifersMedium and Large 1570198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1291
HeifersMedium and Large 1280210.00/cwt210.00–210.005881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378230.00/cwt230.00–230.008695

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.