Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 67, Bulls 20)

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 $232.04/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$232.04

128 head · 770 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$8.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.25

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	776	233.06	1,809	112
Medium and Large 1	730	224.84	1,642	16thin

One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $167 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 sale128 hd

232.04

—

VA average10 barns · 1,915 hd

240.28

−8.25

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

36 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	—	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,250	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,243	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,533	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	965	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	497	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,228	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,383	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	773	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	251.57/cwt	243.00–254.00	1,225	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	221.33/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,752	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	479	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,015	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	934	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,068	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	941	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,123	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	922	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,414	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,345	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 Sep 13, 2023

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

Receipts 215Last week 102Year ago 237

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 67, 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	—	620	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	558	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	229.00	229.00
2	—	628	198.00	198.00
4	—	460	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	755	203.00	203.00
1	—	425	200.00	200.00
1	—	610	212.00	212.00
1	—	815	181.00	181.00
4	—	543	200.00	200.00
7	—	667	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	200.00	200.00
5	—	459	205.00	205.00
6	—	437	211.00	211.00
6	—	725	211.00	211.00
2	—	545	206.00	206.00
1	—	610	200.00	200.00
2	—	590	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	212.00	212.00
4	—	608	208.50	208.50
5	—	572	222.50	222.50
6	—	505	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	748	220.50	220.50
2	—	840	218.50	218.50
7	—	681	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	232.00	232.00
9	—	487	243.00–254.00	251.57
15	—	804	220.00–222.50	221.33
23	—	733	239.00	239.00
2	—	510	256.00	256.00
45	—	899	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	965	209.00	209.00
3	—	497	247.00	247.00
5	—	560	247.00	247.00
6	—	773	217.00	217.00

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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