Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction: 27.00/cwt feeder bull deleted

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 140, Bulls 7)

Value Added are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $234.76/cwt on 143 head.

Average price

$234.76

143 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$361

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

$30.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	481	259.53	1,249	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	693	236.95	1,642	57
Medium and Large 1	704	228.65	1,610	73

One grade step is worth $30.88/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale143 hd

234.76

—

VA average10 barns · 1,305 hd

236.70

−1.93

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

41 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	—	570	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,288	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,357	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,093	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,736	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	220.25/cwt	220.25–220.25	1,454	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,224	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	213.14/cwt	204.00–213.50	1,567	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,441	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	233.66/cwt	233.00–237.00	949	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,370	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	397	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,143	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	238.98/cwt	227.00–241.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	239.54/cwt	222.00–241.50	1,373	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	243.98/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,233	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	226.28/cwt	213.00–232.00	1,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	281.77/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,113	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,541	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,216	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,677	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	213.29/cwt	197.00–215.00	1,800	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,887	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	699	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,774	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 Sep 27, 2023

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

Receipts 298Last week 215Year ago 348

Correction: 27.00/cwt feeder bull deleted

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 140, Bulls 7)

Value Added are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	211.00	211.00
1	—	455	244.00	244.00
1	—	570	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	218.00	218.00
20	—	660	220.25	220.25
16	—	564	217.00	217.00
2	—	863	200.00	200.00
26	—	735	204.00–213.50	213.14
2	—	480	235.00	235.00
1	—	325	222.00	222.00
1	—	905	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	235.00	235.00
2	—	335	222.00	222.00
2	—	648	190.00	190.00
1	—	395	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	815	213.00	213.00
7	—	624	231.00	231.00
12	—	406	233.00–237.00	233.66
4	—	943	163.00	163.00
6	—	495	231.00	231.00
7	—	511	227.00–241.00	238.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	397	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	498	275.00	275.00
10	—	755	213.00–232.00	226.28
8	—	395	273.00–283.00	281.77
11	—	990	197.00	197.00
6	—	888	212.50	212.50
4	—	600	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	224.00	224.00
4	—	510	241.00–245.00	243.98
1	—	495	249.00	249.00
7	—	442	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	573	222.00–241.50	239.54
22	—	650	237.00	237.00
29	—	759	221.00	221.00
10	—	844	197.00–215.00	213.29
2	—	455	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	699	231.00	231.00
1	—	380	268.00	268.00
2	—	760	205.00	205.00

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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