Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2023-10-25

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Oct 25
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
45 head
4 vs last sale 49 89 vs year ago 134 · 66.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 9, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.44/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$211.44
19 head · 695 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$289
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.26
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566227.631,2888thin
Medium and Large 1-2789199.681,57611thin
One grade step is worth $27.95/cwt here — about −$289 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 sale19 hd
211.44
VA average9 barns · 1,153 hd
219.71
−8.26
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

22 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 2485207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0041
HeifersMedium and Large 1710184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3061
HeifersMedium and Large 1630176.80/cwt164.00–189.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 1460212.00/cwt212.00–212.009752
BullsMedium and Large 2440226.00/cwt226.00–226.009941
BullsMedium and Large 2645190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2262
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,030170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7511
SteersMedium and Large 1564232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3085
BullsMedium and Large 2530216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2390231.00/cwt231.00–231.009013
SteersMedium and Large 1645211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3612
SteersMedium and Large 1415239.00/cwt239.00–239.009921
HeifersMedium and Large 1395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008691
HeifersMedium and Large 1548206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2774199.92/cwt188.00–209.001,5477
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340180.00/cwt180.00–180.006122
BullsMedium and Large 1563209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1773
BullsMedium and Large 1645198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2772
BullsMedium and Large 1875149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3041
BullsMedium and Large 1730175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2781
BullsMedium and Large 1425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009351

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.