Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2023-11-08

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Nov 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
165 head
120 vs last sale 45 114 vs year ago 279 · 40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Dairy Steers 3, Heifers 83, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $184.16/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$184.16
82 head · 642 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,182
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.11
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511204.321,04419thin
Medium and Large 2437204.228929thin
Medium and Large 1-2722173.731,25454
One grade step is worth $30.58/cwt here — about −$210 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 sale82 hd
184.16
VA average11 barns · 2,143 hd
195.28
−11.11
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

35 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
BullsMedium and Large 1405221.00/cwt221.00–221.008951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2534226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2074
BullsMedium and Large 1540220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 2560210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1761
HeifersMedium and Large 1330195.00/cwt195.00–195.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added693185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added879181.00/cwt175.00–184.001,5913
Dairy SteersLarge 2-3Value Added935116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0851
Dairy SteersLarge 2-3Value Added1,010109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added962195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,87611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2705194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3689
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added816195.89/cwt194.00–197.001,59811
SteersMedium and Large 1405200.00/cwt200.00–200.008101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added704213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,5035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added610172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added620201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2463
SteersMedium and Large 1557235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3099
SteersMedium and Large 1454230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,5931
SteersMedium and Large 1633212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2534238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,2745
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1723
HeifersMedium and Large 2540203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2887155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added773175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,35721
HeifersMedium and Large 1635177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added840122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0291
HeifersMedium and Large 1456211.00/cwt211.00–211.009626
HeifersMedium and Large 1546204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,11411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added743160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1898
HeifersMedium and Large 2363195.00/cwt195.00–195.007083
HeifersMedium and Large 2460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,1269

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.