Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2024-03-13

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Mar 13
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
86 head
79 vs last sale 165 151 vs year ago 237 · 63.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 66, Bulls 3)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.70/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$260.70
4 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,374
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.63
vs VA average
15.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527260.701,3744thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
260.70
VA average8 barns · 312 hd
254.07
+6.63
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−15.47
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

21 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 1600–650605243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4701
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350345247.00/cwt247.00–247.008521
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2791
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465205.00/cwt205.00–205.009532
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650635274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7401
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8293
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450423262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550527260.70/cwt258.50–263.001,3744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650632240.84/cwt212.50–256.501,5229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500458245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700677283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700658250.70/cwt250.00–251.001,65013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750719220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,58228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600588294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,7292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0351
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320301.00/cwt301.00–301.009632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941

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.