Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 10, Bulls 1)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$280.00

2 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−12.89

vs VA average

−25.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	280.00	1,450	2thin

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 sale2 hd

280.00

—

VA average9 barns · 567 hd

292.89

−12.89

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−25.47

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

13 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,239	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	733	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	704	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,255	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,336	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 Apr 10, 2024

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

Receipts 28Last week 86Year ago 108

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 10, Bulls 1)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	518	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	619	268.00	268.00
1	650–700	665	253.50	253.50
5	700–750	704	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	246.00	246.00
2	550–600	590	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	733	200.00	200.00
3	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	204.00	204.00

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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