Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2024-05-08

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, May 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
30 head
2 vs last sale 28 36 vs year ago 66 · 54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Dairy Steers 10, Heifers 9)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $259.20/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$259.20
5 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$32.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.81
vs VA average
24.75 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2627272.001,7053thin
Medium and Large 1658240.001,5792thin
One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
259.20
VA average10 barns · 307 hd
271.01
−11.81
National average159 barns · 9,095 hd
283.95
−24.75
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

16 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
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450405261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550540231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800780206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600552231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650640228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500460287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650613288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7652
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5721
Dairy SteersLarge 2-3Value Added450–500475202.00/cwt202.00–202.009603
Dairy SteersLarge 2-3Value Added550–600577185.91/cwt180.00–190.001,0735
Dairy SteersLarge 2-3Value Added350–400385190.00/cwt190.00–190.007322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750740230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850820161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800753231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450415291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2081

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.