Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 56, Bulls 8)

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 $274.47/cwt on 21 head.

Average price

$274.47

21 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.45

vs VA average

−28.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	274.47	1,517	21

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 sale21 hd

274.47

—

VA average5 barns · 311 hd

287.92

−13.45

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−28.44

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	824	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	234.41/cwt	215.50–250.00	1,707	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	278.83/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,472	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	463	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	239.75/cwt	235.00–244.50	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	943	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	246.10/cwt	233.00–247.25	1,590	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	858	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	238.26/cwt	238.00–240.00	858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,295	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	977	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	259.21/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,719	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,555	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	898	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	678	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 Jul 10, 2024

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

Receipts 134Last week 30Year ago 186

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 56, Bulls 8)

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
1	600–650	630	256.00	256.00
1	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
2	900–950	943	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	311.00	311.00
7	400–450	415	312.00	312.00
10	500–550	528	275.00–284.00	278.83
11	550–600	575	270.50	270.50
15	650–700	663	256.00–260.00	259.21
17	700–750	728	215.50–250.00	234.41
2	800–850	835	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	231.00	231.00
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
6	800–850	824	224.00	224.00
3	850–900	858	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	360	238.00–240.00	238.26
3	450–500	487	235.00	235.00
4	500–550	523	235.00–244.50	239.75
24	600–650	646	233.00–247.25	246.10
2	650–700	683	232.00	232.00
2	750–800	753	226.00	226.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	176.00	176.00
7	450–500	499	180.00	180.00

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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