Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2024-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 33)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.00/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$238.00

6 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−11.43

vs VA average

−13.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	238.00	1,277	6thin

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 sale6 hd

238.00

—

VA average8 barns · 328 hd

249.43

−11.43

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−13.94

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

10 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 1-2	1000–1050	1,003	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,187	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,853	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,224	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	231.75/cwt	221.00–236.50	1,678	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,381	2

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 Aug 14, 2024

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

Receipts 54Last week 134Year ago 49

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 33)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	263.00	263.00
2	800–850	840	226.00	226.00
11	1000–1050	1,003	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	573	287.00	287.00
3	650–700	665	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	234.00	234.00
12	700–750	724	221.00–236.50	231.75
8	950–1000	965	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	510	240.00	240.00
7	600–650	631	243.00	243.00

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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