Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2024-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 82)

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 $263.48/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$263.48

17 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$17

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$1.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.66

vs VA average

−10.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	575	265.00	1,524	1thin
Medium and Large 1	572	263.39	1,507	16thin

One grade step is worth $1.61/cwt here — about $17 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

263.48

—

VA average8 barns · 418 hd

258.83

+4.66

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−10.81

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

23 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,246	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,585	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	906	211.15/cwt	209.50–213.00	1,913	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,772	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	263.39/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,507	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,728	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	204.55/cwt	204.50–205.00	1,508	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,261	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,492	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,140	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,849	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 Sep 25, 2024

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

Receipts 218Last week 5Year ago 298

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 82)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	216.00	216.00
3	550–600	568	223.00	223.00
3	600–650	602	223.00	223.00
33	650–700	660	226.00	226.00
21	700–750	737	204.50–205.00	204.55
4	800–850	834	176.00	176.00
1	850–900	850	120.00	120.00
6	950–1000	962	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	558	226.00	226.00
3	650–700	673	218.00	218.00
1	700–750	725	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	572	263.00–265.00	263.39
39	650–700	655	242.00	242.00
40	700–750	745	232.00	232.00
14	800–850	844	210.00	210.00
2	950–1000	958	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	257.00	257.00
19	900–950	906	209.50–213.00	211.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	266.00	266.00
1	550–600	575	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	740	196.00	196.00

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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