Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 24, Bulls 3)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.29/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$276.29

7 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.50

vs VA average

−38.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	276.29	1,585	7thin

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 sale7 hd

276.29

—

VA average8 barns · 558 hd

285.79

−9.50

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−38.67

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

18 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	650–700	690	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	320	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,046	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,626	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	250–300	285	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,993	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	388	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	405	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,359	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 Mar 12, 2025

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

Receipts 46Last week 26Year ago 86

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 24, Bulls 3)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	638	271.00	271.00
3	650–700	690	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	785	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	101.00	101.00
2	350–400	388	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	405	342.00	342.00
2	450–500	480	331.00	331.00
2	600–650	643	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	680	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	327.00	327.00
5	550–600	585	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	294.00	294.00
2	500–550	545	272.00	272.00
4	650–700	671	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	276.00	276.00
1	600–650	640	244.00	244.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	808	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	286.00	286.00

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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