Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2025-04-09

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Apr 9
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
77 head
31 vs last sale 46 49 vs year ago 28 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 41, Bulls 2)

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 $300.68/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$300.68
9 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.46
vs VA average
15.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562300.681,6899thin
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 sale9 hd
300.68
VA average9 barns · 402 hd
297.22
+3.46
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−15.87
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600595298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,7731
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700675276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,77311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450410296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600559293.27/cwt291.00–300.001,6394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4546
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600570327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550538335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650623329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0508
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626302.10/cwt270.00–313.001,8914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550503343.71/cwt335.00–345.001,7298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600590312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550547303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450410311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,2751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750735267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650618305.89/cwt295.00–314.001,89012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680308.24/cwt306.00–313.002,0969

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.