Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 25)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$351.00

2 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,036

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−16.45

vs VA average

−28.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	580	351.00	2,036	2thin

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 sale2 hd

351.00

—

VA average6 barns · 159 hd

367.45

−16.45

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−28.13

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

12 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 1-2	600–650	614	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	341.33/cwt	341.00–348.00	2,342	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,746	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,376	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,051	7

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 9, 2025

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

Receipts 63Last week 77Year ago 134

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 25)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	327.00	327.00
6	400–450	428	337.00	337.00
2	450–500	468	331.00	331.00
3	500–550	543	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	614	286.00	286.00
7	700–750	726	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	399.00	399.00
2	400–450	448	375.00	375.00
7	450–500	463	377.00	377.00
2	550–600	580	351.00	351.00
20	650–700	686	341.00–348.00	341.33
5	800–850	835	284.50	284.50

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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