Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2025-09-24

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Sep 24
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
110 head
47 vs last sale 63 108 vs year ago 218 · 49.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 55)

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 $368.67/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$368.67
3 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
23.36
vs VA average
48.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553376.002,0792thin
Medium and Large 2595354.002,1061thin
One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about −$27 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale3 hd
368.67
VA average8 barns · 449 hd
392.03
−23.36
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
−48.42
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

22 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,2571
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550545359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,9572
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850843290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4453
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700664335.50/cwt335.50–335.502,22814
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750738311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,29518
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950905290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6251
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500490344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,6861
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7303
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,085260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,8211
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900890261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,6912
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600553376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,0792
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850834319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,66012
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650640332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1256
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600558362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0207
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700652366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,38615
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800759332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,52015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950910317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,8852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added950–1000970296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,8711
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750725307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2261
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0601

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.