Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 43, Bulls 14)

Most lots Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.87/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$388.87

7 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.16

vs VA average

−69.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	388.87	2,174	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

388.87

—

VA average9 barns · 339 hd

393.03

−4.16

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−69.27

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

15 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	450–500	495	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	1,639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,229	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,571	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	239.20/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,832	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	388.87/cwt	386.00–391.00	2,174	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	326.33/cwt	316.00–330.00	2,062	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,585	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	361.61/cwt	361.00–363.00	2,473	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	991	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,095	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,420	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 Oct 22, 2025

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

Receipts 104Last week 110Year ago 86

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 43, Bulls 14)

Most lots Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	382.00	382.00
7	550–600	559	386.00–391.00	388.87
26	650–700	684	361.00–363.00	361.61
6	850–900	875	315.00	315.00
4	950–1000	991	270.00	270.00
1	1050–1100	1,095	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	496	330.50	330.50
20	600–650	632	316.00–330.00	326.33
3	750–800	753	296.00	296.00
11	900–950	907	285.00	285.00
4	950–1000	968	270.50	270.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	462	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
5	750–800	766	239.00–240.00	239.20
2	1000–1050	1,045	192.00	192.00

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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