Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 57, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.34/cwt on 6 head.

Average price

$331.34

6 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$11.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs VA average

−24.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	336.00	1,915	2thin
Medium and Large 1	572	330.34	1,890	3thin
Medium and Large 2	515	325.00	1,674	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.00/cwt here — about $241 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 sale6 hd

331.34

—

VA average7 barns · 289 hd

337.34

−6.00

National average178 barns · 11,809 hd

356.25

−24.91

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

23 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	550–600	572	330.34/cwt	329.00–331.00	1,890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,052	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,149	25
Steers	Small 1	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	345.02/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,236	10
Steers	Small 1	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	376.07/cwt	357.00–380.00	2,129	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,349	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	797	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,590	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	585	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	360.66/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,348	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	294.55/cwt	286.00–296.00	2,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,047	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,915	2

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 Sep 23, 2026

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

Receipts 118Last week 104Year ago 110

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 57, Bulls 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	572	329.00–331.00	330.34
12	650–700	675	304.00	304.00
25	700–750	745	288.50	288.50
7	800–850	845	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	336.00	336.00
3	600–650	623	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	655	291.00	291.00
2	750–800	758	270.00	270.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	339.00	339.00
1	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	710	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	566	357.00–380.00	376.07
10	600–650	648	336.00–346.00	345.02
13	700–750	748	314.00	314.00
7	850–900	860	286.00–296.00	294.55
2	950–1000	965	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	385.00	385.00
6	650–700	651	359.00–361.00	360.66
3	750–800	797	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	401.00	401.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	352.00	352.00
2	550–600	580	342.00	342.00

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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