Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2020-10-28

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Oct 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
58 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 127▲ 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 37)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.01/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$110.01
37 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$498
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$16.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.14
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2714112.0480023
Medium and Large 1594107.5063813thin
Small 131596.003021thin
One grade step is worth $16.04/cwt here — about $498 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale37 hd
110.01
—
VA average11 barns · 1,835 hd
111.16
−1.14
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006281
Steers—Medium and Large 1578134.00/cwt134.00–134.007752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583137.00/cwt137.00–137.007993
Steers—Medium and Large 1605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605119.50/cwt119.50–119.507232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690127.00/cwt127.00–127.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added746130.00/cwt130.00–130.009705
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added846128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,09590.00/cwt90.00–90.009862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 131596.00/cwt96.00–96.003021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458113.00/cwt113.00–113.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540105.00/cwt105.00–105.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558109.00/cwt109.00–109.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654104.50/cwt104.50–104.506835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691116.00/cwt116.00–116.008025
Heifers—Medium and Large 171099.00/cwt99.00–99.007031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785112.00/cwt112.00–112.0087913

This sale against other markets

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.