Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2021-08-11

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Aug 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
157 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 27▲ 77 vs year ago 80 · +96.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 60, Bulls 5)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.07/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$139.07
92 head · 713 lb average
Value per head Derived
$992
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$130
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.74
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2630142.4689812thin
Medium and Large 1-2692141.4297838
Medium and Large 1756135.981,02842
One grade step is worth $6.48/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale92 hd
139.07
—
VA average10 barns · 1,833 hd
145.81
−6.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 2465144.00/cwt144.00–144.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2497150.00/cwt150.00–150.007466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529153.01/cwt152.00–154.008096
Steers—Medium and Large 2571152.00/cwt152.00–152.008684
Steers—Medium and Large 1588151.00/cwt151.00–151.008884
Steers—Medium and Large 2634140.00/cwt140.00–140.008884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665143.00/cwt143.00–143.009511
Steers—Medium and Large 1667142.00/cwt142.00–142.0094712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2697139.00/cwt139.00–139.009699
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726134.50/cwt134.50–134.509766
Steers—Medium and Large 2760132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0073
Steers—Medium and Large 1772133.91/cwt133.00–134.001,03411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 1854130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1108
Steers—Medium and Large 1937125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2990128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2675
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370127.00/cwt127.00–127.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435132.00/cwt132.00–132.005741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506129.50/cwt129.50–129.506556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560123.50/cwt123.50–123.506923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564125.62/cwt121.00–128.0070812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624123.50/cwt123.50–123.507716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1641121.00/cwt121.00–121.007764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2663119.00/cwt119.00–119.007896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675120.50/cwt120.50–120.508135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755116.50/cwt116.50–116.508805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834112.00/cwt112.00–112.009345
Heifers—Medium and Large 191392.00/cwt92.00–92.008403
Heifers—Medium and Large 298080.00/cwt80.00–80.007841
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410139.00/cwt139.00–139.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2868100.00/cwt100.00–100.008684

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.