Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2022-04-27

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Apr 27
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
73 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 108▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 40, Bulls 16)

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 $139.01/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$139.01
40 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.03
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545139.2475839
Medium and Large 1325130.004231thin
One grade step is worth $9.24/cwt here — about $336 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 sale40 hd
139.01
—
VA average10 barns · 1,975 hd
143.04
−4.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310175.00/cwt175.00–175.005431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524186.00/cwt186.00–186.009759
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added744154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1467
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added372149.50/cwt149.50–149.505567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388135.00/cwt135.00–135.005242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472137.67/cwt124.00–141.506509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535117.00/cwt117.00–117.006261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614141.00/cwt141.00–141.008668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648134.50/cwt134.50–134.508723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added691136.25/cwt136.25–136.259419
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387163.59/cwt145.00–173.006333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2454168.50/cwt168.50–168.507657
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528131.00/cwt131.00–131.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566157.00/cwt157.00–157.008894

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.