Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2022-10-12

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Oct 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
81 head
▼ 267 vs last sale 348▼ 142 vs year ago 223 · −63.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 28, Bulls 8)

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 $178.03/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$178.03
44 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$122
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.27
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2439195.758594thin
Medium and Large 1557176.2698140
One grade step is worth $19.49/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale44 hd
178.03
—
VA average10 barns · 2,302 hd
159.77
+18.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330201.00/cwt201.00–201.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1449196.00/cwt196.00–196.008809
Steers—Medium and Large 2475194.00/cwt194.00–194.009223
Steers—Medium and Large 1540179.00/cwt179.00–179.009671
Steers—Medium and Large 1556178.37/cwt173.00–179.0099219
Steers—Medium and Large 1622158.00/cwt158.00–158.009838
Steers—Medium and Large 1690154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,0661
Steers—Medium and Large 1728150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365160.00/cwt160.00–160.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367169.16/cwt168.00–170.006215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418162.77/cwt159.50–166.006802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1452159.00/cwt159.00–159.007197
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460159.50/cwt159.50–159.507341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510156.00/cwt156.00–156.007963
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555156.00/cwt156.00–156.008662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685134.50/cwt134.50–134.509211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added700130.50/cwt130.50–130.509143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755126.00/cwt126.00–126.009511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added810124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375193.00/cwt193.00–193.007242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473178.00/cwt178.00–178.008422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485178.00/cwt178.00–178.008631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645141.00/cwt141.00–141.009091

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.