Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2023-07-12

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Jul 12
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
186 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 66▼ 42 vs year ago 228 · −18.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 85, Bulls 4)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $229.89/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$229.89
97 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$687
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$32.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.94
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2685230.221,57896
Medium and Large 1450198.008911thin
One grade step is worth $32.22/cwt here — about $687 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 sale97 hd
229.89
—
VA average10 barns · 1,651 hd
226.95
+2.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

19 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1450198.00/cwt198.00–198.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478256.02/cwt255.00–258.001,2246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634239.01/cwt220.00–245.001,51516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,61219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2701228.40/cwt223.00–230.001,60122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768219.51/cwt212.00–229.001,68620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2812199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555170.00/cwt170.00–170.009441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621196.82/cwt193.00–198.001,22242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686185.08/cwt185.00–186.001,27012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2963173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,66614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,3001

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.