Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2023-09-13

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Sep 13
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
215 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 102▼ 22 vs year ago 237 · −9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 67, Bulls 20)

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 $232.04/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$232.04
128 head · 770 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,788
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.25
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2776233.061,809112
Medium and Large 1730224.841,64216thin
One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $167 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 sale128 hd
232.04
—
VA average10 barns · 1,915 hd
240.28
−8.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487251.57/cwt243.00–254.001,2259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added497247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2283
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3835
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5082
Steers—Medium and Large 1681231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,75223
Steers—Medium and Large 1748220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,6497
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804221.33/cwt220.00–222.501,77915
Steers—Medium and Large 1840218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,8352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2899230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,06845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added965209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,0172
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425200.00/cwt200.00–200.008501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437211.00/cwt211.00–211.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459205.00/cwt205.00–205.009415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505185.00/cwt185.00–185.009346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2735
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608208.50/cwt208.50–208.501,2684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2790200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4751
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2350229.00/cwt229.00–229.008022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,25011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2432

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.