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Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Oct 25

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180

← Oct 11Oct 25Nov 8 →

Receipts

45 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 49▼ 89 vs year ago 134 · −66.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 9, Bulls 17)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $211.44/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$211.44

19 head · 695 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$289

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$27.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.26

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	227.63	1,288	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	789	199.68	1,576	11thin

One grade step is worth $27.95/cwt here — about −$289 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 sale19 hd

211.44

—

VA average9 barns · 1,153 hd

219.71

−8.26

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	992	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,308	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,361	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,557	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	199.92/cwt	188.00–209.00	1,547	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,751	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	869	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	975	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,004	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	548	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,129	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	176.80/cwt	164.00–189.00	1,114	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,306	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	901	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	994	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,145	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,177	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,277	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	645	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,226	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	875	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,304	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Pulaski Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Dublin, VA

Wed Oct 25, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 45Last week 49Year ago 134

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 9, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	184.00	184.00
2	—	630	164.00–189.00	176.80
2	—	460	212.00	212.00
1	—	395	220.00	220.00
2	—	548	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	226.00	226.00
2	—	645	190.00	190.00
1	—	530	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	231.00	231.00
2	—	340	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	209.00	209.00
2	—	645	198.00	198.00
1	—	875	149.00	149.00
1	—	730	175.00	175.00
1	—	425	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	170.00	170.00
7	—	774	188.00–209.00	199.92
3	—	745	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	232.00	232.00
2	—	645	211.00	211.00
1	—	415	239.00	239.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.