Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2024-03-13

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Mar 13
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
86 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 165▼ 151 vs year ago 237 · −63.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 66, Bulls 3)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.70/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$260.70
4 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,374
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.63
vs VA average
−15.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527260.701,3744thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
260.70
—
VA average8 barns · 312 hd
254.07
+6.63
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−15.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5361
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5822
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,7292
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7401
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9167
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8293
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345247.00/cwt247.00–247.008521
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1082
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465205.00/cwt205.00–205.009532
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527260.70/cwt258.50–263.001,3744
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2791
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632240.84/cwt212.50–256.501,5229
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658250.70/cwt250.00–251.001,65013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,58228
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320301.00/cwt301.00–301.009632
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4701

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.