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Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Name: Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, May 8

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180

← Apr 10May 8Jul 10 →

Receipts

30 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 28▼ 36 vs year ago 66 · −54.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Dairy Steers 10, Heifers 9)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $259.20/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −89.28 against this barn's trailing median of $348.48.

Average price

$259.20

5 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.81

vs VA average

−24.75 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	627	272.00	1,705	3thin
Medium and Large 1	658	240.00	1,579	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

259.20

—

VA average10 barns · 307 hd

271.01

−11.81

National average159 barns · 9,095 hd

283.95

−24.75

This barn, trailing median1 sales

348.48

−89.28

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

Every lot

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	415	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,208	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	460	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,320	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,765	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,579	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	753	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,739	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	820	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,320	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,057	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	540	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,247	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	552	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,275	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	640	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,459	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	780	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,607	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 2-3Value Added	385	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	732	2
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 2-3Value Added	475	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	960	3
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 2-3Value Added	577	185.91/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,073	5

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 May 8, 2024

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

Receipts 30Last week 28Year ago 66

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Dairy Steers 10, Heifers 9)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	658	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	291.00	291.00
1	450–500	460	287.00	287.00
2	600–650	613	288.00	288.00
1	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	740	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	753	231.00	231.00
1	800–850	820	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	261.00	261.00
1	500–550	540	231.00	231.00
3	550–600	552	231.00	231.00
3	600–650	640	228.00	228.00
1	750–800	780	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	190.00	190.00
3	450–500	475	202.00	202.00
5	550–600	577	180.00–190.00	185.91

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.