Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2024-08-14

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Aug 14
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
54 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 134▲ 5 vs year ago 49 · +10.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 33)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.00/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$238.00
6 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.43
vs VA average
−13.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537238.001,2776thin
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 sale6 hd
238.00
—
VA average8 barns · 328 hd
249.43
−11.43
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−13.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

10 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6454
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6701
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7623
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8982
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,003218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,18711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2244
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5337
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724231.75/cwt221.00–236.501,67812
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8538

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.