Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2024-10-09

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Oct 9
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
17 head
▼ 201 vs last sale 218▼ 32 vs year ago 49 · −65.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 5, Heifers 9, 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 $217.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$217.00
1 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.23
vs VA average
−35.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500217.001,0851thin
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 sale1 hd
217.00
—
VA average9 barns · 519 hd
228.23
−11.23
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−35.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

8 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7593
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2875206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0851
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3021
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added795212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6852
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added890194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,7275
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,2403

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.