Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2024-10-23

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Oct 23
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
86 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 17▲ 41 vs year ago 45 · +91.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 36)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $268.09/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −106.95 against this barn's trailing median of $375.04.
Average price
$268.09
22 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,456
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.49
vs VA average
−30.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543268.091,45622
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 sale22 hd
268.09
—
VA average8 barns · 368 hd
261.60
+6.49
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−30.95
This barn, trailing median1 sales
375.04
−106.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350269.00/cwt269.00–269.009421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534270.33/cwt270.00–271.001,44418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5074
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,66320
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7021
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,7573
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425239.64/cwt239.00–241.001,0183
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477236.97/cwt236.00–241.001,1305
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3555
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,4111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,54312
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2691
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4492
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2928157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,4622

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.