Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2025-03-12

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Mar 12
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
46 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 26▼ 40 vs year ago 86 · −46.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 24, 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 $276.29/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$276.29
7 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−9.50
vs VA average
−38.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574276.291,5857thin
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 sale7 hd
276.29
—
VA average8 barns · 558 hd
285.79
−9.50
National average179 barns · 17,787 hd
314.96
−38.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added285101.00/cwt101.00–101.002883
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added388355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3772
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,3851
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,5892
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7293
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9932
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6322
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7943
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added320327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,0469
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,0972
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2971
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4822
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,6265
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6644
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3591
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added808180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4542

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.