Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2025-04-09

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Apr 9
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
77 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 46▲ 49 vs year ago 28 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 41, Bulls 2)

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 $300.68/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$300.68
9 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.46
vs VA average
−15.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562300.681,6899thin
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 sale9 hd
300.68
—
VA average9 barns · 402 hd
297.22
+3.46
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−15.87
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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503343.71/cwt335.00–345.001,7298
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8023
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0508
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626302.10/cwt270.00–313.001,8914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680308.24/cwt306.00–313.002,0969
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added410311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,2751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4546
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6573
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559293.27/cwt291.00–300.001,6394
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8412
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618305.89/cwt295.00–314.001,89012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,77311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,7731
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8631

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.