Sale reports / Virginia / Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA / 2025-09-24

Pulaski Livestock Market - Dublin, VA

Feeder Cattle · Dublin, Virginia · Wed, Sep 24
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2180
Receipts
110 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 63▼ 108 vs year ago 218 · −49.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 55)

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 $368.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −6.38 against this barn's trailing median of $375.04.
Average price
$368.67
3 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,090
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.36
vs VA average
−48.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553376.002,0792thin
Medium and Large 2595354.002,1061thin
One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about −$27 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
368.67
—
VA average8 barns · 449 hd
392.03
−23.36
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
−48.42
This barn, trailing median1 sales
375.04
−6.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,6861
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,0792
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1061
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0601
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,38615
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,52015
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,66012
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7303
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6251
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added910317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,8852
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added970296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,8711
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,085260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,8211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,6912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,9572
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0207
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1256
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664335.50/cwt335.50–335.502,22814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2261
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,29518
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,2571
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4453
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2890261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,3231

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.