Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 7, Bulls 8)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.23/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$127.23

26 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$1.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.47

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	540	127.68	689	20
Medium and Large 1	592	125.73	745	6thin

One grade step is worth $1.95/cwt here — about −$55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

127.23

—

VA average7 barns · 1,065 hd

131.70

−4.47

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 lots · USDA AMS · Narrows Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Narrows, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	822	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	981	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	122.49/cwt	120.00–125.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	128.85/cwt	124.00–131.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	125.73/cwt	125.00–126.00	551	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	719	5

How this sale compares

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Narrows Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Narrows, VA

Sat Jun 29, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 7, Bulls 8)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	112.00	112.00
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
1	—	490	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	99.00	99.00
1	—	525	99.00	99.00
1	—	490	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
4	—	527	124.00–131.00	128.85
1	—	860	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	133.00	133.00
2	—	573	126.00	126.00
1	—	925	106.00	106.00
1	—	455	126.00	126.00
7	—	438	125.00–126.00	125.73
5	—	547	131.50	131.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	117.00–119.00	118.00
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	120.00–125.00	122.49
1	—	625	123.00	123.00
1	—	375	117.00	117.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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