Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 201, Heifers 140, Bulls 4)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.61/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$141.61

201 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$179

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

$4.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.38

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	145.16	696	27
Medium and Large 1-2	607	142.75	866	52
Medium and Large 1	624	140.33	876	122

One grade step is worth $4.82/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale201 hd

141.61

—

VA average7 barns · 1,341 hd

134.23

+7.38

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

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	116.30/cwt	100.00–124.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	123.08/cwt	114.00–124.50	689	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	120.05/cwt	119.00–121.00	743	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	618	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	102.37/cwt	100.00–107.00	543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	121.22/cwt	96.00–130.00	698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	127.11/cwt	124.00–131.00	595	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	137.12/cwt	136.00–139.00	876	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	143.99/cwt	142.00–145.00	828	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	135.48/cwt	134.50–137.00	969	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	139.71/cwt	139.00–140.50	949	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	775	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	537	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	746	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	623	138.89/cwt	125.00–145.00	865	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	144.86/cwt	138.00–151.00	833	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	771	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	141.16/cwt	138.00–141.50	920	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	146.14/cwt	141.00–148.00	696	23

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

Tue Jul 9, 2019

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

Receipts 345Last week 41Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 201, Heifers 140, Bulls 4)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	383	136.00	136.00
2	—	533	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	94.00	94.00
2	—	785	108.00	108.00
4	—	713	115.00	115.00
5	—	424	125.00	125.00
6	—	533	100.00–124.00	116.30
27	—	560	114.00–124.50	123.08
32	—	619	119.00–121.00	120.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	113.00	113.00
7	—	618	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	115.00	115.00
3	—	483	120.00	120.00
9	—	618	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	95.00	95.00
4	—	416	110.00	110.00
7	—	530	100.00–107.00	102.37
8	—	576	96.00–130.00	121.22
14	—	468	124.00–131.00	127.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	145.00	145.00
8	—	639	136.00–139.00	137.12
9	—	575	142.00–145.00	143.99
10	—	715	134.50–137.00	135.48
37	—	679	139.00–140.50	139.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	140.00	140.00
4	—	775	134.00	134.00
9	—	537	139.00	139.00
14	—	623	125.00–145.00	138.89
21	—	575	138.00–151.00	144.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	139.00	139.00
14	—	528	146.00	146.00
31	—	652	138.00–141.50	141.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	146.00	146.00
2	—	583	133.00	133.00
23	—	476	141.00–148.00	146.14

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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