Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 55, Bulls 13)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.22/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$111.22

54 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$6.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.22

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	116.35	664	13thin
Medium and Large 2	541	109.59	593	41

One grade step is worth $6.76/cwt here — about $71 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 sale54 hd

111.22

—

VA average12 barns · 2,240 hd

119.43

−8.22

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

32 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	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	100.04/cwt	98.00–102.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	125.86/cwt	120.00–128.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	95.74/cwt	85.00–106.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	96.27/cwt	90.00–105.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	97.82/cwt	89.00–107.00	522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	116.05/cwt	103.00–118.00	659	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	119.29/cwt	113.00–120.00	530	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	617	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	113.35/cwt	100.00–119.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	109.59/cwt	106.00–120.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	133.31/cwt	110.00–138.00	717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	117.80/cwt	109.00–133.00	748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	130.94/cwt	119.00–133.00	609	7

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 Jul 13, 2019

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

Receipts 105Last week 41Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 55, Bulls 13)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	125.00	125.00
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
2	—	360	133.00	133.00
4	—	555	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	131.00	131.00
2	—	520	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	107.00	107.00
2	—	570	98.00–102.00	100.04
2	—	635	117.00	117.00
4	—	463	120.00–128.00	125.86
4	—	658	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	108.00	108.00
2	—	480	108.00	108.00
2	—	768	85.00–106.00	95.74
3	—	665	90.00–105.00	96.27
4	—	359	116.00	116.00
6	—	534	89.00–107.00	97.82
6	—	633	106.00	106.00
8	—	568	103.00–118.00	116.05
9	—	444	113.00–120.00	119.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	126.00	126.00
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
4	—	672	100.00–119.00	113.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	128.00	128.00
2	—	720	120.00	120.00
3	—	380	124.00	124.00
4	—	560	106.00–120.00	109.59
6	—	538	110.00–138.00	133.31
6	—	635	109.00–133.00	117.80
7	—	465	119.00–133.00	130.94

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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