Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 23, Bulls 7)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.82/cwt on 28 head.

Average price

$132.82

28 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$1.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.48

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	555	133.53	741	15thin
Medium and Large 1	530	132.00	699	13thin

One grade step is worth $1.53/cwt here — about $42 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 sale28 hd

132.82

—

VA average8 barns · 1,083 hd

128.35

+4.48

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

23 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	867	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	132.03/cwt	131.00–133.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	133.00/cwt	132.00–134.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	121.96/cwt	118.00–123.00	571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	130.99/cwt	128.00–132.00	580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	604	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	114.65/cwt	114.00–116.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	131.99/cwt	130.00–133.00	928	3

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 20, 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 28, Heifers 23, Bulls 7)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	138.00	138.00
1	—	775	135.00	135.00
1	—	660	134.00	134.00
1	—	585	133.00	133.00
1	—	330	143.00	143.00
6	—	472	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	620	131.00–133.00	132.03
2	—	503	132.00–134.00	133.00
2	—	380	133.00	133.00
4	—	443	128.00–132.00	130.99
3	—	703	130.00–133.00	131.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	106.00	106.00
1	—	430	135.00	135.00
2	—	565	110.00	110.00
2	—	355	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	121.50	121.50
2	—	395	112.00	112.00
10	—	468	118.00–123.00	121.96
3	—	628	119.00	119.00
3	—	518	114.00–116.00	114.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	119.00	119.00
1	—	635	115.00	115.00

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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