Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2019-07-27

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Jul 27
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
43 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 58▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20; Heifers 17, Bulls 6)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.96/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$128.96
19 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.94
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1634131.2083210thin
Medium and Large 2533126.476749thin
One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $158 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 sale19 hd
128.96
—
VA average7 barns · 412 hd
133.90
−4.94
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68591.00/cwt91.00–91.006231
SteersMedium and Large 1—588141.00/cwt141.00–141.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 1—390124.00/cwt124.00–124.004841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—400122.00/cwt122.00–122.004881
SteersMedium and Large 1—485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007032
SteersMedium and Large 2—480119.44/cwt115.00–125.005735
BullsMedium and Large 2—425129.00/cwt129.00–129.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
SteersMedium and Large 1—755119.00/cwt119.00–119.008981
SteersMedium and Large 2—548141.00/cwt141.00–141.007733
BullsMedium and Large 2—370133.00/cwt133.00–133.004921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665113.00/cwt113.00–113.007512
SteersMedium and Large 1—670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
SteersMedium and Large 2—750118.00/cwt118.00–118.008851
BullsMedium and Large 1—450137.00/cwt137.00–137.006172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531110.00/cwt110.00–110.005844
SteersMedium and Large 1—745115.50/cwt115.00–116.008602
BullsMedium and Large 1—443135.99/cwt135.00–137.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—453119.00/cwt119.00–119.005393
SteersMedium and Large 1—640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008322

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.