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 1495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
HeifersMedium and Large 268591.00/cwt91.00–91.006231
SteersMedium and Large 1588141.00/cwt141.00–141.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 1390124.00/cwt124.00–124.004841
HeifersMedium and Large 2400122.00/cwt122.00–122.004881
SteersMedium and Large 1485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007032
SteersMedium and Large 2480119.44/cwt115.00–125.005735
BullsMedium and Large 2425129.00/cwt129.00–129.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 2355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
SteersMedium and Large 1755119.00/cwt119.00–119.008981
SteersMedium and Large 2548141.00/cwt141.00–141.007733
BullsMedium and Large 2370133.00/cwt133.00–133.004921
HeifersMedium and Large 1665113.00/cwt113.00–113.007512
SteersMedium and Large 1670130.00/cwt130.00–130.008711
SteersMedium and Large 2750118.00/cwt118.00–118.008851
BullsMedium and Large 1450137.00/cwt137.00–137.006172
HeifersMedium and Large 1780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 2531110.00/cwt110.00–110.005844
SteersMedium and Large 1745115.50/cwt115.00–116.008602
BullsMedium and Large 1443135.99/cwt135.00–137.006022
HeifersMedium and Large 1570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2453119.00/cwt119.00–119.005393
SteersMedium and Large 1640130.00/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.