Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2019-08-03

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Aug 3
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
57 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 43▲ 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 27, Bulls 9)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.96/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$118.96
27 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.78
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559120.6767412thin
Medium and Large 2545117.6064115thin
One grade step is worth $3.07/cwt here — about $33 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 sale27 hd
118.96
—
VA average9 barns · 1,863 hd
121.75
−2.78
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

26 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
BullsMedium and Large 1—585125.00/cwt125.00–125.007312
BullsMedium and Large 1—469132.00/cwt132.00–132.006193
BullsMedium and Large 2—450138.00/cwt138.00–138.006211
BullsMedium and Large 2—658123.00/cwt123.00–123.008092
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515124.00/cwt124.00–124.006391
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 1—454124.00/cwt124.00–124.005634
HeifersMedium and Large 1—651116.00/cwt116.00–116.007555
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530121.00/cwt121.00–121.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—710103.00/cwt103.00–103.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330118.00/cwt118.00–118.003892
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575121.00/cwt121.00–121.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—453123.00/cwt123.00–123.005574
HeifersMedium and Large 2—663114.00/cwt114.00–114.007565
SteersMedium and Large 1—570128.00/cwt128.00–128.007301
SteersMedium and Large 1—620131.00/cwt131.00–131.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1—820120.00/cwt120.00–120.009841
SteersMedium and Large 1—720121.38/cwt117.00–126.008742
SteersMedium and Large 1—655131.00/cwt131.00–131.008583
SteersMedium and Large 1—755126.00/cwt126.00–126.009513
SteersMedium and Large 2—670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008511
SteersMedium and Large 2—795124.00/cwt124.00–124.009861
SteersMedium and Large 2—560137.00/cwt137.00–137.007672
SteersMedium and Large 2—713128.00/cwt128.00–128.009132
SteersMedium and Large 2—620131.00/cwt131.00–131.008124

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.