Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 32, Bulls 28)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.94/cwt on 31 head.

Average price

$111.94

31 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$2.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.08

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	113.63	568	8thin
Medium and Large 2	485	111.35	540	23

One grade step is worth $2.27/cwt here — about $28 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 sale31 hd

111.94

—

VA average11 barns · 1,865 hd

117.02

−5.08

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	138.89/cwt	138.00–143.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	134.62/cwt	125.00–137.00	761	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	122.61/cwt	115.00–127.00	766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	113.01/cwt	111.00–114.00	530	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	645	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	123.26/cwt	120.00–125.00	699	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 Aug 17, 2019

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

Receipts 73Last week 112Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 32, Bulls 28)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	120.00	120.00
7	—	625	115.00–127.00	122.61
4	—	438	141.00	141.00
2	—	538	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	138.00–143.00	138.89
5	—	565	125.00–137.00	134.62
1	—	650	115.00	115.00
1	—	520	122.00	122.00
1	—	385	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	125.00	125.00
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
1	—	540	111.00	111.00
2	—	555	109.00	109.00
2	—	465	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
1	—	725	80.00	80.00
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
1	—	445	107.00	107.00
12	—	469	111.00–114.00	113.01
5	—	364	126.00	126.00
2	—	573	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	134.00	134.00
2	—	493	144.00	144.00
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	454	142.00	142.00
3	—	567	120.00–125.00	123.26

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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