Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 91, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.00/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$110.00

91 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$60

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

$0.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.04

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	492	110.16	541	57
Medium and Large 1	548	109.75	601	34

One grade step is worth $0.41/cwt here — about −$60 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 sale91 hd

110.00

—

VA average8 barns · 1,140 hd

119.04

−9.04

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

37 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	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	766	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	136.42/cwt	130.00–137.00	757	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	109.43/cwt	106.00–110.00	592	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	108.58/cwt	92.00–111.00	495	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	123.42/cwt	122.00–124.00	810	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	629	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	135.73/cwt	129.00–138.00	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	509	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	104.12/cwt	104.00–105.00	571	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	545	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	107.09/cwt	95.00–110.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	461	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	923	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	108.62/cwt	106.00–110.00	727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	109.01/cwt	106.00–109.50	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	127.79/cwt	125.00–130.50	933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	134.04/cwt	130.00–138.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	126.21/cwt	126.00–128.00	815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	661	15

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 24, 2019

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

Receipts 203Last week 73Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 91, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
4	—	560	129.00–138.00	135.73
4	—	385	142.00	142.00
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
1	—	470	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	120.00	120.00
3	—	440	143.00	143.00
3	—	385	143.00	143.00
2	—	625	125.00	125.00
2	—	520	130.00–138.00	134.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	106.00	106.00
1	—	385	124.00	124.00
14	—	541	106.00–110.00	109.43
8	—	459	111.00	111.00
5	—	634	95.00–110.00	107.09
3	—	669	106.00–110.00	108.62
2	—	558	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	109.50	109.50
18	—	456	92.00–111.00	108.58
16	—	548	104.00–105.00	104.12
11	—	378	122.00	122.00
7	—	635	106.00–109.50	109.01
4	—	438	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	143.00	143.00
9	—	547	140.00	140.00
6	—	563	140.00	140.00
6	—	473	150.00	150.00
2	—	750	130.50	130.50
2	—	730	125.00–130.50	127.79
2	—	445	145.00	145.00
9	—	646	126.00–128.00	126.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	555	130.00–137.00	136.42
7	—	656	122.00–124.00	123.42
5	—	366	149.00	149.00
3	—	727	127.00	127.00
2	—	875	113.00	113.00
15	—	456	145.00	145.00

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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