Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 59, Bulls 46)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.93/cwt on 57 head.

Average price

$108.93

57 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$1.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	504	109.42	552	42
Medium and Large 1	591	107.57	636	15thin

One grade step is worth $1.85/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale57 hd

108.93

—

VA average6 barns · 1,268 hd

116.96

−8.03

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

32 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	—	643	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	108.60/cwt	108.50–109.00	505	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	142.10/cwt	139.00–143.00	630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	105.37/cwt	105.00–105.50	796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	136.06/cwt	130.00–139.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	745	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	111.24/cwt	108.00–111.50	495	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	139.29/cwt	134.00–142.00	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	114.91/cwt	110.00–118.00	417	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	135.98/cwt	135.00–137.00	631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	778	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	102.56/cwt	102.00–105.00	551	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	2

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 31, 2019

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

Receipts 128Last week 203Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 59, Bulls 46)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	115.00	115.00
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
9	—	443	139.00–143.00	142.10
8	—	536	139.00	139.00
6	—	378	140.00	140.00
4	—	464	135.00–137.00	135.98
2	—	673	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	130.00–139.00	136.06
4	—	440	134.00–142.00	139.29
2	—	565	139.00	139.00
1	—	605	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	109.00	109.00
6	—	555	102.50	102.50
5	—	680	115.50	115.50
3	—	467	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	108.50–109.00	108.60
4	—	755	105.00–105.50	105.37
1	—	560	102.00	102.00
13	—	445	108.00–111.50	111.24
8	—	363	110.00–118.00	114.91
6	—	651	108.50	108.50
5	—	537	102.00–105.00	102.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	838	120.00	120.00
2	—	638	129.00	129.00
5	—	466	143.00	143.00
3	—	555	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	138.00	138.00
1	—	800	115.00	115.00
1	—	685	120.00	120.00
1	—	345	138.00	138.00
3	—	552	141.00	141.00
2	—	480	136.00	136.00

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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