Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 169, Bulls 78)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.68/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$109.68

167 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$0.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.34

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	110.13	571	68
Medium and Large 2	475	109.37	520	99

One grade step is worth $0.75/cwt here — about $52 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 sale167 hd

109.68

—

VA average10 barns · 2,524 hd

110.02

−0.34

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

40 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	—	440	124.07/cwt	120.00–126.00	546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	103.98/cwt	101.00–107.00	346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	106.16/cwt	95.00–106.75	574	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	127.77/cwt	124.00–128.50	808	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	690	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	117.66/cwt	111.00–118.00	547	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	91.53/cwt	88.00–95.00	517	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	605	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	104.59/cwt	101.00–105.00	571	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	596	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	128.95/cwt	120.00–132.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	126.13/cwt	120.00–126.50	674	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	82.52/cwt	80.00–85.00	541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	746	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	125.08/cwt	125.00–126.00	664	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	104.25/cwt	104.00–106.00	662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	670	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	113.56/cwt	107.00–114.00	521	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	132.87/cwt	129.00–135.00	622	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	482	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	119.22/cwt	113.00–119.50	436	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	511	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	123.72/cwt	120.00–125.00	689	4

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 169, Bulls 78)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	120.00–126.00	124.07
25	—	467	129.50	129.50
17	—	534	120.00–126.50	126.13
8	—	635	104.00–106.00	104.25
4	—	384	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	657	105.00	105.00
6	—	563	128.00	128.00
4	—	468	120.00–132.00	128.95
3	—	350	132.00	132.00
1	—	530	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	113.00	113.00
1	—	720	98.00	98.00
22	—	465	111.00–118.00	117.66
19	—	546	101.00–105.00	104.59
10	—	370	115.00	115.00
8	—	641	104.50	104.50
5	—	758	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	101.00–107.00	103.98
19	—	541	95.00–106.75	106.16
6	—	565	88.00–95.00	91.53
5	—	436	111.00	111.00
4	—	655	80.00–85.00	82.52
4	—	639	97.00	97.00
33	—	459	107.00–114.00	113.56
2	—	720	86.00	86.00
24	—	366	113.00–119.50	119.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	632	124.00–128.50	127.77
2	—	518	125.00–130.00	127.49
2	—	443	129.00	129.00
1	—	870	109.00	109.00
24	—	557	134.00	134.00
20	—	468	129.00–135.00	132.87
15	—	373	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	117.00	117.00
1	—	710	113.00	113.00
1	—	405	129.00	129.00
23	—	462	129.00	129.00
12	—	531	125.00–126.00	125.08
10	—	374	129.00	129.00
4	—	557	120.00–125.00	123.72

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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