Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 162, Bulls 67)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.10/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$121.10

154 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$0.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	480	121.23	582	45
Medium and Large 2	486	121.04	588	109

One grade step is worth $0.19/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale154 hd

121.10

—

VA average11 barns · 1,674 hd

111.52

+9.58

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

41 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	653	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	118.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	450	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	747	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	718	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	117.58/cwt	110.00–120.00	633	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	144.76/cwt	139.00–145.50	666	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	656	98.99/cwt	95.00–100.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	531	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	125.84/cwt	118.00–126.50	569	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	142.42/cwt	136.00–143.00	620	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	129.43/cwt	120.00–130.00	595	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	123.87/cwt	123.75–124.50	554	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	118.63/cwt	111.00–119.00	641	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	124.94/cwt	123.00–125.50	815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	120.75/cwt	115.50–122.00	449	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	652	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	358	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	490	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	470	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 Sep 21, 2019

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

Receipts 332Last week 379Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 162, Bulls 67)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	129.00	129.00
2	—	343	147.00	147.00
19	—	544	132.00	132.00
1	—	435	137.00	137.00
18	—	460	139.00–145.50	144.76
7	—	361	147.00	147.00
4	—	646	120.00	120.00
3	—	738	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	115.00–117.00	116.00
2	—	618	120.00	120.00
2	—	518	130.00–131.00	130.49
13	—	558	130.00	130.00
11	—	435	136.00–143.00	142.42
9	—	652	123.00–125.50	124.94
2	—	825	110.00–112.00	110.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	120.00	120.00
2	—	660	105.00–110.00	107.50
2	—	628	110.00	110.00
2	—	370	135.00	135.00
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	561	110.00–120.00	118.88
6	—	538	110.00–120.00	117.58
5	—	656	95.00–100.00	98.99
3	—	433	129.00–130.00	129.67
2	—	618	104.00	104.00
19	—	460	120.00–130.00	129.43
10	—	358	137.00	137.00
2	—	343	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	372	121.00	121.00
3	—	628	116.00	116.00
1	—	555	112.00	112.00
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
19	—	447	123.75–124.50	123.87
14	—	543	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	644	116.00	116.00
3	—	653	116.00	116.00
1	—	795	85.00	85.00
1	—	405	117.00	117.00
39	—	452	118.00–126.50	125.84
33	—	540	111.00–119.00	118.63
23	—	372	115.50–122.00	120.75

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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