Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 131, Bulls 53)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.90/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$114.90

131 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$0.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	115.05	616	31
Medium and Large 2	464	114.85	533	100

One grade step is worth $0.20/cwt here — about $83 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 sale131 hd

114.90

—

VA average9 barns · 1,845 hd

111.76

+3.14

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

43 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 1	—	340	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	627	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	130.08/cwt	123.00–137.00	447	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	121.23/cwt	120.00–125.00	521	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	597	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	113.82/cwt	111.00–115.00	642	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	560	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	511	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	121.38/cwt	105.00–122.75	653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	102.28/cwt	100.00–107.00	576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	117.28/cwt	109.00–119.50	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	118.66/cwt	102.00–123.00	433	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	113.28/cwt	95.00–115.00	615	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	117.11/cwt	90.00–119.50	520	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	861	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	706	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	616	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	878	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	139.69/cwt	138.00–140.00	507	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	114.81/cwt	98.00–119.50	728	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	699	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	129.69/cwt	125.00–130.00	599	16

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 28, 2019

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 131, Bulls 53)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	137.00	137.00
3	—	557	115.00	115.00
3	—	665	100.00	100.00
4	—	438	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	95.00	95.00
1	—	700	108.00	108.00
2	—	370	134.00	134.00
2	—	520	115.00	115.00
4	—	344	123.00–137.00	130.08
4	—	430	120.00–125.00	121.23
5	—	628	95.00	95.00
11	—	564	111.00–115.00	113.82
12	—	467	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	112.00	112.00
2	—	610	111.00	111.00
5	—	660	111.00	111.00
11	—	460	111.00	111.00
12	—	538	105.00–122.75	121.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	82.00	82.00
3	—	563	100.00–107.00	102.28
3	—	648	88.00	88.00
5	—	458	109.00–119.50	117.28
23	—	365	102.00–123.00	118.66
25	—	543	95.00–115.00	113.28
40	—	444	90.00–119.50	117.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	114.00	114.00
1	—	920	106.00	106.00
2	—	445	125.00	125.00
3	—	377	139.00	139.00
4	—	736	117.00	117.00
13	—	560	126.00	126.00
18	—	635	124.00	124.00
19	—	474	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	136.00	136.00
1	—	435	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	107.00	107.00
1	—	790	81.00	81.00
2	—	540	125.00	125.00
2	—	878	119.00	119.00
7	—	363	138.00–140.00	139.69
9	—	634	98.00–119.50	114.81
14	—	559	125.00	125.00
16	—	462	125.00–130.00	129.69

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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