Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 65, Bulls 37)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.40/cwt on 64 head.

Average price

$116.40

64 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$4.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	118.78	627	28
Medium and Large 2	492	114.55	564	36

One grade step is worth $4.23/cwt here — about $63 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 sale64 hd

116.40

—

VA average10 barns · 2,120 hd

112.08

+4.33

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 1	—	544	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	444	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	126.72/cwt	125.00–127.00	577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	115.64/cwt	115.00–117.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	128.88/cwt	128.00–129.00	590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	578	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	112.58/cwt	109.00–124.00	708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	668	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	107.98/cwt	105.00–111.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	508	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	722	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	487	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	694	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	542	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	709	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	122.72/cwt	120.00–124.00	518	3

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 Oct 12, 2019

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 65, Bulls 37)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	544	127.00	127.00
4	—	459	126.00	126.00
1	—	390	128.00	128.00
5	—	649	107.00	107.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	127.00	127.00
7	—	455	125.00–127.00	126.72
4	—	385	129.00	129.00
4	—	629	109.00–124.00	112.58
4	—	531	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	115.00–117.00	115.64
3	—	527	120.50	120.50
13	—	554	120.50	120.50
1	—	385	115.00	115.00
8	—	463	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	109.00	109.00
3	—	360	109.00	109.00
13	—	535	118.00	118.00
2	—	463	105.00–111.00	107.98
12	—	442	115.00	115.00
1	—	590	110.00	110.00
4	—	633	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	124.00	124.00
9	—	458	128.00–129.00	128.88
1	—	705	115.00	115.00
8	—	549	131.50	131.50
1	—	575	124.00	124.00
4	—	381	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	131.00	131.00
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
6	—	361	135.00	135.00
1	—	485	127.00	127.00
3	—	422	120.00–124.00	122.72

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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