Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 139, Bulls 54)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.26/cwt on 137 head.

Average price

$117.26

137 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$71

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

$0.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.10

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	496	117.51	582	91
Medium and Large 1	560	116.76	654	46

One grade step is worth $0.74/cwt here — about −$71 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 sale137 hd

117.26

—

VA average12 barns · 2,575 hd

110.16

+7.10

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 1	—	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	607	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	479	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	546	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	677	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	567	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	108.57/cwt	105.00–112.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	117.82/cwt	116.00–118.00	557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	112.00/cwt	111.00–113.00	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	110.10/cwt	100.00–118.00	517	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	115.78/cwt	110.00–117.25	761	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	457	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	118.78/cwt	114.00–119.00	640	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	118.46/cwt	110.00–120.00	527	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	890	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	130.56/cwt	129.00–131.00	614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	131.27/cwt	128.50–132.00	709	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	905	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	116.92/cwt	95.00–128.00	479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	126.97/cwt	125.00–129.00	683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	724	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	582	14

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 19, 2019

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

Receipts 295Last week 140Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 139, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	115.00	115.00
1	—	535	116.00	116.00
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
3	—	355	131.00	131.00
6	—	474	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	127.00	127.00
3	—	667	109.00	109.00
8	—	363	132.00	132.00
11	—	546	124.00	124.00
18	—	431	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	105.00–112.00	108.57
2	—	570	114.50	114.50
3	—	718	111.00	111.00
11	—	473	116.00–118.00	117.82
12	—	650	116.00	116.00
16	—	546	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	100.00	100.00
2	—	730	111.00–113.00	112.00
2	—	768	113.00	113.00
8	—	470	100.00–118.00	110.10
10	—	657	110.00–117.25	115.78
20	—	376	121.50	121.50
22	—	539	114.00–119.00	118.78
25	—	445	110.00–120.00	118.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	124.00	124.00
2	—	570	131.00	131.00
7	—	659	130.00	130.00
7	—	742	120.00	120.00
9	—	470	129.00–131.00	130.56
28	—	540	128.50–132.00	131.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	120.00	120.00
1	—	905	60.00	60.00
2	—	753	117.50	117.50
3	—	410	95.00–128.00	116.92
4	—	379	139.00	139.00
5	—	538	125.00–129.00	126.97
5	—	658	130.00	130.00
11	—	561	129.00	129.00
14	—	451	129.00	129.00

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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