Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle 268 (Steers 86, Heifers 128, Bulls 54)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.04/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$114.04

121 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$2.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.77

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	115.75	615	51
Medium and Large 2	451	112.79	508	70

One grade step is worth $2.96/cwt here — about $107 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 sale121 hd

114.04

—

VA average11 barns · 2,375 hd

113.27

+0.77

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

37 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	—	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	543	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	105.51/cwt	105.00–106.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	497	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	113.23/cwt	105.00–114.00	416	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	127.29/cwt	124.00–127.50	815	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	143.26/cwt	135.00–144.00	638	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	111.24/cwt	111.00–112.00	706	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	614	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	446	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	639	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	131.36/cwt	115.00–137.00	733	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	118.63/cwt	116.00–120.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	131.95/cwt	122.00–135.50	495	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	675	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	502	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	127.95/cwt	120.00–136.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	749	21

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 26, 2019

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

Receipts 268Last week 295Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle 268 (Steers 86, Heifers 128, Bulls 54)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	135.00	135.00
2	—	515	127.00	127.00
4	—	635	111.00–112.00	111.24
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
3	—	438	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	120.00	120.00
6	—	543	120.00	120.00
3	—	663	109.00	109.00
17	—	469	131.00	131.00
3	—	577	116.00–120.00	118.63
11	—	375	122.00–135.50	131.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	105.00–106.00	105.51
9	—	456	109.00	109.00
8	—	378	118.00	118.00
6	—	637	110.00	110.00
26	—	565	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	111.00	111.00
23	—	367	105.00–114.00	113.23
2	—	563	119.00	119.00
11	—	537	119.00	119.00
7	—	437	110.00	110.00
23	—	456	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	119.00	119.00
4	—	461	141.00	141.00
16	—	640	124.00–127.50	127.29
1	—	655	126.50	126.50
3	—	722	119.00	119.00
14	—	558	115.00–137.00	131.36
2	—	378	120.00–136.00	127.95
4	—	539	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
11	—	445	135.00–144.00	143.26
1	—	645	116.00	116.00
2	—	368	135.00	135.00
1	—	345	129.00	129.00
1	—	820	118.00	118.00
21	—	549	136.50	136.50

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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