Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 106, Heifers 90, Bulls 45)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.80/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$140.80

98 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$37

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

$9.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.14

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	494	144.00	712	64
Medium and Large 1	556	134.76	749	34

One grade step is worth $9.24/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale98 hd

140.80

—

VA average8 barns · 1,095 hd

131.66

+9.14

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

35 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	—	378	133.50/cwt	126.00–141.00	505	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	544	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	732	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	108.09/cwt	105.00–111.00	457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	105.86/cwt	105.00–106.00	674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	95.97/cwt	95.00–97.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	99.67/cwt	96.00–101.00	441	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	654	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	507	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	112	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	530	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	112.71/cwt	105.00–114.00	408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	108.04/cwt	100.00–109.00	584	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	831	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	147.23/cwt	142.50–148.00	676	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	130.92/cwt	128.00–131.50	744	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	109.83/cwt	97.00–111.00	614	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	539	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	130.25/cwt	128.00–131.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	142.74/cwt	140.00–144.00	794	24

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 Nov 2, 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 106, Heifers 90, Bulls 45)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	378	126.00–141.00	133.50
4	—	635	115.00	115.00
2	—	480	138.50	138.50
6	—	568	128.00–131.50	130.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	117.00	117.00
14	—	544	134.50	134.50
1	—	112	112.00	112.00
7	—	435	147.00	147.00
3	—	380	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	105.00–111.00	108.09
7	—	637	105.00–106.00	105.86
1	—	765	103.00	103.00
7	—	465	114.00	114.00
1	—	365	116.00	116.00
3	—	535	105.00	105.00
12	—	559	97.00–111.00	109.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	95.00–97.00	95.97
8	—	442	96.00–101.00	99.67
1	—	555	109.00	109.00
7	—	362	105.00–114.00	112.71
18	—	541	100.00–109.00	108.04
3	—	347	110.00	110.00
16	—	457	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	133.00	133.00
2	—	763	118.50	118.50
13	—	454	144.00	144.00
2	—	385	137.50	137.50
11	—	639	130.00	130.00
1	—	740	114.00	114.00
4	—	570	128.00–131.00	130.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	365	139.00	139.00
3	—	632	136.50	136.50
30	—	459	142.50–148.00	147.23
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
24	—	556	140.00–144.00	142.74

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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