Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 147, Bulls 67)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.27/cwt on 145 head.

Average price

$112.27

145 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

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

$4.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.03

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	497	113.77	565	100
Medium and Large 1	545	108.92	594	45

One grade step is worth $4.85/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale145 hd

112.27

—

VA average9 barns · 2,342 hd

112.29

−0.03

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	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	763	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	131.97/cwt	130.00–134.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	137.18/cwt	126.00–143.00	589	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	708	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	139.87/cwt	126.00–143.00	525	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	648	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	674	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	531	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	591	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	88.18/cwt	82.00–101.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	110.99/cwt	108.00–114.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	490	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	116.63/cwt	110.00–118.00	530	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	108.23/cwt	108.00–116.00	586	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	577	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	132.13/cwt	125.00–139.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	856	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	147.01/cwt	129.00–149.00	679	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	816	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	868	110.26/cwt	91.00–120.00	957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	140.83/cwt	135.00–141.50	783	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	145.15/cwt	138.00–145.50	788	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	682	25

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 9, 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 133, Heifers 147, Bulls 67)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
6	—	453	140.00	140.00
6	—	636	120.00	120.00
7	—	545	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	130.00–134.00	131.97
3	—	429	126.00–143.00	137.18
3	—	630	115.00	115.00
12	—	528	134.00	134.00
13	—	375	126.00–143.00	139.87
14	—	453	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	125.00	125.00
2	—	543	107.00	107.00
2	—	743	85.00	85.00
9	—	639	105.50	105.50
12	—	458	116.00	116.00
18	—	552	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	117.00	117.00
3	—	625	82.00–101.00	88.18
3	—	750	99.00	99.00
4	—	556	108.00–114.00	110.99
4	—	666	101.00	101.00
18	—	380	129.00	129.00
33	—	454	110.00–118.00	116.63
34	—	541	108.00–116.00	108.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	146.00	146.00
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
2	—	535	125.00–139.00	132.13
3	—	825	112.00	112.00
4	—	754	120.00	120.00
8	—	634	135.00	135.00
16	—	462	129.00–149.00	147.01
27	—	561	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	144.00	144.00
2	—	625	134.00	134.00
2	—	718	126.00	126.00
3	—	868	91.00–120.00	110.26
6	—	365	148.00	148.00
10	—	556	135.00–141.50	140.83
21	—	543	138.00–145.50	145.15
25	—	461	148.00	148.00

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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