Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Grade Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 116, Bulls 47)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.76/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$112.76

109 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$0.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.73

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	112.90	596	39
Medium and Large 2	453	112.68	511	70

One grade step is worth $0.21/cwt here — about $85 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 sale109 hd

112.76

—

VA average10 barns · 2,648 hd

112.03

+0.73

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

41 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	—	542	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	138.32/cwt	137.00–139.00	596	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	113.34/cwt	110.00–120.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	641	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	132.80/cwt	125.00–133.50	849	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	148.03/cwt	146.00–149.00	703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	126.50/cwt	122.00–128.00	802	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	138.97/cwt	138.00–140.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	571	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	141.59/cwt	140.00–142.00	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	715	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	115.60/cwt	114.00–116.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	366	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	139.81/cwt	139.00–140.00	761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	149.18/cwt	146.00–150.00	695	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	105.76/cwt	102.00–106.00	387	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	537	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	374	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	454	138.80/cwt	137.00–139.00	630	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	790	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	773	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	150.52/cwt	143.00–151.00	668	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	524	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	139.64/cwt	133.50–142.00	781	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	520	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	4

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 16, 2019

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

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State Grade Feeder Cattle (Steers 100, Heifers 116, Bulls 47)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	134.00	134.00
6	—	431	137.00–139.00	138.32
2	—	385	138.00–140.00	138.97
4	—	623	118.00	118.00
3	—	577	134.00	134.00
1	—	450	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	115.00	115.00
5	—	535	136.50	136.50
1	—	420	136.00	136.00
5	—	380	140.00–142.00	141.59
10	—	454	137.00–139.00	138.80
3	—	622	127.00	127.00
1	—	330	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	753	105.50	105.50
9	—	539	116.00	116.00
4	—	668	107.00	107.00
5	—	554	114.00–116.00	115.60
12	—	455	118.00	118.00
5	—	363	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	110.00–120.00	113.34
8	—	553	116.00	116.00
1	—	345	106.00	106.00
17	—	366	102.00–106.00	105.76
4	—	466	116.00	116.00
33	—	448	116.00	116.00
4	—	635	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	144.00	144.00
2	—	535	140.50	140.50
12	—	639	125.00–133.50	132.80
15	—	466	146.00–150.00	149.18
2	—	720	131.00	131.00
1	—	350	142.00	142.00
17	—	559	133.50–142.00	139.64
2	—	758	115.00	115.00
1	—	420	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	146.00–149.00	148.03
8	—	634	122.00–128.00	126.50
9	—	552	140.00	140.00
5	—	544	139.00–140.00	139.81
15	—	444	143.00–151.00	150.52
7	—	364	144.00	144.00

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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