Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 80, Bulls 30)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.56/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$113.56

79 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$48

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

$2.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.37

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	479	114.57	549	46
Medium and Large 1	532	112.15	597	33

One grade step is worth $2.42/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale79 hd

113.56

—

VA average10 barns · 2,090 hd

115.93

−2.37

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

34 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	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	110.84/cwt	110.00–111.00	607	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	118.33/cwt	117.00–119.00	521	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	108.15/cwt	100.00–109.00	580	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	141.78/cwt	139.00–143.00	535	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	111.72/cwt	109.00–113.00	471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	113.40/cwt	111.00–114.00	632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	118.16/cwt	108.00–119.00	549	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	144.78/cwt	138.00–147.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	142.77/cwt	140.00–143.00	805	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	117.94/cwt	114.00–120.00	447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	119.84/cwt	110.00–121.00	449	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	875	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	132.98/cwt	131.00–135.00	811	2

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 23, 2019

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

Receipts 148Last week 263Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 80, Bulls 30)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	124.00	124.00
1	—	545	141.00	141.00
1	—	380	128.00	128.00
3	—	435	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	135.00	135.00
5	—	568	135.00	135.00
1	—	450	138.00	138.00
5	—	377	139.00–143.00	141.78
1	—	690	106.00	106.00
10	—	445	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
4	—	468	115.00	115.00
12	—	548	110.00–111.00	110.84
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
3	—	422	109.00–113.00	111.72
5	—	557	111.00–114.00	113.40
3	—	379	114.00–120.00	117.94
4	—	621	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	440	117.00–119.00	118.33
13	—	536	100.00–109.00	108.15
3	—	668	105.00	105.00
13	—	465	108.00–119.00	118.16
1	—	620	105.00	105.00
10	—	375	110.00–121.00	119.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	389	150.00	150.00
4	—	446	138.00–147.00	144.78
13	—	564	140.00–143.00	142.77
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
7	—	648	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	133.00	133.00
2	—	588	142.00	142.00
2	—	403	139.00	139.00
1	—	715	123.00	123.00
2	—	610	131.00–135.00	132.98

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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