Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 21, Bulls 24)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.30/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$127.30

24 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$3.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	129.30	699	10thin
Medium and Large 2	465	125.88	586	14thin

One grade step is worth $3.42/cwt here — about $113 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 sale24 hd

127.30

—

VA average9 barns · 1,151 hd

128.42

−1.12

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

26 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	—	420	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	724	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	583	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	130.68/cwt	130.00–131.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	439	126.18/cwt	107.00–131.00	554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	417	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 Dec 14, 2019

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

Receipts 56Last week 236Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 21, Bulls 24)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	131.00	131.00
1	—	620	124.00	124.00
2	—	378	138.00	138.00
3	—	553	131.00	131.00
3	—	650	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	131.00	131.00
1	—	605	80.00	80.00
2	—	388	138.00	138.00
3	—	528	130.00–131.00	130.68
7	—	439	107.00–131.00	126.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	139.00	139.00
3	—	572	129.00	129.00
1	—	645	121.00	121.00
2	—	383	141.00	141.00
1	—	450	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
1	—	925	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	107.00	107.00
3	—	390	114.00	114.00
4	—	459	116.00	116.00
4	—	535	109.00	109.00
1	—	440	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	105.00	105.00
3	—	655	108.50	108.50
1	—	415	110.00	110.00
2	—	353	118.00	118.00

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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