Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2019-12-21

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Dec 21
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
17 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 56▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 6, Bulls 8)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.13/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$125.13
8 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.36
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2597127.507614thin
Medium and Large 1642122.757874thin
One grade step is worth $4.75/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale8 hd
125.13
—
VA average6 barns · 363 hd
131.49
−6.36
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

11 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2—550129.00/cwt129.00–129.007101
SteersMedium and Large 1—860130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1182
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72085.00/cwt85.00–85.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58097.00/cwt97.00–97.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 2—450116.00/cwt116.00–116.005221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—75398.51/cwt96.00–101.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—400114.00/cwt114.00–114.004561
BullsMedium and Large 2—620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008062
BullsMedium and Large 2—573125.00/cwt125.00–125.007162
BullsMedium and Large 1—662122.00/cwt122.00–122.008083
BullsMedium and Large 1—580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007251

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.