Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-01-04

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Jan 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
65 head
48 vs last sale 17 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 41, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.58/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$109.58
38 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$57
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.47
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2460110.5250921
Medium and Large 1522108.4156617thin
One grade step is worth $2.11/cwt here — about −$57 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 sale38 hd
109.58
VA average6 barns · 502 hd
117.04
−7.47
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

23 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
HeifersMedium and Large 271099.00/cwt99.00–99.007031
HeifersMedium and Large 261094.00/cwt94.00–94.005731
HeifersMedium and Large 2330125.00/cwt125.00–125.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1466116.00/cwt116.00–116.005417
HeifersMedium and Large 1551107.00/cwt107.00–107.005904
HeifersMedium and Large 164295.00/cwt95.00–95.006103
SteersMedium and Large 1472127.73/cwt126.00–131.006033
HeifersMedium and Large 1383110.00/cwt110.00–110.004212
HeifersMedium and Large 2441108.00/cwt108.00–108.004768
HeifersMedium and Large 2364125.00/cwt125.00–125.004555
HeifersMedium and Large 2522106.64/cwt106.00–108.005573
HeifersMedium and Large 255097.00/cwt97.00–97.005342
SteersMedium and Large 1845110.00/cwt110.00–110.009301
SteersMedium and Large 2485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006692
SteersMedium and Large 2530133.00/cwt133.00–133.007051
SteersMedium and Large 2390137.00/cwt137.00–137.005341
SteersMedium and Large 2345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
HeifersMedium and Large 171098.00/cwt98.00–98.006961
BullsMedium and Large 2433135.00/cwt135.00–135.005852
BullsMedium and Large 2590133.00/cwt133.00–133.007851
BullsMedium and Large 2525133.00/cwt133.00–133.006981
BullsMedium and Large 1435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006094
BullsMedium and Large 1613126.00/cwt126.00–126.007722

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.