Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-01-11

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Jan 11
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
48 head
17 vs last sale 65 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 15, Heifers 23, Bulls 10)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.56/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$119.56
23 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$25.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.95
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2492120.6859422
Medium and Large 164595.006131thin
One grade step is worth $25.68/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale23 hd
119.56
VA average10 barns · 1,436 hd
122.51
−2.95
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

20 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
BullsMedium and Large 1355144.00/cwt144.00–144.005111
BullsMedium and Large 1520143.00/cwt143.00–143.007441
BullsMedium and Large 2365148.00/cwt148.00–148.005401
BullsMedium and Large 2530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007421
BullsMedium and Large 2595137.00/cwt137.00–137.008151
BullsMedium and Large 2695122.00/cwt122.00–122.008481
SteersMedium and Large 1645139.00/cwt139.00–139.008971
SteersMedium and Large 1548146.00/cwt146.00–146.008002
SteersMedium and Large 2373151.00/cwt151.00–151.005632
SteersMedium and Large 2663122.00/cwt122.00–122.008092
SteersMedium and Large 2455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006921
SteersMedium and Large 2433152.00/cwt152.00–152.006583
SteersMedium and Large 2620134.06/cwt130.00–136.008313
SteersMedium and Large 1495148.00/cwt148.00–148.007331
BullsMedium and Large 2454144.00/cwt144.00–144.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 2556114.62/cwt112.00–115.006378
HeifersMedium and Large 2464124.00/cwt124.00–124.005759
HeifersMedium and Large 164595.00/cwt95.00–95.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 2700106.00/cwt106.00–106.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 2374129.00/cwt129.00–129.004824

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.