Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-01-18

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Jan 18
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
24 head
24 vs last sale 48 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 12, Bulls 3)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.25/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$113.25
12 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.27
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2517113.505868thin
Medium and Large 1615112.756944thin
One grade step is worth $0.75/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale12 hd
113.25
VA average8 barns · 1,689 hd
123.52
−10.27
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

17 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 1445149.00/cwt149.00–149.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2500133.00/cwt133.00–133.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 1630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 1695109.00/cwt109.00–109.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 1568116.00/cwt116.00–116.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 239097.00/cwt97.00–97.003781
SteersMedium and Large 1485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007031
SteersMedium and Large 1570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006781
SteersMedium and Large 1605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
SteersMedium and Large 1730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009491
SteersMedium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 2495117.00/cwt117.00–117.005791
HeifersMedium and Large 266589.00/cwt89.00–89.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2410117.00/cwt117.00–117.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 2543122.00/cwt122.00–122.006624
SteersMedium and Large 2373131.00/cwt131.00–131.004892
SteersMedium and Large 2530144.00/cwt144.00–144.007632

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.