Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-02-08

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Feb 8
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
17 head
52 vs last sale 69 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 6, Heifers 9, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.78/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$128.78
9 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.06
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2404129.335226thin
Medium and Large 1483127.676173thin
One grade step is worth $1.67/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale9 hd
128.78
VA average9 barns · 1,211 hd
124.72
+4.06
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

12 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 2370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005922
SteersMedium and Large 2335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005361
SteersMedium and Large 1465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006882
SteersMedium and Large 1330148.00/cwt148.00–148.004881
HeifersMedium and Large 2369132.00/cwt132.00–132.004874
HeifersMedium and Large 2505124.00/cwt124.00–124.006261
HeifersMedium and Large 2440124.00/cwt124.00–124.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1560126.00/cwt126.00–126.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 1510126.00/cwt126.00–126.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 1380131.00/cwt131.00–131.004981
BullsMedium and Large 2580141.00/cwt141.00–141.008181
BullsMedium and Large 1335143.00/cwt143.00–143.004791

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.