Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 34, Bulls 32)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.27/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$126.27

34 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$32

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$3.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.21

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	128.72	630	10thin
Medium and Large 2	529	125.25	662	24

One grade step is worth $3.47/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale34 hd

126.27

—

VA average11 barns · 1,573 hd

126.48

−0.21

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

26 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	616	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	353	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	134.55/cwt	133.00–136.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	127.02/cwt	124.00–130.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	150.12/cwt	145.00–151.00	713	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	145.52/cwt	145.00–150.00	776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	111.21/cwt	91.00–116.00	696	5

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Narrows Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Narrows, VA

Sat Feb 15, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 77Last week 17Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 34, Bulls 32)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
2	—	395	156.00	156.00
2	—	638	135.00	135.00
3	—	543	151.00	151.00
4	—	438	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	155.00	155.00
2	—	625	124.00–130.00	127.02
7	—	475	145.00–151.00	150.12
9	—	533	145.00–150.00	145.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	153.00	153.00
1	—	660	138.00	138.00
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
2	—	435	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	155.00	155.00
1	—	375	158.00	158.00
3	—	458	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	353	132.00	132.00
1	—	685	80.00	80.00
2	—	715	112.00	112.00
7	—	464	139.00	139.00
5	—	556	129.00	129.00
5	—	626	91.00–116.00	111.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	112.00	112.00
2	—	355	131.00	131.00
3	—	560	125.00	125.00
4	—	468	133.00–136.00	134.55

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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