Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-02-29

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Feb 29
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
27 head
59 vs last sale 86 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2, Heifers 10, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.43/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$147.43
14 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.36
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2515147.707617thin
Medium and Large 1509147.177487thin
One grade step is worth $0.53/cwt here — about $13 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 sale14 hd
147.43
VA average6 barns · 518 hd
149.80
−2.36
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

15 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 2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006311
BullsMedium and Large 2537149.96/cwt149.00–152.008053
BullsMedium and Large 1536148.05/cwt145.00–149.007944
BullsMedium and Large 2553152.00/cwt152.00–152.008412
BullsMedium and Large 1472146.00/cwt146.00–146.006893
BullsMedium and Large 2455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006141
SteersMedium and Large 2505156.00/cwt156.00–156.007881
SteersMedium and Large 1505154.00/cwt154.00–154.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 174575.00/cwt75.00–75.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 2595105.00/cwt105.00–105.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 1520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 2470135.00/cwt135.00–135.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 1375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 1435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 2387132.97/cwt125.00–137.005153

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.