Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 25, Bulls 14)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.63/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$129.63

25 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$2.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	497	130.49	648	16thin
Medium and Large 1	550	128.11	704	9thin

One grade step is worth $2.38/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale25 hd

129.63

—

VA average10 barns · 1,838 hd

127.65

+1.98

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

29 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	—	465	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	999	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	153.23/cwt	139.00–157.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	708	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	138.38/cwt	127.00–145.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	143.73/cwt	139.00–145.00	665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	166.54/cwt	165.00–168.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	669	2

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 Mar 7, 2020

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

Receipts 57Last week 27Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 25, Bulls 14)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	171.00	171.00
2	—	545	158.00	158.00
4	—	666	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	152.00	152.00
1	—	400	158.00	158.00
1	—	600	139.00	139.00
1	—	695	136.00	136.00
2	—	463	165.00–168.00	166.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	177.00	177.00
1	—	470	167.00	167.00
1	—	660	131.00	131.00
1	—	730	132.00	132.00
2	—	600	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	151.00	151.00
1	—	540	148.00	148.00
2	—	653	138.00–139.00	138.50
3	—	460	171.00	171.00
5	—	568	139.00–157.00	153.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	135.00	135.00
2	—	635	110.00	110.00
1	—	385	144.00	144.00
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	113.00	113.00
2	—	468	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	119.00	119.00
1	—	645	85.00	85.00
3	—	393	127.00–145.00	138.38
5	—	463	139.00–145.00	143.73
6	—	536	125.00	125.00

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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