Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 334, Heifers 184)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.40/cwt on 334 head.

Average price

$159.40

334 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$900

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$76

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

$19.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.57

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	161.67	833	102
Medium and Large 1-2	576	161.53	930	194
Medium and Large 1	639	142.42	909	38

One grade step is worth $19.25/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale334 hd

159.40

—

VA average11 barns · 2,410 hd

147.83

+11.57

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

42 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	790	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	751	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	503	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	659	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	601	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	420	139.50/cwt	126.00–144.00	586	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	953	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	448	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	590	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	368	126.35/cwt	126.00–127.00	465	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	118.82/cwt	115.00–123.50	735	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	773	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	766	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,003	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	657	139.63/cwt	135.00–145.00	917	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	164.70/cwt	163.00–165.50	949	100
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	529	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	486	171.54/cwt	167.00–174.00	834	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	412	177.26/cwt	155.00–180.00	730	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	151.09/cwt	145.00–158.00	836	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	145.26/cwt	136.00–155.00	901	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	340	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	387	177.66/cwt	177.00–178.00	688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	582	159.88/cwt	140.00–165.50	931	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	172.21/cwt	166.00–177.00	906	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	131.48/cwt	130.00–132.25	745	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	547	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	455	133.01/cwt	131.00–135.00	605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	852	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	616	143.41/cwt	126.00–147.00	883	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	706	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	932	15

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

Tue Mar 10, 2020

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

Receipts 518Last week 27Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 334, Heifers 184)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	718	105.00	105.00
2	—	608	108.00	108.00
2	—	343	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	790	95.00	95.00
4	—	953	88.00	88.00
13	—	700	114.00	114.00
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
12	—	619	115.00–123.50	118.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	503	131.00	131.00
6	—	448	135.00	135.00
2	—	678	114.00	114.00
49	—	567	130.00–132.25	131.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	121.00	121.00
2	—	450	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	601	102.00	102.00
26	—	420	126.00–144.00	139.50
4	—	590	126.00	126.00
9	—	368	126.00–127.00	126.35
3	—	547	135.00	135.00
6	—	455	131.00–135.00	133.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	766	131.00	131.00
13	—	657	135.00–145.00	139.63
3	—	545	150.00	150.00
9	—	553	145.00–158.00	151.09
6	—	641	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	576	163.00–165.50	164.70
49	—	620	136.00–155.00	145.26
45	—	526	166.00–177.00	172.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	159.00	159.00
3	—	392	169.00	169.00
2	—	335	171.00	171.00
4	—	553	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	152.00	152.00
11	—	486	167.00–174.00	171.54
25	—	412	155.00–180.00	177.26
1	—	340	178.00	178.00
9	—	387	177.00–178.00	177.66
17	—	582	140.00–165.50	159.88
8	—	616	126.00–147.00	143.41
15	—	706	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	131.00	131.00

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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