Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 80, Bulls 62)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.66/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$122.66

71 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$571

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$32

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

$5.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	466	123.19	575	64
Medium and Large 1	460	117.86	542	7thin

One grade step is worth $5.33/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 sale71 hd

122.66

—

VA average11 barns · 2,333 hd

120.03

+2.64

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

32 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	—	345	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	132.76/cwt	123.00–134.50	486	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	647	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	101.19/cwt	100.00–103.00	652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	564	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	141.82/cwt	141.00–142.00	519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	632	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	133.00/cwt	127.00–139.00	805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	617	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	136.24/cwt	129.00–140.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	812	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	614	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	543	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	782	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	756	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	136.29/cwt	133.00–136.50	582	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	135.98/cwt	131.00–140.00	491	12

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 14, 2020

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

Receipts 200Last week 57Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 80, Bulls 62)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	129.00	129.00
4	—	455	115.00	115.00
2	—	528	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	105.00	105.00
5	—	475	125.00	125.00
20	—	366	123.00–134.50	132.76
1	—	735	88.00	88.00
11	—	545	118.00	118.00
1	—	660	87.00	87.00
5	—	644	100.00–103.00	101.19
20	—	448	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
1	—	670	134.00	134.00
6	—	468	135.00	135.00
3	—	560	129.00–140.00	136.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
6	—	366	141.00–142.00	141.82
2	—	605	127.00–139.00	133.00
26	—	447	138.00	138.00
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
7	—	556	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
10	—	442	139.00	139.00
1	—	635	117.00	117.00
6	—	544	139.00	139.00
1	—	590	120.00	120.00
3	—	475	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	144.00	144.00
2	—	620	124.00	124.00
16	—	427	133.00–136.50	136.29
2	—	488	133.00	133.00
12	—	361	131.00–140.00	135.98

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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