Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-03-21

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Mar 21
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
59 head
141 vs last sale 200 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 24, Bulls 13)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.59/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$119.59
24 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$11.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.64
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2466121.4556620
Medium and Large 1563110.256204thin
One grade step is worth $11.21/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale24 hd
119.59
VA average9 barns · 882 hd
118.94
+0.64
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

25 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
HeifersMedium and Large 262089.50/cwt81.00–98.005552
HeifersMedium and Large 2435121.00/cwt121.00–121.005261
HeifersMedium and Large 1438121.99/cwt121.00–123.005342
HeifersMedium and Large 170595.00/cwt95.00–95.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 1670102.00/cwt102.00–102.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 2530122.52/cwt115.00–125.006494
SteersMedium and Large 2665135.00/cwt135.00–135.008981
SteersMedium and Large 2465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006421
SteersMedium and Large 1570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008322
SteersMedium and Large 2559151.50/cwt151.50–151.508474
HeifersMedium and Large 2474127.00/cwt127.00–127.006027
HeifersMedium and Large 2368125.00/cwt125.00–125.004606
SteersMedium and Large 1750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007881
SteersMedium and Large 1610140.00/cwt140.00–140.008541
SteersMedium and Large 2388151.28/cwt149.00–154.005874
SteersMedium and Large 1468147.00/cwt147.00–147.006882
SteersMedium and Large 2618145.49/cwt144.00–147.008992
SteersMedium and Large 2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004932
SteersMedium and Large 1400148.00/cwt148.00–148.005922
BullsMedium and Large 2546143.00/cwt143.00–143.007814
BullsMedium and Large 2458141.00/cwt141.00–141.006463
BullsMedium and Large 2438115.55/cwt107.00–124.005062
BullsMedium and Large 2385147.00/cwt147.00–147.005661
BullsMedium and Large 2335147.00/cwt147.00–147.004921
BullsMedium and Large 1495139.00/cwt139.00–139.006881

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.