Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-04-11

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Apr 11
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
74 head
50 vs last sale 124 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 35, Bulls 15)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.30/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$125.30
35 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$26
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.42
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544126.4868824
Medium and Large 1582122.7271411thin
One grade step is worth $3.76/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale35 hd
125.30
VA average10 barns · 1,502 hd
118.88
+6.42
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

33 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 1725109.00/cwt109.00–109.007901
BullsMedium and Large 2379145.00/cwt145.00–145.005504
BullsMedium and Large 2553137.00/cwt137.00–137.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 2330129.00/cwt129.00–129.004261
HeifersMedium and Large 1533129.00/cwt129.00–129.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 1635117.98/cwt115.00–121.007492
HeifersMedium and Large 1670116.00/cwt116.00–116.007771
HeifersMedium and Large 1595122.00/cwt122.00–122.007261
HeifersMedium and Large 1475122.00/cwt122.00–122.005801
SteersMedium and Large 2630140.74/cwt138.00–142.008874
SteersMedium and Large 2557147.00/cwt147.00–147.008193
SteersMedium and Large 2465150.00/cwt150.00–150.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 2541131.00/cwt131.00–131.007097
HeifersMedium and Large 2477124.01/cwt122.00–125.005926
HeifersMedium and Large 2635126.50/cwt126.50–126.508035
SteersMedium and Large 1653130.00/cwt130.00–130.008492
SteersMedium and Large 1373149.00/cwt149.00–149.005562
SteersMedium and Large 1570136.00/cwt136.00–136.007751
SteersMedium and Large 2440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
SteersMedium and Large 2330140.00/cwt140.00–140.004621
SteersMedium and Large 1549140.00/cwt140.00–140.007694
SteersMedium and Large 2368150.00/cwt150.00–150.005522
SteersMedium and Large 2705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
SteersMedium and Large 2540144.00/cwt144.00–144.007781
BullsMedium and Large 2415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006022
BullsMedium and Large 2680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
BullsMedium and Large 1588124.97/cwt118.00–132.007352
BullsMedium and Large 1645127.00/cwt127.00–127.008191
BullsMedium and Large 1475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005941
BullsMedium and Large 1380141.00/cwt141.00–141.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 2395134.00/cwt134.00–134.005291
HeifersMedium and Large 273589.00/cwt89.00–89.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 2589130.00/cwt130.00–130.007663

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.