Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-04-18

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Apr 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
72 head
2 vs last sale 74 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 42, Bulls 7)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.11/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$123.11
41 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.04
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481128.3361718thin
Medium and Large 2498119.0159223
One grade step is worth $9.32/cwt here — about $24 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 sale41 hd
123.11
VA average9 barns · 1,063 hd
117.07
+6.04
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

26 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
BullsMedium and Large 1410110.00/cwt110.00–110.004511
BullsMedium and Large 1505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
BullsMedium and Large 1473135.00/cwt135.00–135.006393
BullsMedium and Large 2440135.00/cwt135.00–135.005941
BullsMedium and Large 2505134.00/cwt134.00–134.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 1400133.00/cwt133.00–133.005321
SteersMedium and Large 2505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
SteersMedium and Large 2640134.00/cwt134.00–134.008581
SteersMedium and Large 1595109.00/cwt109.00–109.006491
SteersMedium and Large 1738125.50/cwt125.50–125.509262
SteersMedium and Large 1622138.00/cwt138.00–138.008583
SteersMedium and Large 1450133.00/cwt133.00–133.005991
SteersMedium and Large 1540139.00/cwt139.00–139.007511
SteersMedium and Large 2395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 1380133.00/cwt133.00–133.005052
HeifersMedium and Large 2420125.00/cwt125.00–125.005253
HeifersMedium and Large 266799.46/cwt87.00–114.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 2382131.52/cwt129.00–132.005026
SteersMedium and Large 2559139.75/cwt139.00–140.007814
SteersMedium and Large 2476132.75/cwt106.00–142.006328
HeifersMedium and Large 1544120.00/cwt120.00–120.006534
HeifersMedium and Large 1457133.00/cwt133.00–133.006089
HeifersMedium and Large 2468100.00/cwt100.00–100.004682
HeifersMedium and Large 2536121.92/cwt115.00–124.006538
HeifersMedium and Large 1595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1605114.00/cwt114.00–114.006901

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.