Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 36, Bulls 21)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.16/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$133.16

36 head · 461 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$15

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

$5.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.45

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	451	134.80	609	26
Medium and Large 1	484	128.90	624	10thin

One grade step is worth $5.90/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale36 hd

133.16

—

VA average12 barns · 1,475 hd

121.71

+11.45

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	138.59/cwt	135.00–139.00	628	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	140.42/cwt	139.00–141.00	521	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	712	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	139.45/cwt	137.00–142.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	1

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 Apr 25, 2020

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

Receipts 75Last week 72Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 18, Heifers 36, Bulls 21)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	145.00	145.00
1	—	580	138.00	138.00
2	—	485	137.00–142.00	139.45
5	—	442	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	140.00	140.00
3	—	375	150.00	150.00
2	—	445	145.00	145.00
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
1	—	560	127.00	127.00
1	—	465	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	121.00	121.00
3	—	378	141.00	141.00
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
1	—	490	136.00	136.00
1	—	415	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	453	135.00–139.00	138.59
7	—	371	139.00–141.00	140.42
3	—	430	139.00	139.00
2	—	575	125.00	125.00
1	—	690	105.00	105.00
1	—	325	137.00	137.00
1	—	520	122.00	122.00
1	—	635	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	335	168.50	168.50
1	—	370	168.50	168.50
5	—	442	161.00	161.00
1	—	570	144.00	144.00
1	—	525	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	159.00	159.00
2	—	513	150.00	150.00
1	—	600	135.00	135.00
1	—	490	155.00	155.00

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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