Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 39, Bulls 17)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.97/cwt on 39 head.

Average price

$122.97

39 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$93

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

$5.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	124.29	594	30
Medium and Large 1	579	118.56	686	9thin

One grade step is worth $5.74/cwt here — about −$93 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 sale39 hd

122.97

—

VA average11 barns · 1,593 hd

122.33

+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

28 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	—	630	123.67/cwt	123.00–124.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	593	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	379	150.66/cwt	150.00–152.00	571	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	135.41/cwt	130.00–138.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	131.89/cwt	127.00–137.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	512	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	148.93/cwt	145.00–151.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	132.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	644	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 May 9, 2020

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

Receipts 69Last week 80Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 39, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	123.00–124.00	123.67
3	—	527	119.00	119.00
2	—	490	121.00	121.00
1	—	760	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	551	115.50	115.50
4	—	471	126.00	126.00
3	—	538	115.50	115.50
2	—	625	108.00	108.00
2	—	435	127.00–137.00	131.89
1	—	735	105.00	105.00
1	—	685	108.00	108.00
1	—	340	134.00	134.00
11	—	382	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	150.00–152.00	150.66
3	—	417	130.00–138.00	135.41
1	—	615	122.00	122.00
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	136.00	136.00
2	—	435	130.00–135.00	132.56
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
1	—	470	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	137.00	137.00
1	—	795	121.00	121.00
1	—	350	150.00	150.00
3	—	517	145.00–151.00	148.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	149.00	149.00
2	—	653	145.00	145.00
1	—	790	120.00	120.00

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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