Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 71, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.22/cwt on 70 head.

Average price

$118.22

70 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$572

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$33

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

$4.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.42

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	472	119.33	563	52
Medium and Large 1	519	114.99	597	18thin

One grade step is worth $4.35/cwt here — about −$33 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 sale70 hd

118.22

—

VA average10 barns · 1,596 hd

124.64

−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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	138.76/cwt	135.00–142.00	613	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	451	124.61/cwt	120.00–125.50	562	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	109.76/cwt	107.00–110.00	584	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	116.53/cwt	112.00–121.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	119.36/cwt	115.00–120.00	543	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	150.53/cwt	150.00–151.00	637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	99.36/cwt	96.00–101.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	148.83/cwt	144.00–150.00	807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	988	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	145.78/cwt	142.00–146.00	784	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	702	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	551	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	139.03/cwt	138.00–140.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	111.97/cwt	109.00–115.00	636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	563	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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 151Last week 69Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 71, Bulls 29)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	442	135.00–142.00	138.76
2	—	673	128.00–130.00	129.00
1	—	605	130.00	130.00
1	—	575	137.00	137.00
1	—	350	145.00	145.00
6	—	538	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	125.00	125.00
4	—	578	136.00	136.00
2	—	515	138.00–140.00	139.03
2	—	465	131.00	131.00
1	—	430	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
1	—	360	120.00	120.00
8	—	455	115.00–120.00	119.36
2	—	633	101.00	101.00
2	—	543	115.00	115.00
4	—	568	109.00–115.00	111.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	451	120.00–125.50	124.61
12	—	532	107.00–110.00	109.76
2	—	343	112.00–121.00	116.53
5	—	375	126.00	126.00
3	—	559	96.00–101.00	99.36
2	—	648	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	150.00–151.00	150.53
18	—	538	142.00–146.00	145.78
13	—	465	151.00	151.00
2	—	375	147.00	147.00
1	—	760	130.00	130.00
1	—	660	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	158.00	158.00
5	—	638	145.00	145.00
5	—	542	144.00–150.00	148.83
3	—	732	135.00	135.00

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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