Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 45, Bulls 11)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.10/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$121.10

45 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$78

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

$7.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.95

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	498	124.10	618	26
Medium and Large 1	595	116.98	697	19thin

One grade step is worth $7.12/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale45 hd

121.10

—

VA average6 barns · 845 hd

127.05

−5.95

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

24 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 1	—	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	143.26/cwt	142.00–144.50	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	138.49/cwt	136.00–139.00	903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	153.51/cwt	152.00–154.00	714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	669	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	137.57/cwt	131.00–144.50	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	118.68/cwt	112.00–137.00	682	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	128.81/cwt	125.00–133.00	487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	126.76/cwt	126.00–127.00	564	4

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 30, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 45, Bulls 11)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	136.00	136.00
2	—	548	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	150.00	150.00
1	—	655	125.00	125.00
2	—	440	145.00	145.00
2	—	535	142.00–144.50	143.26
2	—	570	131.00–144.50	137.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	652	136.00–139.00	138.49
8	—	465	152.00–154.00	153.51
1	—	370	146.00	146.00
1	—	550	150.50	150.50
1	—	635	131.00	131.00
3	—	537	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	138.00	138.00
2	—	540	147.00	147.00
2	—	553	133.00	133.00
4	—	631	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	461	127.00	127.00
13	—	553	121.00	121.00
2	—	378	125.00–133.00	128.81
4	—	445	126.00–127.00	126.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	124.00	124.00
9	—	575	112.00–137.00	118.68
9	—	631	114.50	114.50

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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