Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2019-08-17

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Aug 17
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
73 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 112▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 13, Heifers 32, Bulls 28)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.94/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$111.94
31 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.08
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500113.635688thin
Medium and Large 2485111.3554023
One grade step is worth $2.27/cwt here — about $28 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 sale31 hd
111.94
—
VA average11 barns · 1,865 hd
117.02
−5.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2454142.00/cwt142.00–142.006454
Steers—Medium and Large 1493144.00/cwt144.00–144.007102
Steers—Medium and Large 1527134.00/cwt134.00–134.007063
Steers—Medium and Large 2567123.26/cwt120.00–125.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 1590125.00/cwt125.00–125.007381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364126.00/cwt126.00–126.004595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445107.00/cwt107.00–107.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465115.00/cwt115.00–115.005352
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469113.01/cwt111.00–114.0053012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540111.00/cwt111.00–111.005991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555109.00/cwt109.00–109.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 257399.00/cwt99.00–99.005672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
Heifers—Medium and Large 272580.00/cwt80.00–80.005801
Heifers—Medium and Large 277090.00/cwt90.00–90.006931
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385143.00/cwt143.00–143.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438141.00/cwt141.00–141.006184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464138.89/cwt138.00–143.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520122.00/cwt122.00–122.006341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538120.00/cwt120.00–120.006462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565134.62/cwt125.00–137.007615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625122.61/cwt115.00–127.007667
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007481

This sale against other markets

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.