Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-01-18

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Jan 18
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
24 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 48▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 12, Bulls 3)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.25/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$113.25
12 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.27
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2517113.505868thin
Medium and Large 1615112.756944thin
One grade step is worth $0.75/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale12 hd
113.25
—
VA average8 barns · 1,689 hd
123.52
−10.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373131.00/cwt131.00–131.004892
Steers—Medium and Large 2425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 1485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007031
Steers—Medium and Large 2530144.00/cwt144.00–144.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 1570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006781
Steers—Medium and Large 1605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
Steers—Medium and Large 1730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 239097.00/cwt97.00–97.003781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410117.00/cwt117.00–117.004801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495117.00/cwt117.00–117.005791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543122.00/cwt122.00–122.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568116.00/cwt116.00–116.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 266589.00/cwt89.00–89.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695109.00/cwt109.00–109.007581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445149.00/cwt149.00–149.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500133.00/cwt133.00–133.006651

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.