Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-01-25

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Jan 25
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
Receipts
29 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 24▲ 29 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 15, Bulls 5)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.93/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$127.93
15 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$20.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.64
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2443133.3659111thin
Medium and Large 1596113.006744thin
One grade step is worth $20.36/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale15 hd
127.93
—
VA average7 barns · 1,021 hd
125.30
+2.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373152.00/cwt152.00–152.005673
Steers—Medium and Large 2455148.00/cwt148.00–148.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 2527150.00/cwt150.00–150.007913
Steers—Medium and Large 2550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365134.00/cwt134.00–134.004892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2440127.00/cwt127.00–127.005591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463134.00/cwt134.00–134.006208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560117.00/cwt117.00–117.006551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365158.00/cwt158.00–158.005771
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515149.00/cwt149.00–149.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520149.00/cwt149.00–149.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615149.00/cwt149.00–149.009161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1690147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0141

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.