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Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-22

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Feb 22

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185

← Feb 15Feb 22Feb 29 →

Receipts

86 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 77▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 42, Bulls 16)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.17/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$132.17

42 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$69

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

$11.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.29

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	136.40	681	26
Medium and Large 1	599	125.31	750	16thin

One grade step is worth $11.08/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale42 hd

132.17

—

VA average8 barns · 1,282 hd

126.89

+5.29

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	414	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	704	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	772	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	811	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	876	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	153.33/cwt	152.00–156.00	851	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	637	140.00/cwt	137.00–141.00	892	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	959	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,003	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,004	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	143.85/cwt	140.00–145.00	626	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	452	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	588	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	144.61/cwt	141.00–145.00	668	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	134.04/cwt	131.00–135.00	713	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	721	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	727	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	824	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	693	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	776	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	854	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	651	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	452	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	750	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	453	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	725	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	542	156.27/cwt	154.00–157.00	847	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	2

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Narrows Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Narrows, VA

Sat Feb 22, 2020

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

Receipts 86Last week 77Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 28, Heifers 42, Bulls 16)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	169.00	169.00
7	—	452	166.00	166.00
4	—	542	154.00–157.00	156.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	155.00	155.00
2	—	453	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	156.00	156.00
3	—	555	152.00–156.00	153.33
2	—	680	141.00	141.00
1	—	810	124.00	124.00
4	—	465	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	174.00	174.00
4	—	637	137.00–141.00	140.00
1	—	760	132.00	132.00
4	—	414	170.00	170.00
2	—	528	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	144.00	144.00
4	—	776	110.00	110.00
3	—	675	122.00	122.00
3	—	452	130.00	130.00
5	—	542	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
4	—	435	140.00–145.00	143.85
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
3	—	643	113.00	113.00
11	—	462	141.00–145.00	144.61
2	—	693	112.00	112.00
4	—	532	131.00–135.00	134.04

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.