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Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-29

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, Feb 29

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185

← Feb 22Feb 29Mar 7 →

Receipts

27 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 86▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2, Heifers 10, Bulls 15)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.43/cwt on 14 head.

Average price

$147.43

14 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$0.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.36

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	515	147.70	761	7thin
Medium and Large 1	509	147.17	748	7thin

One grade step is worth $0.53/cwt here — about $13 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 sale14 hd

147.43

—

VA average6 barns · 518 hd

149.80

−2.36

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

Every lot

15 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	788	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	778	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	132.97/cwt	125.00–137.00	515	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	635	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	625	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	559	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	455	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	614	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	689	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	536	148.05/cwt	145.00–149.00	794	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	537	149.96/cwt	149.00–152.00	805	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	553	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	841	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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 27Last week 86Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2, Heifers 10, Bulls 15)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	145.00	145.00
3	—	537	149.00–152.00	149.96
2	—	553	152.00	152.00
1	—	455	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	145.00–149.00	148.05
3	—	472	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	75.00	75.00
1	—	520	120.00	120.00
1	—	375	135.00	135.00
2	—	435	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	105.00	105.00
1	—	470	135.00	135.00
3	—	387	125.00–137.00	132.97

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.