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Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Name: Narrows Livestock Market Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, May 2

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185

← Apr 25May 2May 9 →

Receipts

80 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 75▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 38, Bulls 9)

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 $123.28/cwt on 36 head.

Average price

$123.28

36 head · 489 lb average

Value per head Derived

$603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.34

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	458	126.89	582	23
Medium and Large 1	544	116.89	636	13thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale36 hd

123.28

—

VA average9 barns · 1,740 hd

118.94

+4.34

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	511	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	570	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	719	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	671	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	796	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	143.80/cwt	143.00–145.00	820	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	831	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	929	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	936	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	362	133.58/cwt	127.00–135.00	484	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	584	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	593	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	111.52/cwt	106.00–113.00	627	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	723	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	842	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	345	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	459	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	475	132.09/cwt	129.00–135.00	627	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	505	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	641	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	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 May 2, 2020

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

Receipts 80Last week 75Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 38, Bulls 9)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
1	—	640	114.00	114.00
1	—	525	113.00	113.00
5	—	562	106.00–113.00	111.52
5	—	467	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	113.00	113.00
10	—	455	129.00	129.00
6	—	530	119.00	119.00
6	—	362	127.00–135.00	133.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	467	154.00	154.00
3	—	545	146.00	146.00
2	—	620	134.00	134.00
2	—	385	148.00	148.00
1	—	325	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	138.00	138.00
1	—	490	137.00	137.00
1	—	440	145.00	145.00
5	—	570	143.00–145.00	143.80
2	—	365	140.00	140.00
1	—	780	120.00	120.00
7	—	659	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	125.00	125.00
2	—	505	127.00	127.00
2	—	475	129.00–135.00	132.09
1	—	345	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	131.00	131.00
1	—	660	115.00	115.00

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.