Sale reports / Virginia / Narrows Livestock Market Inc / 2020-05-30

Narrows Livestock Market Inc

Feeder Cattle · Narrows, Virginia · Sat, May 30
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2185
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Receipts
86 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 151▲ 86 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 45, Bulls 11)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.10/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$121.10
45 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$78
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.95
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2498124.1061826
Medium and Large 1595116.9869719thin
One grade step is worth $7.12/cwt here — about −$78 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 sale45 hd
121.10
—
VA average6 barns · 845 hd
127.05
−5.95
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370146.00/cwt146.00–146.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 2465153.51/cwt152.00–154.007148
Steers—Medium and Large 2537150.50/cwt150.50–150.508083
Steers—Medium and Large 1540147.00/cwt147.00–147.007942
Steers—Medium and Large 2550150.50/cwt150.50–150.508281
Steers—Medium and Large 1553133.00/cwt133.00–133.007352
Steers—Medium and Large 1631138.00/cwt138.00–138.008714
Steers—Medium and Large 2635131.00/cwt131.00–131.008321
Steers—Medium and Large 2652138.49/cwt136.00–139.009036
Steers—Medium and Large 1675138.00/cwt138.00–138.009321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378128.81/cwt125.00–133.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445126.76/cwt126.00–127.005644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460124.00/cwt124.00–124.005701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461127.00/cwt127.00–127.005857
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553121.00/cwt121.00–121.0066913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575118.68/cwt112.00–137.006829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631114.50/cwt114.50–114.507229
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005781
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440145.00/cwt145.00–145.006382
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440136.00/cwt136.00–136.005981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535143.26/cwt142.00–144.507662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1548137.00/cwt137.00–137.007512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570137.57/cwt131.00–144.507842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655125.00/cwt125.00–125.008191

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.