Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Feeder Steers under 700 lbs. steady to 7.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 700 lbs. 2.00-7.00 higher, over 700 lbs. 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.92/cwt on 291 head.

Average price

$127.92

291 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$22.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.82

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	128.00	713	290
Medium and Large 2-3	725	106.00	769	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale291 hd

127.92

—

TN average11 barns · 2,491 hd

127.10

+0.82

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

Every lot, as filed

46 lots · USDA AMS · Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,150	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	134.62/cwt	127.50–136.00	891	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	166.22/cwt	162.00–170.00	534	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	142.08/cwt	136.00–143.00	814	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	148.05/cwt	141.00–152.00	768	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	165.44/cwt	160.00–166.00	682	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	136.16/cwt	132.00–139.50	867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	444	135.61/cwt	134.00–136.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	726	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	150.34/cwt	148.00–151.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	121.85/cwt	121.50–124.00	900	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	434	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	708	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	127.39/cwt	121.00–134.00	852	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	136.41/cwt	133.00–140.00	788	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	141.47/cwt	139.00–143.00	543	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	129.91/cwt	123.00–134.00	685	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	133.71/cwt	125.00–137.00	606	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	922	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	110.00/cwt	109.00–114.00	799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	121.51/cwt	112.00–123.50	738	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	127.09/cwt	121.00–131.00	723	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	120.63/cwt	116.50–122.50	813	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	702	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	164.29/cwt	162.00–165.00	633	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	143.07/cwt	133.00–145.00	748	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	808	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	913	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	717	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	761	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	709	127.76/cwt	127.00–128.00	906	29

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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

Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,065	108.00	108.00
5	—	909	117.00	117.00
24	—	662	127.50–136.00	134.62
15	—	321	162.00–170.00	166.22
35	—	573	136.00–143.00	142.08
25	—	519	141.00–152.00	148.05
11	—	412	160.00–166.00	165.44
9	—	637	132.00–139.50	136.16
2	—	815	123.00	123.00
9	—	468	148.00–151.00	150.34
7	—	739	121.50–124.00	121.85
4	—	389	164.00	164.00
3	—	255	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	378	146.00	146.00
6	—	290	143.00	143.00
5	—	444	134.00–136.00	135.61
3	—	522	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	761	125.50	125.50
29	—	709	127.00–128.00	127.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	454	156.00	156.00
4	—	669	121.00–134.00	127.39
4	—	578	133.00–140.00	136.41
2	—	448	149.00	149.00
1	—	860	96.00	96.00
1	—	645	117.00	117.00
13	—	385	162.00–165.00	164.29
18	—	523	133.00–145.00	143.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	113.00	113.00
2	—	760	91.00	91.00
6	—	458	138.00	138.00
6	—	553	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	384	139.00–143.00	141.47
37	—	527	123.00–134.00	129.91
61	—	453	125.00–137.00	133.71
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
4	—	240	148.00	148.00
4	—	931	99.00	99.00
5	—	726	109.00–114.00	110.00
6	—	607	112.00–123.50	121.51
9	—	336	145.00	145.00
46	—	569	121.00–131.00	127.09
56	—	674	116.50–122.50	120.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	618	126.00	126.00
18	—	808	113.00	113.00
3	—	717	119.50	119.50

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.

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