Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, all classes of feeder cattle; Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.47/cwt on 197 head.

Average price

$126.47

197 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$24.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.36

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	539	126.72	683	195
Medium and Large 2-3	625	102.50	641	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.22/cwt here — about $42 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 sale197 hd

126.47

—

TN average11 barns · 2,803 hd

124.12

+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, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	809	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	631	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	129.19/cwt	125.00–131.00	738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	155.77/cwt	149.00–158.00	681	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.22/cwt	129.00–136.00	694	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	149.72/cwt	146.00–151.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	963	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	155.15/cwt	151.00–156.00	507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	386	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	162.04/cwt	160.00–165.00	681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	975	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	130.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	130.51/cwt	126.00–132.00	880	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	145.55/cwt	140.00–152.00	751	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	132.53/cwt	131.00–134.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	159.32/cwt	159.00–160.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	114.02/cwt	109.00–119.00	722	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	132.59/cwt	128.00–135.00	513	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	389	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	131.10/cwt	131.00–132.00	615	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	124.00/cwt	122.00–124.50	722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	134.06/cwt	126.00–139.00	589	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	126.07/cwt	120.00–130.00	662	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	517	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	682	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	121.85/cwt	120.00–123.00	826	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	885	7

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

Wed Feb 5, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

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Compared to the last sale, all classes of feeder cattle; Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	111.00	111.00
5	—	647	125.00	125.00
6	—	387	163.00	163.00
8	—	571	125.00–131.00	129.19
16	—	437	149.00–158.00	155.77
17	—	525	129.00–136.00	132.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	469	131.00–132.00	131.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	146.00–151.00	149.72
4	—	744	129.50	129.50
6	—	327	151.00–156.00	155.15
1	—	605	132.00	132.00
1	—	805	115.00	115.00
1	—	880	108.00	108.00
7	—	420	160.00–165.00	162.04
28	—	771	126.50	126.50
1	—	910	108.00	108.00
8	—	674	126.00–132.00	130.51
15	—	516	140.00–152.00	145.55
2	—	578	131.00–134.00	132.53
3	—	369	159.00–160.00	159.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	123.00	123.00
5	—	386	135.00	135.00
1	—	455	137.00	137.00
3	—	428	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	464	130.00–135.00	130.56
12	—	633	109.00–119.00	114.02
20	—	387	128.00–135.00	132.59
1	—	690	109.00	109.00
3	—	295	132.00	132.00
3	—	335	135.00	135.00
5	—	582	122.00–124.50	124.00
5	—	730	104.00	104.00
31	—	439	126.00–139.00	134.06
33	—	525	120.00–130.00	126.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	119.00	119.00
1	—	755	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	517	132.00	132.00
48	—	678	120.00–123.00	121.85

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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