Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.41/cwt on 162 head.

Average price

$128.41

162 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$40

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

$21.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.29

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	524	128.68	675	160
Medium and Large 2-3	668	106.95	714	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.73/cwt here — about −$40 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 sale162 hd

128.41

—

TN average11 barns · 1,669 hd

126.12

+2.29

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

37 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	—	366	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	145.64/cwt	137.00–148.50	757	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	125.87/cwt	120.00–128.00	809	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	131.03/cwt	127.00–134.00	760	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	153.06/cwt	148.00–154.00	693	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	464	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	117.40/cwt	117.00–119.00	708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	588	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	112.85/cwt	111.00–114.00	757	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	134.45/cwt	134.00–135.00	717	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	139.09/cwt	130.00–143.00	437	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	107.94/cwt	104.00–110.00	770	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	124.17/cwt	121.00–129.00	728	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	106.95/cwt	105.00–109.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	136.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	519	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	128.50/cwt	121.00–130.00	675	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	135.80/cwt	128.00–139.50	626	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	142.57/cwt	142.00–143.00	672	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	120.99/cwt	117.00–122.00	892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	141.11/cwt	135.00–146.00	827	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	137.36/cwt	131.00–138.00	918	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	448	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	113.59/cwt	113.00–114.00	941	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	134.89/cwt	130.00–138.00	858	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	574	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	708	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	139.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	759	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	544	149.33/cwt	148.00–152.00	812	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	298	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	440	3

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 Mar 4, 2020

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

Receipts 397Last week 648Year ago 0

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	366	161.00	161.00
12	—	520	137.00–148.50	145.64
2	—	883	82.00	82.00
11	—	643	120.00–128.00	125.87
2	—	730	107.00	107.00
7	—	580	127.00–134.00	131.03
13	—	453	148.00–154.00	153.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	120.00	120.00
2	—	740	90.00	90.00
9	—	464	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	603	117.00–119.00	117.40
11	—	449	131.00	131.00
15	—	671	111.00–114.00	112.85
1	—	290	131.00	131.00
11	—	314	130.00–143.00	139.09
12	—	713	104.00–110.00	107.94
35	—	586	121.00–129.00	124.17
10	—	379	130.00–140.00	136.86
12	—	525	121.00–130.00	128.50
17	—	461	128.00–139.50	135.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	533	134.00–135.00	134.45
22	—	471	142.00–143.00	142.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	668	105.00–109.00	106.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	160.00	160.00
5	—	737	117.00–122.00	120.99
12	—	586	135.00–146.00	141.11
22	—	668	131.00–138.00	137.36
2	—	443	152.00	152.00
10	—	828	113.00–114.00	113.59
15	—	636	130.00–138.00	134.89
2	—	373	155.00	155.00
7	—	454	156.00	156.00
15	—	545	135.00–140.00	139.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	143.00	143.00
3	—	298	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	574	150.00	150.00
6	—	544	148.00–152.00	149.33

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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