Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.20/cwt on 97 head.

Average price

$110.20

97 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$9.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.31

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	559	111.64	624	82
Medium and Large 2-3	519	102.33	531	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.30/cwt here — about $92 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 sale97 hd

110.20

—

TN average12 barns · 1,484 hd

112.51

−2.31

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

32 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	—	743	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	521	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	548	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	102.34/cwt	101.00–103.00	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	121.70/cwt	118.00–125.00	652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	139.59/cwt	139.50–140.00	638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	127.28/cwt	120.00–130.50	680	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	463	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	114.80/cwt	109.00–115.50	600	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	103.18/cwt	100.00–105.50	790	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	122.99/cwt	121.00–125.00	472	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	118.92/cwt	118.00–119.00	636	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	507	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	90.49/cwt	90.00–91.00	664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	117.40/cwt	116.50–123.00	522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	103.39/cwt	97.00–104.50	706	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	108.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	135.60/cwt	131.00–140.00	617	10

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 207Last week 397Year ago 0

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	87.00	87.00
5	—	383	136.00	136.00
1	—	400	137.00	137.00
3	—	657	101.00–103.00	102.34
10	—	536	118.00–125.00	121.70
3	—	587	113.00	113.00
10	—	455	131.00–140.00	135.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	120.00	120.00
7	—	661	118.00	118.00
2	—	365	141.00	141.00
6	—	457	139.50–140.00	139.59
10	—	534	120.00–130.50	127.28
1	—	630	105.00	105.00
5	—	326	142.00	142.00
8	—	766	100.00–105.50	103.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	108.00	108.00
4	—	381	133.00	133.00
2	—	530	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	523	109.00–115.50	114.80
1	—	770	86.00	86.00
5	—	321	132.00	132.00
8	—	384	121.00–125.00	122.99
4	—	734	90.00–91.00	90.49
7	—	445	116.50–123.00	117.40
19	—	683	97.00–104.50	103.39
3	—	832	82.50	82.50
6	—	587	100.00–110.00	108.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	98.00	98.00
7	—	469	108.00	108.00
5	—	526	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	535	118.00–119.00	118.92

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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