Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers, Bulls, and Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.76/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$116.76

140 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$12.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.04

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	534	117.55	628	131
Medium and Large 2-3	474	105.22	499	9thin

One grade step is worth $12.33/cwt here — about $129 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 sale140 hd

116.76

—

TN average11 barns · 1,685 hd

118.81

−2.04

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

43 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	—	275	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	795	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	584	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	124.75/cwt	123.00–126.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	131.00/cwt	129.00–135.00	684	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	106.49/cwt	106.00–106.50	810	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	124.30/cwt	123.00–126.00	763	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	662	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	118.87/cwt	116.00–121.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	107.36/cwt	106.00–111.00	676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	127.94/cwt	126.00–129.00	495	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	536	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	125.83/cwt	120.00–129.00	557	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	113.21/cwt	108.00–115.00	668	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	697	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	114.78/cwt	110.00–122.00	592	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	447	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	114.12/cwt	113.50–118.00	665	15

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 Apr 1, 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, Feeder Steers, Bulls, and Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	153.00	153.00
2	—	988	91.00	91.00
3	—	662	122.00	122.00
4	—	743	107.00	107.00
11	—	411	142.00	142.00
2	—	228	159.00	159.00
3	—	362	146.00	146.00
4	—	573	123.00–126.00	124.75
9	—	522	129.00–135.00	131.00
35	—	761	106.00–106.50	106.49
1	—	845	100.00	100.00
3	—	318	160.00	160.00
3	—	902	92.00	92.00
4	—	851	100.50	100.50
20	—	614	123.00–126.00	124.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
4	—	445	132.00	132.00
3	—	395	132.00	132.00
1	—	820	84.00	84.00
15	—	583	113.50–118.00	114.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	150.00	150.00
8	—	521	127.00	127.00
1	—	735	90.00	90.00
6	—	629	116.00–121.00	118.87
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
6	—	456	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	91.00	91.00
5	—	630	106.00–111.00	107.36
14	—	387	126.00–129.00	127.94
1	—	275	127.00	127.00
3	—	752	92.00	92.00
12	—	443	120.00–129.00	125.83
41	—	590	108.00–115.00	113.21
3	—	322	130.00	130.00
5	—	670	105.00	105.00
14	—	516	110.00–122.00	114.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	122.25	122.25
15	—	593	117.50	117.50
11	—	447	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	116.00	116.00
5	—	453	108.00	108.00
3	—	530	97.00	97.00

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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