Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher, over 550 lbs. steady to 6.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.46/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$119.46

207 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$151

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

$1.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.46

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	387	121.00	468	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	519	119.44	619	204

One grade step is worth $1.56/cwt here — about −$151 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 sale207 hd

119.46

—

TN average11 barns · 2,038 hd

118.00

+1.46

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	—	870	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	120.51/cwt	120.00–122.00	731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	145.56/cwt	143.50–150.00	626	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	110.36/cwt	101.00–111.50	809	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	602	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	521	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	120.43/cwt	113.00–123.00	798	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	104.00/cwt	100.00–107.00	783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	728	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	572	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	624	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	398	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	537	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	676	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	121.73/cwt	119.00–125.00	642	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	101.20/cwt	98.00–102.00	745	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	109.14/cwt	100.00–111.50	695	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	464	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	603	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	98.65/cwt	90.00–108.00	623	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	127.70/cwt	121.00–132.50	563	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	138.82/cwt	131.00–140.00	508	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	100.51/cwt	98.00–105.50	668	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	122.05/cwt	114.00–125.50	644	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	133.34/cwt	132.00–134.00	440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	111.42/cwt	109.00–115.00	641	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	130.13/cwt	122.00–134.00	605	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	468	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 Apr 29, 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 steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher, over 550 lbs. steady to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	95.50	95.50
4	—	607	120.00–122.00	120.51
12	—	430	143.50–150.00	145.56
29	—	733	101.00–111.50	110.36
2	—	465	138.00	138.00
3	—	392	156.00	156.00
8	—	316	165.00	165.00
12	—	663	113.00–123.00	120.43
3	—	267	157.00	157.00
5	—	753	100.00–107.00	104.00
12	—	535	135.00–137.00	135.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	128.00	128.00
2	—	680	102.00	102.00
1	—	325	146.00	146.00
2	—	625	100.00	100.00
2	—	580	125.00	125.00
5	—	372	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	552	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	381	150.00	150.00
14	—	449	139.00	139.00
4	—	879	80.00	80.00
12	—	578	117.00	117.00
26	—	527	119.00–125.00	121.73
1	—	935	78.00	78.00
10	—	736	98.00–102.00	101.20
14	—	637	100.00–111.50	109.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	135.00	135.00
4	—	634	95.00	95.00
2	—	730	90.00	90.00
2	—	673	91.00	91.00
9	—	464	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	238	136.00	136.00
18	—	632	90.00–108.00	98.65
28	—	441	121.00–132.50	127.70
2	—	720	88.00	88.00
16	—	366	131.00–140.00	138.82
27	—	665	98.00–105.50	100.51
40	—	528	114.00–125.50	122.05
6	—	330	132.00–134.00	133.34
26	—	575	109.00–115.00	111.42
35	—	465	122.00–134.00	130.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	121.00	121.00

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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