Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 3.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.52/cwt on 432 head.

Average price

$121.52

432 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$3.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.94

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	597	121.61	726	420
Medium and Large 2-3	541	118.50	641	12thin

One grade step is worth $3.11/cwt here — about $86 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 sale432 hd

121.52

—

TN average10 barns · 2,500 hd

123.46

−1.94

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	112.27/cwt	110.50–116.50	769	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	104.95/cwt	97.00–108.50	758	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	548	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	669	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	130.32/cwt	126.25–137.50	692	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	126.59/cwt	124.00–129.00	538	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	125.58/cwt	122.00–132.50	733	79
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	114.35/cwt	113.00–115.00	846	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	644	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	136.93/cwt	133.00–137.50	720	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	451	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	791	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	153.43/cwt	151.00–154.00	595	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	129.82/cwt	123.00–132.00	757	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	120.64/cwt	116.50–122.00	793	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	751	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	138.79/cwt	134.00–140.00	630	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	121.45/cwt	115.00–124.50	885	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	791	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	969	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	110.74/cwt	106.00–113.50	963	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	139.24/cwt	138.25–141.50	861	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	157.42/cwt	150.00–160.00	508	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	129.09/cwt	126.00–132.50	815	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	124.93/cwt	122.00–129.50	857	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	120.57/cwt	117.00–121.00	914	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	143.00/cwt	140.00–145.00	622	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	134.46/cwt	130.00–139.00	779	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	138.19/cwt	134.00–143.00	721	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	916	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	133.74/cwt	123.00–137.00	625	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	132.28/cwt	124.00–135.00	511	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	120.05/cwt	114.00–123.00	771	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	843	16

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 Jun 17, 2020

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

Receipts 1,040Last week 390Year ago 1,032

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 3.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	114.00	114.00
2	—	615	105.00	105.00
9	—	548	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	685	110.50–116.50	112.27
2	—	273	133.00	133.00
55	—	722	97.00–108.50	104.95
6	—	338	137.00	137.00
68	—	531	126.25–137.50	130.32
12	—	425	124.00–129.00	126.59
79	—	584	122.00–132.50	125.58
30	—	467	123.00–137.00	133.74
19	—	386	124.00–135.00	132.28
95	—	642	114.00–123.00	120.05
16	—	788	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	733	113.50	113.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	740	113.00–115.00	114.35
25	—	526	133.00–137.50	136.93
10	—	860	92.00	92.00
10	—	388	151.00–154.00	153.43
41	—	583	123.00–132.00	129.82
4	—	939	88.00	88.00
39	—	657	116.50–122.00	120.64
4	—	601	125.00	125.00
35	—	454	134.00–140.00	138.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	122.00	122.00
4	—	451	131.00	131.00
2	—	640	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	253	175.00	175.00
25	—	729	115.00–124.50	121.45
4	—	834	114.50	114.50
14	—	870	106.00–113.50	110.74
3	—	387	160.00	160.00
10	—	323	150.00–160.00	157.42
65	—	631	126.00–132.50	129.09
9	—	686	122.00–129.50	124.93
35	—	758	117.00–121.00	120.57
9	—	435	140.00–145.00	143.00
30	—	579	130.00–139.00	134.46
6	—	498	144.00	144.00
28	—	522	134.00–143.00	138.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	791	122.50	122.50
30	—	618	138.25–141.50	139.24
42	—	690	132.75	132.75

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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