Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.43/cwt on 326 head.

Average price

$124.43

326 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$12.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.38

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	558	124.81	697	316
Medium and Large 2-3	531	112.40	597	10thin

One grade step is worth $12.41/cwt here — about $100 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 sale326 hd

124.43

—

TN average12 barns · 3,087 hd

122.04

+2.38

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

52 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	—	387	157.27/cwt	149.00–160.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	124.48/cwt	118.00–127.00	906	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,023	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	131.20/cwt	128.00–132.00	766	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	984	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	151.02/cwt	143.00–154.00	713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	847	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	125.83/cwt	120.00–137.00	594	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	130.22/cwt	127.00–132.00	823	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	539	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	107.38/cwt	103.50–110.00	788	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	121.28/cwt	115.50–125.50	770	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	118.55/cwt	111.00–120.50	790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	119.28/cwt	117.00–122.50	688	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	129.83/cwt	125.00–133.00	597	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	808	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	138.08/cwt	131.00–143.00	728	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	835	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	154.95/cwt	150.00–160.00	587	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	123.49/cwt	120.50–125.00	806	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	134.05/cwt	129.00–135.00	706	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	634	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	124.12/cwt	122.00–125.00	710	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	848	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	866	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	744	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	811	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	663	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	477	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	130.19/cwt	130.00–131.00	543	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	101.49/cwt	100.00–103.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	795	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	152.67/cwt	137.00–155.00	577	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	739	113.37/cwt	113.00–114.00	838	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	126.06/cwt	122.00–128.00	659	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	506	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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Receipts 828Last week 636Year ago 852

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	387	149.00–160.00	157.27
16	—	728	118.00–127.00	124.48
3	—	825	124.00	124.00
15	—	584	128.00–132.00	131.20
2	—	243	172.00	172.00
12	—	472	143.00–154.00	151.02
1	—	940	105.00	105.00
6	—	308	166.00	166.00
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
4	—	755	124.00	124.00
36	—	632	127.00–132.00	130.22
27	—	527	131.00–143.00	138.08
4	—	668	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	119.00	119.00
6	—	472	120.00–137.00	125.83
4	—	418	129.00	129.00
3	—	642	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	751	131.00	131.00
7	—	714	130.00	130.00
6	—	618	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	103.50–110.00	107.38
64	—	635	115.50–125.50	121.28
5	—	666	111.00–120.50	118.55
62	—	577	117.00–122.50	119.28
4	—	758	109.50	109.50
59	—	460	125.00–133.00	129.83
10	—	417	130.00–131.00	130.19
2	—	828	100.00–103.00	101.49
15	—	378	137.00–155.00	152.67
2	—	870	104.00	104.00
54	—	523	122.00–128.00	126.06
3	—	337	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	123.00	123.00
1	—	580	101.00	101.00
6	—	628	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	654	123.50	123.50
4	—	531	131.00	131.00
6	—	630	126.25	126.25
8	—	739	113.00–114.00	113.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	379	150.00–160.00	154.95
2	—	935	83.00	83.00
39	—	653	120.50–125.00	123.49
5	—	615	122.00	122.00
44	—	527	129.00–135.00	134.05
8	—	451	140.50	140.50
44	—	572	122.00–125.00	124.12
8	—	835	101.50	101.50
11	—	728	119.00	119.00
16	—	442	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	125.00	125.00
6	—	744	109.00	109.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	477	93.00	93.00

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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