Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to this sale being closed in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. Although, calf prices seemed 5.00-10.00 higher compared to the last sale from three weeks ago.

There were also 3 Load Lots sold on video. The video sale report can be found at this link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.93/cwt on 477 head.

Average price

$140.93

477 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$9.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

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	717	141.90	1,017	428
Medium and Large 2-3	526	132.44	697	49

One grade step is worth $9.46/cwt here — about $320 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 sale477 hd

140.93

—

TN average2 barns · 481 hd

140.82

+0.11

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

68 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 1-2	—	583	131.26/cwt	125.00–135.00	765	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	132.45/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,033	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	146.01/cwt	141.00–150.00	840	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	137.84/cwt	128.00–142.00	946	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	163.36/cwt	160.00–165.00	841	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	151.75/cwt	150.00–154.00	950	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	146.87/cwt	146.50–147.50	1,068	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	136.66/cwt	130.00–138.75	978	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	149.77/cwt	148.00–152.00	776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	556	138.40/cwt	137.00–140.00	770	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	888	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	986	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	751	126.34/cwt	124.00–127.00	949	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	928	122.68/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,138	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	859	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,185	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	452	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	764	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	140.40/cwt	140.00–141.00	739	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	670	148.41/cwt	146.50–151.50	994	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	763	140.50/cwt	137.50–141.25	1,072	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	135.64/cwt	134.00–137.50	838	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	838	133.09/cwt	130.50–141.50	1,115	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	132.66/cwt	130.00–137.00	887	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	736	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	957	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	151.34/cwt	137.00–152.00	784	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	145.35/cwt	141.00–147.00	661	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	587	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	122.21/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,053	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	150.28/cwt	146.00–152.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	116.09/cwt	114.00–117.00	878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	135.06/cwt	131.00–136.00	517	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	626	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	129.14/cwt	124.00–138.00	664	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	134.08/cwt	131.50–138.00	618	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	124.36/cwt	121.00–127.00	823	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	832	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	87.55/cwt	84.00–92.00	721	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	143.45/cwt	138.00–145.50	839	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	875	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	128.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	104.30/cwt	102.00–110.00	869	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	116.12/cwt	110.00–122.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	129.36/cwt	122.00–133.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	133.90/cwt	128.00–137.00	576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	111.76/cwt	111.00–112.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	140.30/cwt	133.00–141.50	546	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	135.87/cwt	134.00–136.00	798	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	131.34/cwt	126.00–136.00	672	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	118.64/cwt	118.00–120.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	742	1

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 Jul 7, 2021

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

Receipts 1,167Last week 661Year ago 0

There were also 3 Load Lots sold on video. The video sale report can be found at this link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	583	125.00–135.00	131.26
2	—	923	90.00	90.00
3	—	737	126.00	126.00
1	—	330	125.00	125.00
10	—	756	114.00–117.00	116.09
11	—	383	131.00–136.00	135.06
18	—	438	143.00	143.00
26	—	514	124.00–138.00	129.14
9	—	461	131.50–138.00	134.08
10	—	662	121.00–127.00	124.36
6	—	624	125.00–130.00	128.39
6	—	833	102.00–110.00	104.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	556	137.00–140.00	138.40
3	—	888	111.00	111.00
41	—	751	124.00–127.00	126.34
39	—	526	140.00–141.00	140.40
2	—	813	111.00	111.00
21	—	618	134.00–137.50	135.64
132	—	669	130.00–137.00	132.66
31	—	736	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	123.00	123.00
1	—	590	116.00	116.00
3	—	534	118.00–120.00	118.64
2	—	615	126.00	126.00
1	—	720	103.00	103.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	105.00	105.00
9	—	780	132.00–133.00	132.45
1	—	800	120.50	120.50
1	—	325	157.50	157.50
23	—	575	141.00–150.00	146.01
10	—	686	128.00–142.00	137.84
38	—	716	130.00–138.75	136.66
7	—	518	148.00–152.00	149.77
3	—	450	143.00	143.00
9	—	862	120.00–125.00	122.21
7	—	389	146.00–152.00	150.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	515	160.00–165.00	163.36
41	—	626	150.00–154.00	151.75
22	—	727	146.50–147.50	146.87
19	—	928	120.00–123.00	122.68
11	—	859	138.00	138.00
11	—	452	169.00	169.00
10	—	581	158.00	158.00
28	—	670	146.50–151.50	148.41
118	—	763	137.50–141.25	140.50
50	—	838	130.50–141.50	133.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	128.00–137.00	133.90
4	—	633	111.00–112.00	111.76
7	—	389	133.00–141.50	140.30
16	—	587	134.00–136.00	135.87
17	—	512	126.00–136.00	131.34
1	—	480	129.00	129.00
1	—	665	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	105.00	105.00
2	—	410	150.00	150.00
22	—	518	137.00–152.00	151.34
22	—	455	141.00–147.00	145.35
7	—	395	148.50	148.50
3	—	650	127.00	127.00
7	—	736	113.00	113.00
9	—	823	84.00–92.00	87.55
18	—	585	138.00–145.50	143.45
21	—	642	136.25	136.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	110.00–122.00	116.12
2	—	658	115.00	115.00
3	—	538	122.00–133.00	129.36
3	—	750	98.00	98.00
1	—	445	136.00	136.00

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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