Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Offerings also included 215 head sold on video, making the total number of head sold today 622. The video sale report can be found at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.32/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$133.32

132 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$20.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.01

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	571	133.94	765	128
Medium and Large 2-3	579	113.50	657	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.44/cwt here — about $107 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 sale132 hd

133.32

—

TN average9 barns · 2,173 hd

134.33

−1.01

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

47 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	133.26/cwt	131.00–136.00	766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	595	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	161.07/cwt	160.00–162.50	720	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	130.15/cwt	126.00–133.00	836	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	144.09/cwt	142.00–145.00	767	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,041	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	141.67/cwt	141.00–142.00	827	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	131.71/cwt	129.00–134.50	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	467	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	682	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	149.57/cwt	149.00–150.00	790	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	969	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	945	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,269	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	140.16/cwt	136.00–141.00	940	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	123.11/cwt	121.00–129.00	689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	609	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	140.08/cwt	131.00–142.00	653	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	131.23/cwt	126.00–136.00	690	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	791	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	143.27/cwt	140.00–144.00	752	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,119	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	128.98/cwt	125.00–133.00	816	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	131.84/cwt	125.00–134.00	882	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	142.02/cwt	141.00–143.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	112.60/cwt	111.00–113.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	134.09/cwt	133.00–137.00	782	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	914	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	109.96/cwt	105.00–115.00	693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	942	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	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 Sep 1, 2021

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

Receipts 332Last week 764Year ago 636

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/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
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	575	131.00–136.00	133.26
7	—	379	157.00	157.00
7	—	447	160.00–162.50	161.07
19	—	642	126.00–133.00	130.15
21	—	532	142.00–145.00	144.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	127.00	127.00
2	—	543	119.50	119.50
1	—	400	147.50	147.50
1	—	665	113.00	113.00
2	—	630	105.00–115.00	109.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	380	156.00	156.00
5	—	760	137.00	137.00
9	—	584	141.00–142.00	141.67
2	—	833	129.00–134.50	131.71
3	—	443	154.00	154.00
3	—	642	149.00	149.00
9	—	528	149.00–150.00	149.57
6	—	671	136.00–141.00	140.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	146.00	146.00
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
2	—	433	146.50	146.50
2	—	458	129.00	129.00
4	—	560	121.00–129.00	123.11
9	—	609	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	659	147.00	147.00
14	—	945	134.25	134.25
4	—	820	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	397	147.00	147.00
15	—	466	131.00–142.00	140.08
24	—	526	126.00–136.00	131.23
1	—	930	102.00	102.00
11	—	633	125.00–133.00	128.98
10	—	669	125.00–134.00	131.84
2	—	408	141.00–143.00	142.02
5	—	760	111.00–113.00	112.60
20	—	583	133.00–137.00	134.09
1	—	250	145.00	145.00
1	—	310	137.00	137.00
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
2	—	870	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	557	142.00	142.00
11	—	525	140.00–144.00	143.27
1	—	605	136.50	136.50
9	—	714	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	129.00	129.00
2	—	673	101.00	101.00
1	—	515	123.00	123.00

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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