Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00 lower. Offerings also included one load lot sold on video. 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 $122.59/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$122.59

234 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$14.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.54

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	550	124.17	682	208
Medium and Large 2-3	505	109.94	556	26

One grade step is worth $14.24/cwt here — about $127 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 sale234 hd

122.59

—

TN average8 barns · 1,855 hd

125.14

−2.54

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

51 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	—	760	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	453	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	148.54/cwt	144.00–150.00	633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	126.81/cwt	123.50–130.00	587	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	132.18/cwt	128.00–133.50	582	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	122.48/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,004	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	599	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	719	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	135.55/cwt	130.00–137.00	781	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	133.66/cwt	125.00–135.50	984	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	138.12/cwt	135.00–142.00	714	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	129.29/cwt	126.00–130.00	820	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	616	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	781	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	132.41/cwt	127.50–138.00	878	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	336	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	676	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	121.56/cwt	120.00–123.00	777	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	108.57/cwt	104.00–113.00	585	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	107.55/cwt	107.00–108.00	779	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	647	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	428	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	132.29/cwt	130.00–134.00	508	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	119.24/cwt	119.00–120.00	806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	381	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	781	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	159.96/cwt	153.00–163.00	622	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	123.44/cwt	120.00–124.50	820	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	121.46/cwt	115.00–127.00	707	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	129.16/cwt	124.00–133.00	681	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	656	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	138.44/cwt	130.00–140.00	738	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	810	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	637	2

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 29, 2021

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

Receipts 590Last week 735Year ago 826

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	760	127.00	127.00
9	—	317	143.00	143.00
4	—	426	144.00–150.00	148.54
9	—	820	117.00–125.00	122.48
1	—	470	141.00	141.00
11	—	576	130.00–137.00	135.55
10	—	736	125.00–135.50	133.66
17	—	517	135.00–142.00	138.12
11	—	634	126.00–130.00	129.29
9	—	663	127.50–138.00	132.41
1	—	255	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	127.50	127.50
10	—	599	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	115.00	115.00
1	—	315	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	88.00	88.00
1	—	975	97.00	97.00
25	—	463	123.50–130.00	126.81
17	—	440	128.00–133.50	132.18
1	—	765	101.00	101.00
36	—	639	120.00–123.00	121.56
9	—	724	107.00–108.00	107.55
10	—	329	130.00	130.00
14	—	384	130.00–134.00	132.29
8	—	676	119.00–120.00	119.24
40	—	582	115.00–127.00	121.46
41	—	527	124.00–133.00	129.16
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	384	115.00	115.00
4	—	461	114.00	114.00
3	—	275	122.00	122.00
1	—	620	109.00	109.00
6	—	539	104.00–113.00	108.57
1	—	795	81.00	81.00
2	—	323	118.00	118.00
4	—	656	108.00	108.00
2	—	700	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	810	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	735	117.00	117.00
12	—	460	134.00	134.00
5	—	603	129.50	129.50
3	—	758	112.00	112.00
2	—	850	105.00	105.00
1	—	920	86.00	86.00
17	—	449	144.00	144.00
17	—	587	133.00	133.00
23	—	389	153.00–163.00	159.96
25	—	664	120.00–124.50	123.44
26	—	533	130.00–140.00	138.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
1	—	615	100.00	100.00

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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