Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Offerings also included a video sale consisting of 419 head sold in 4 lots. 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 $119.41/cwt on 155 head.

Average price

$119.41

155 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.65

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	589	120.65	711	143
Medium and Large 2-3	559	104.64	585	12thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $126 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 sale155 hd

119.41

—

TN average10 barns · 1,497 hd

125.06

−5.65

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

48 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	—	920	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	864	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	895	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	813	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	150.72/cwt	146.00–157.00	553	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	137.98/cwt	133.00–142.00	735	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	136.49/cwt	130.00–141.00	777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	635	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	128.12/cwt	125.50–131.00	856	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	133.38/cwt	133.00–134.00	373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	126.60/cwt	126.00–127.00	491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	129.66/cwt	127.50–137.00	606	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	113.39/cwt	110.00–115.50	746	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	135.94/cwt	134.50–136.50	1,002	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	837	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	118.28/cwt	117.00–130.00	691	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	839	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	99.47/cwt	96.00–103.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	128.66/cwt	120.00–134.00	669	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	107.84/cwt	104.00–112.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	87.96/cwt	86.00–90.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	99.65/cwt	96.00–100.00	937	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	116.14/cwt	112.50–120.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	107.73/cwt	105.50–111.00	789	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	830	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	110.70/cwt	106.00–113.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	113.62/cwt	104.00–117.00	720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	115.01/cwt	114.00–117.00	661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	133.92/cwt	131.00–135.00	585	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	130.65/cwt	129.00–131.00	770	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	136.67/cwt	129.00–140.00	716	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	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 Oct 6, 2021

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

Receipts 386Last week 590Year ago 633

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Offerings also included a video sale consisting of 419 head sold in 4 lots. the video sale report can be found at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	80.00	80.00
5	—	745	116.00	116.00
5	—	848	105.50	105.50
6	—	461	138.00	138.00
12	—	658	123.50	123.50
14	—	367	146.00–157.00	150.72
15	—	437	131.00–135.00	133.92
17	—	589	129.00–131.00	130.65
20	—	524	129.00–140.00	136.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	103.00	103.00
2	—	520	112.50–120.00	116.14
4	—	634	104.00–117.00	113.62
6	—	575	114.00–117.00	115.01
1	—	495	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	137.00	137.00
13	—	533	133.00–142.00	137.98
1	—	810	130.00	130.00
5	—	569	130.00–141.00	136.49
3	—	430	137.00	137.00
6	—	460	138.00	138.00
2	—	603	137.00	137.00
14	—	668	125.50–131.00	128.12
5	—	280	133.00–134.00	133.38
5	—	762	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	144.00	144.00
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	518	147.00	147.00
7	—	737	134.50–136.50	135.94
11	—	581	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	388	126.00–127.00	126.60
17	—	467	127.50–137.00	129.66
18	—	658	110.00–115.50	113.39
22	—	584	117.00–130.00	118.28
2	—	770	109.00	109.00
2	—	838	96.00–103.00	99.47
31	—	520	120.00–134.00	128.66
7	—	439	126.00	126.00
4	—	250	121.00	121.00
11	—	940	96.00–100.00	99.65
13	—	732	105.50–111.00	107.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	107.00	107.00
1	—	645	106.00	106.00
2	—	365	104.00–112.00	107.84
2	—	720	86.00–90.00	87.96
1	—	525	105.00	105.00
3	—	467	106.00–113.00	110.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	136.00	136.00
8	—	606	137.00	137.00

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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