Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Video sale report: 120 head sold in 1 Lot 120 Steers medium-large 1-2 weighing 825 lbs. @ 148.50 per cwt.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.18/cwt on 329 head.

Average price

$121.18

329 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$20.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.71

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	534	123.24	658	296
Medium and Large 2-3	487	102.74	501	33

One grade step is worth $20.49/cwt here — about $157 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 sale329 hd

121.18

—

TN average9 barns · 2,003 hd

123.90

−2.71

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

59 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 2-3	—	255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	116.49/cwt	111.50–125.00	736	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	120.99/cwt	119.00–127.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	144.44/cwt	135.00–148.00	848	20
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	558	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	128.18/cwt	122.50–131.00	499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	145.99/cwt	138.00–152.00	677	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	125.70/cwt	124.00–126.50	979	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	837	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	955	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,184	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	910	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	130.47/cwt	128.00–134.00	862	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	915	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	717	130.36/cwt	128.00–132.00	935	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	805	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	122.36/cwt	111.00–125.00	754	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	142.77/cwt	139.00–143.00	548	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	113.37/cwt	103.00–114.00	830	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	437	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	637	95.75/cwt	92.50–102.50	610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	112.09/cwt	106.00–114.00	527	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	113.23/cwt	101.00–117.00	600	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	934	87.72/cwt	77.00–95.00	819	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	672	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	126.25/cwt	123.00–127.00	482	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.99/cwt	127.00–140.00	711	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	125.57/cwt	125.00–129.00	571	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	688	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	98.30/cwt	89.00–106.00	558	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	352	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	384	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	753	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	95.61/cwt	90.00–101.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	123.97/cwt	119.00–128.00	645	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	150.07/cwt	140.00–155.00	380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	121.46/cwt	106.00–126.00	892	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	781	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	798	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	117.94/cwt	114.00–122.00	686	28

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 874Last week 386Year ago 942

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Video sale report: 120 head sold in 1 Lot 120 Steers medium-large 1-2 weighing 825 lbs. @ 148.50 per cwt.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	120.00	120.00
6	—	389	122.50–131.00	128.18
1	—	405	100.00	100.00
1	—	670	103.00	103.00
1	—	815	112.00	112.00
3	—	565	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	388	144.00	144.00
5	—	915	109.00	109.00
4	—	732	119.00–127.00	120.99
4	—	623	135.00	135.00
20	—	587	135.00–148.00	144.44
2	—	425	129.00–130.00	129.50
24	—	464	138.00–152.00	145.99
9	—	779	124.00–126.50	125.70
12	—	661	128.00–134.00	130.47
3	—	253	140.00–155.00	150.07
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	157.00	157.00
9	—	955	124.00	124.00
7	—	595	153.00	153.00
10	—	663	138.00	138.00
4	—	785	136.00	136.00
27	—	717	128.00–132.00	130.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	632	111.50–125.00	116.49
37	—	382	123.00–127.00	126.25
49	—	455	125.00–129.00	125.57
8	—	317	121.00	121.00
16	—	658	114.50	114.50
80	—	520	119.00–128.00	123.97
26	—	734	106.00–126.00	121.46
5	—	432	121.00	121.00
28	—	582	114.00–122.00	117.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	390	112.00	112.00
3	—	688	85.00	85.00
11	—	568	89.00–106.00	98.30
2	—	440	111.00	111.00
6	—	323	109.00	109.00
3	—	460	105.00	105.00
2	—	613	90.00–101.00	95.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	601	130.00	130.00
3	—	798	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	660	122.00	122.00
2	—	443	128.00	128.00
33	—	616	111.00–125.00	122.36
3	—	583	119.00	119.00
16	—	384	139.00–143.00	142.77
17	—	732	103.00–114.00	113.37
1	—	840	95.00	95.00
5	—	934	77.00–95.00	87.72
27	—	459	146.50	146.50
30	—	519	127.00–140.00	136.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	90.00	90.00
2	—	575	99.00	99.00
2	—	673	95.00	95.00
1	—	775	92.50	92.50
1	—	400	112.50	112.50
3	—	637	92.50–102.50	95.75
4	—	470	106.00–114.00	112.09
10	—	530	101.00–117.00	113.23

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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