Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Offerings also included 3 Load Lots totaling 182 head sold on video. The video sale report can be seen 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 $127.48/cwt on 350 head.

Average price

$127.48

350 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$23.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.47

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	511	129.09	660	326
Medium and Large 2-3	502	105.66	530	24

One grade step is worth $23.43/cwt here — about $130 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 sale350 hd

127.48

—

TN average9 barns · 2,087 hd

126.01

+1.47

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

60 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 1-2Value Added	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	446	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	660	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	119.53/cwt	114.00–126.00	698	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	115.70/cwt	111.00–119.00	767	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	113.06/cwt	106.00–127.50	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	775	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	115.05/cwt	110.00–120.00	930	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,090	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	126.62/cwt	125.00–128.50	824	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	141.72/cwt	132.00–146.00	668	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	127.44/cwt	127.00–129.00	934	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	143.69/cwt	134.00–149.00	767	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	132.80/cwt	125.00–141.00	774	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	486	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	663	149.12/cwt	145.00–152.00	989	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	913	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	810	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	129.05/cwt	115.00–132.50	1,003	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	261	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	415	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	124.14/cwt	119.00–129.00	715	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	145.56/cwt	144.00–146.00	559	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	790	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	112.24/cwt	112.00–113.00	826	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	804	4
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	445	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	137.17/cwt	127.00–146.00	632	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.44/cwt	125.00–147.00	743	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	120.41/cwt	120.00–121.00	567	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	768	92.47/cwt	91.00–94.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	630	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	124.41/cwt	124.00–131.00	576	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	123.48/cwt	112.00–127.00	466	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	106.03/cwt	100.00–107.50	558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	401	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	525	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	121.02/cwt	119.00–123.00	799	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	124.23/cwt	124.00–125.00	400	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	95.67/cwt	95.00–96.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	145.50/cwt	134.00–148.00	684	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	124.73/cwt	120.00–135.00	546	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	115.53/cwt	115.00–116.00	381	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	672	101.18/cwt	98.00–106.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	103.20/cwt	98.00–105.00	576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	116.18/cwt	116.00–119.00	737	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	102.79/cwt	96.00–105.00	756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	656	43

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 Nov 3, 2021

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

Receipts 851Last week 874Year ago 578

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

Offerings also included 3 Load Lots totaling 182 head sold on video. The video sale report can be seen at the following 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 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	130.00	130.00
1	—	715	114.00	114.00
36	—	446	148.00	148.00
10	—	755	121.00	121.00
67	—	470	134.00–148.00	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	584	114.00–126.00	119.53
19	—	663	111.00–119.00	115.70
28	—	463	124.00–131.00	124.41
23	—	377	112.00–127.00	123.48
9	—	322	124.00–125.00	124.23
2	—	853	106.00	106.00
31	—	438	120.00–135.00	124.73
2	—	910	93.00	93.00
16	—	634	116.00–119.00	116.18
3	—	277	127.00	127.00
8	—	735	96.00–105.00	102.79
3	—	848	110.00	110.00
43	—	526	120.00–130.00	124.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	95.00–96.00	95.67
3	—	480	108.00	108.00
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
1	—	350	111.00	111.00
6	—	330	115.00–116.00	115.53
5	—	672	98.00–106.00	101.18
4	—	558	98.00–105.00	103.20
1	—	630	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	584	106.00–127.50	113.06
2	—	775	96.00	96.00
1	—	530	117.00	117.00
4	—	400	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	808	110.00–120.00	115.05
1	—	865	126.00	126.00
13	—	651	125.00–128.50	126.62
16	—	471	132.00–146.00	141.72
14	—	733	127.00–129.00	127.44
1	—	395	150.00	150.00
18	—	534	134.00–149.00	143.69
10	—	583	125.00–141.00	132.80
6	—	324	150.00	150.00
5	—	777	115.00–132.50	129.05
4	—	261	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	663	145.00–152.00	149.12
9	—	593	154.00	154.00
16	—	516	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	576	119.00–129.00	124.14
14	—	384	144.00–146.00	145.56
8	—	840	94.00	94.00
8	—	736	112.00–113.00	112.24
4	—	621	129.50	129.50
47	—	461	127.00–146.00	137.17
32	—	525	125.00–147.00	141.44
7	—	401	131.00	131.00
24	—	660	119.00–123.00	121.02
2	—	955	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	471	120.00–121.00	120.41
2	—	768	91.00–94.00	92.47
12	—	573	110.00	110.00
6	—	427	128.00	128.00
5	—	526	100.00–107.50	106.03

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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