Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.99/cwt on 302 head.

Average price

$137.99

302 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$30.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.53

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	562	138.51	778	291
Medium and Large 2-3	363	126.00	458	10thin
Small 1-2	465	108.00	502	1thin

One grade step is worth $30.51/cwt here — about $276 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 sale302 hd

137.99

—

TN average9 barns · 1,694 hd

135.46

+2.53

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

49 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	—	377	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	618	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	125.64/cwt	117.00–126.50	949	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	142.63/cwt	138.00–143.00	852	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	155.24/cwt	150.00–158.00	813	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	167.54/cwt	157.00–169.00	776	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,000	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	142.19/cwt	135.00–144.50	1,038	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	877	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,252	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	954	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	161.27/cwt	152.00–164.00	860	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	978	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,374	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	754	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	947	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	779	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	154.81/cwt	154.00–155.50	1,028	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,118	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	139.98/cwt	131.00–141.00	742	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	119.70/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,035	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	121.07/cwt	116.00–122.50	921	18
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	465	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	129.96/cwt	129.00–130.50	931	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	129.56/cwt	122.00–131.00	859	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	138.80/cwt	132.00–142.00	633	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	133.49/cwt	126.00–135.50	782	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	873	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	439	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	707	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	640	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	133.22/cwt	126.50–135.50	881	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	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 Dec 15, 2021

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

Receipts 658Last week 839Year ago 718

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	377	164.00	164.00
11	—	755	117.00–126.50	125.64
13	—	597	138.00–143.00	142.63
26	—	524	150.00–158.00	155.24
32	—	463	157.00–169.00	167.54
2	—	923	99.00	99.00
2	—	810	105.00	105.00
8	—	661	126.50–135.50	133.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	116.00	116.00
3	—	478	131.00	131.00
1	—	550	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	617	162.00	162.00
34	—	877	142.75	142.75
9	—	585	163.00	163.00
15	—	978	140.50	140.50
28	—	664	154.00–155.50	154.81
22	—	750	149.00	149.00
4	—	520	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	730	135.00–144.50	142.19
3	—	648	142.00	142.00
17	—	533	152.00–164.00	161.27
1	—	270	165.00	165.00
1	—	665	139.00	139.00
8	—	581	148.00	148.00
10	—	445	169.00–170.00	169.50
1	—	465	160.00	160.00
6	—	324	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	137.00	137.00
1	—	315	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	669	141.50	141.50
4	—	779	126.00	126.00
11	—	716	129.00–130.50	129.96
13	—	635	137.50	137.50
31	—	439	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	530	131.00–141.00	139.98
7	—	865	116.00–122.00	119.70
18	—	385	150.00	150.00
1	—	720	124.00	124.00
18	—	761	116.00–122.50	121.07
28	—	663	122.00–131.00	129.56
42	—	456	132.00–142.00	138.80
33	—	586	126.00–135.50	133.49
7	—	625	134.00	134.00
13	—	325	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	144.00	144.00
6	—	310	130.00	130.00
3	—	462	112.00	112.00

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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