Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the Holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.34/cwt on 649 head.

Average price

$153.34

649 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$384

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

$2.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.54

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	647	153.37	993	640
Medium and Large 2-3	403	151.17	609	9thin

One grade step is worth $2.20/cwt here — about $384 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 sale649 hd

153.34

—

TN average7 barns · 1,498 hd

157.88

−4.54

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

67 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 1-2Value Added	—	667	151.12/cwt	149.25–152.00	1,008	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	163.98/cwt	160.00–166.00	723	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	153.56/cwt	152.50–155.00	974	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	824	143.81/cwt	136.00–145.50	1,185	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	890	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	117.73/cwt	117.00–120.00	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	855	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	135.10/cwt	130.00–139.00	388	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	140.10/cwt	135.00–142.00	947	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	934	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	145.81/cwt	138.00–153.50	563	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	396	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	729	143.58/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,047	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	174.90/cwt	170.00–179.00	666	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	131.09/cwt	126.00–132.00	999	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	146.14/cwt	142.00–148.50	969	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	136.57/cwt	136.00–137.00	994	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	162.07/cwt	161.00–167.00	734	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	146.89/cwt	140.00–155.00	864	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	308	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	143.30/cwt	139.50–144.25	1,089	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	143.17/cwt	140.00–148.00	902	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	174.37/cwt	168.50–176.50	929	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	932	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	156.77/cwt	153.00–164.50	843	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	168.66/cwt	161.00–171.50	956	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	126.43/cwt	124.00–127.00	841	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	107.00/cwt	105.00–109.00	814	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	643	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	772	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	776	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	142.81/cwt	138.00–144.00	753	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	128.03/cwt	123.00–130.00	981	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	153.96/cwt	146.00–156.50	728	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	144.08/cwt	141.00–145.00	901	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	531	148.17/cwt	146.50–150.50	787	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	592	143.94/cwt	143.00–145.00	852	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	136.18/cwt	133.00–137.00	709	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	128.00/cwt	120.00–134.00	748	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	139.22/cwt	134.00–143.00	640	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	117.62/cwt	111.00–124.00	572	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	143.80/cwt	143.00–144.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	811	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	128.10/cwt	116.00–130.00	479	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	125.62/cwt	117.00–135.00	590	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	128.42/cwt	125.00–134.00	810	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	833	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	111.56/cwt	101.00–117.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	142.86/cwt	135.00–150.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	114.43/cwt	107.00–117.00	651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	156.42/cwt	149.00–159.00	716	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	122.99/cwt	121.00–125.00	756	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	839	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	888	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 Jan 5, 2022

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

Receipts 1,525Last week 658Year ago 1,614

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	667	149.25–152.00	151.12
30	—	634	152.50–155.00	153.56
76	—	824	136.00–145.50	143.81
1	—	890	140.00	140.00
7	—	426	173.00	173.00
37	—	729	142.00–148.00	143.58
67	—	760	139.50–144.25	143.30
56	—	533	168.50–176.50	174.37
7	—	932	136.00	136.00
51	—	567	161.00–171.50	168.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	441	160.00–166.00	163.98
1	—	335	185.00	185.00
9	—	381	170.00–179.00	174.90
9	—	762	126.00–132.00	131.09
20	—	663	142.00–148.50	146.14
7	—	728	136.00–137.00	136.57
32	—	453	161.00–167.00	162.07
1	—	930	121.00	121.00
13	—	588	140.00–155.00	146.89
3	—	262	170.00	170.00
15	—	630	140.00–148.00	143.17
43	—	538	153.00–164.50	156.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	396	155.00	155.00
1	—	510	142.50	142.50
1	—	430	145.00	145.00
1	—	485	148.00	148.00
2	—	308	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	779	117.00–120.00	117.73
8	—	658	130.00	130.00
9	—	287	130.00–139.00	135.10
36	—	386	138.00–153.50	145.81
1	—	820	115.00	115.00
44	—	521	133.00–137.00	136.18
46	—	584	120.00–134.00	128.00
36	—	460	134.00–143.00	139.22
2	—	1,030	91.00	91.00
5	—	406	143.00–144.00	143.80
3	—	718	113.00	113.00
5	—	321	135.00	135.00
33	—	631	125.00–134.00	128.42
1	—	925	101.00	101.00
1	—	890	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	676	135.00–142.00	140.10
10	—	724	129.00	129.00
25	—	766	123.00–130.00	128.03
81	—	473	146.00–156.50	153.96
86	—	625	141.00–145.00	144.08
71	—	531	146.50–150.50	148.17
15	—	592	143.00–145.00	143.94
3	—	833	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	111.00–124.00	117.62
1	—	515	117.00	117.00
8	—	374	116.00–130.00	128.10
3	—	682	101.00–117.00	111.56
4	—	569	107.00–117.00	114.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	665	124.00–127.00	126.43
6	—	761	105.00–109.00	107.00
12	—	378	170.00	170.00
7	—	804	96.00	96.00
8	—	579	134.00	134.00
30	—	527	138.00–144.00	142.81
24	—	458	149.00–159.00	156.42
6	—	615	121.00–125.00	122.99
4	—	856	98.00	98.00
1	—	945	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	117.00–135.00	125.62
2	—	420	135.00–150.00	142.86

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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