Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Trends this week are on a light test due to light offerings, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-9.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.97/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$147.97

103 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$1

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

$7.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.57

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	510	149.16	761	87
Medium and Large 2-3	539	141.50	762	16thin

One grade step is worth $7.65/cwt here — about −$1 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 sale103 hd

147.97

—

TN average10 barns · 2,400 hd

146.40

+1.57

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

38 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	—	665	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	152.49/cwt	148.00–154.00	894	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	157.23/cwt	150.00–159.00	813	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	166.64/cwt	164.00–167.50	630	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	745	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	158.75/cwt	147.00–164.50	741	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	164.75/cwt	164.00–165.00	731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	140.56/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	162.98/cwt	162.00–166.00	836	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	563	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	167.24/cwt	167.00–167.50	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	166.43/cwt	164.00–169.00	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	849	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	146.62/cwt	140.00–151.00	858	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,042	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	133.57/cwt	127.00–135.00	776	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	158.10/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,001	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	163.38/cwt	156.00–166.00	964	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	843	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	155.25/cwt	152.00–156.00	609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	524	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	150.11/cwt	146.00–151.00	695	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	753	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	133.98/cwt	128.00–135.00	904	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	651	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	667	2

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 Apr 6, 2022

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

Receipts 255Last week 917Year ago 942

Compared to the last sale, Trends this week are on a light test due to light offerings, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-9.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	139.00	139.00
4	—	586	148.00–154.00	152.49
5	—	517	150.00–159.00	157.23
8	—	378	164.00–167.50	166.64
15	—	442	168.50	168.50
17	—	467	147.00–164.50	158.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	143.00	143.00
2	—	430	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	164.00–165.00	164.75
4	—	728	138.00–148.00	140.56
4	—	513	162.00–166.00	162.98
6	—	490	173.00	173.00
7	—	331	170.00	170.00
3	—	693	145.00	145.00
2	—	378	167.00–167.50	167.24
4	—	849	136.00	136.00
2	—	253	167.50	167.50
10	—	633	155.00–162.00	158.10
6	—	590	156.00–166.00	163.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	651	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	126.00	126.00
20	—	585	140.00–151.00	146.62
4	—	646	130.50	130.50
5	—	392	152.00–156.00	155.25
10	—	336	156.00	156.00
13	—	463	146.00–151.00	150.11
1	—	270	150.00	150.00
7	—	529	150.50	150.50
7	—	675	128.00–135.00	133.98
8	—	423	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	474	164.00–169.00	166.43
5	—	519	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	581	127.00–135.00	133.57
1	—	500	137.00	137.00
1	—	380	148.00	148.00
5	—	458	164.50	164.50
1	—	800	88.00	88.00

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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