Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Offerings also included 197 head sold on video. The video sale report can be found at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.27/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$140.27

115 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$820

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$6.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.10

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	589	140.51	828	111
Medium and Large 2-3	453	133.63	605	4thin

One grade step is worth $6.89/cwt here — about $223 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 sale115 hd

140.27

—

TN average7 barns · 1,292 hd

146.37

−6.10

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

40 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	—	583	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	964	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	145.08/cwt	139.50–147.00	965	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	180.06/cwt	172.00–182.00	688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	900	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	755	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	134.67/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	170.98/cwt	170.00–174.00	821	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	166.72/cwt	164.00–172.00	957	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	140.24/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	912	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	161.35/cwt	158.00–162.50	1,012	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	698	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	152.95/cwt	144.00–158.00	720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,077	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	167.77/cwt	165.50–168.50	1,055	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	145.57/cwt	143.00–150.50	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	543	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	711	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	142.45/cwt	140.50–146.00	830	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	131.39/cwt	125.00–133.00	859	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	165.56/cwt	155.00–170.00	869	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	116.88/cwt	116.00–120.00	971	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	132.67/cwt	130.00–135.50	849	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	148.23/cwt	146.50–150.50	780	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	919	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	162.48/cwt	153.00–163.50	634	10

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 Jun 1, 2022

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

Receipts 307Last week 549Year ago 482

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	158.00	158.00
4	—	606	159.00	159.00
4	—	665	139.50–147.00	145.08
5	—	382	172.00–182.00	180.06
5	—	750	120.00	120.00
7	—	443	170.50	170.50
16	—	525	155.00–170.00	165.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	818	134.00–135.00	134.67
1	—	365	181.00	181.00
4	—	480	170.00–174.00	170.98
18	—	574	164.00–172.00	166.72
1	—	915	130.00	130.00
4	—	719	138.00–141.00	140.24
3	—	752	137.00	137.00
4	—	685	143.00	143.00
13	—	521	175.00	175.00
8	—	627	158.00–162.50	161.35
1	—	240	165.00	165.00
1	—	330	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	175.00	175.00
2	—	698	135.00	135.00
3	—	568	143.00–150.50	145.57
4	—	543	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	653	165.00	165.00
12	—	629	165.50–168.50	167.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	160.00	160.00
10	—	471	144.00–158.00	152.95
28	—	583	140.50–146.00	142.45
7	—	654	125.00–133.00	131.39
10	—	831	116.00–120.00	116.88
11	—	640	130.00–135.50	132.67
17	—	526	146.50–150.50	148.23
4	—	741	114.00	114.00
7	—	766	120.00	120.00
10	—	390	153.00–163.50	162.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	136.00	136.00
1	—	235	137.50	137.50
1	—	465	136.00	136.00
1	—	680	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	154.00	154.00

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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