Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. 260 Head also sold on video, the video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.36/cwt on 167 head.

Average price

$151.36

167 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$835

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$19.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.08

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	558	153.69	858	147
Medium and Large 2-3	504	134.21	676	20

One grade step is worth $19.48/cwt here — about $182 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 sale167 hd

151.36

—

TN average8 barns · 922 hd

154.44

−3.08

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

55 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 1-2	—	577	148.51/cwt	146.00–151.00	857	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	198.69/cwt	193.00–200.00	1,037	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	841	151.49/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,274	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	731	161.64/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,182	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,027	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,013	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	603	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	959	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	156.47/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,042	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	595	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	165.38/cwt	153.00–169.00	875	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	453	199.60/cwt	198.00–200.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	143.75/cwt	140.00–145.00	812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	192.58/cwt	181.00–194.00	741	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	994	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	847	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	870	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	903	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	849	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	146.54/cwt	143.00–149.00	783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	555	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	777	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	395	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	545	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	169.93/cwt	164.00–171.00	892	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	160.01/cwt	153.00–165.00	936	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	134.72/cwt	128.00–136.50	1,031	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	126.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	165.39/cwt	162.00–167.00	625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	124.98/cwt	120.00–130.00	741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	133.23/cwt	130.00–135.00	709	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	156.90/cwt	154.50–158.00	824	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	144.22/cwt	130.00–149.00	560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	625	176.61/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,104	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	143.38/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,055	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	162.41/cwt	155.00–165.00	747	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	891	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	146.63/cwt	145.00–149.00	975	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	910	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 Sep 7, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	577	146.00–151.00	148.51
1	—	855	127.00	127.00
9	—	378	162.00–167.00	165.39
5	—	319	166.00	166.00
35	—	525	154.50–158.00	156.90
15	—	736	139.00–148.00	143.38
26	—	460	155.00–165.00	162.41
4	—	623	143.00	143.00
21	—	665	145.00–149.00	146.63
1	—	820	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	603	159.00	159.00
1	—	650	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	125.00–129.00	126.95
1	—	650	138.00	138.00
2	—	593	120.00–130.00	124.98
11	—	532	130.00–135.00	133.23
4	—	388	130.00–149.00	144.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	176.00	176.00
6	—	536	189.00	189.00
1	—	380	187.00	187.00
14	—	666	150.00–161.00	156.47
2	—	575	168.00	168.00
1	—	605	169.00	169.00
3	—	432	185.00	185.00
1	—	265	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	522	193.00–200.00	198.69
34	—	841	146.00–154.00	151.49
12	—	731	160.00–165.00	161.64
5	—	1,027	136.00	136.00
4	—	595	184.00	184.00
5	—	453	198.00–200.00	199.60
1	—	750	152.00	152.00
18	—	625	174.00–179.00	176.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	135.00	135.00
2	—	393	172.50	172.50
7	—	529	153.00–169.00	165.38
4	—	565	140.00–145.00	143.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	385	181.00–194.00	192.58
8	—	654	152.00	152.00
5	—	459	184.50	184.50
4	—	448	178.00	178.00
3	—	813	107.00	107.00
1	—	620	148.00	148.00
26	—	525	164.00–171.00	169.93
12	—	585	153.00–165.00	160.01
19	—	765	128.00–136.50	134.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	903	94.00	94.00
5	—	534	143.00–149.00	146.54
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
3	—	480	153.00	153.00
1	—	845	92.00	92.00
1	—	650	137.00	137.00
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	107.50	107.50
1	—	395	138.00	138.00

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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