Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 lower. Offerings also included a video sale. The video sale report can be seen 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 $140.69/cwt on 337 head.

Average price

$140.69

337 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$23.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.51

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	590	142.67	842	308
Medium and Large 2-3	477	119.60	571	29

One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about $271 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 sale337 hd

140.69

—

TN average9 barns · 2,684 hd

143.20

−2.51

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 2-3	—	475	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	750	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	146.27/cwt	142.00–153.00	674	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	157.21/cwt	154.00–161.50	822	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	137.84/cwt	132.00–139.00	798	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	872	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	145.86/cwt	143.50–146.50	980	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	158.90/cwt	155.00–167.00	750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	899	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	138.00/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	139.21/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,027	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	149.05/cwt	146.00–153.00	884	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	139.11/cwt	131.00–142.00	849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	439	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,066	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	501	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,123	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	168.65/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,076	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	152.66/cwt	145.00–154.50	1,252	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	244	164.35/cwt	151.00–171.00	401	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	172.19/cwt	160.00–174.00	677	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	927	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,126	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	734	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	157.79/cwt	149.00–160.00	617	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	799	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	916	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	908	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	868	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	105.59/cwt	101.00–110.00	760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	126.67/cwt	120.00–137.00	592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	102.22/cwt	100.00–105.00	621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	237	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	339	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	142.95/cwt	133.00–145.00	839	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	444	109.48/cwt	100.00–111.00	486	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	119.83/cwt	111.00–123.00	676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	154.63/cwt	143.00–157.00	820	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	413	123.02/cwt	120.00–126.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	119.88/cwt	117.50–125.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	277	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	152.67/cwt	152.00–153.50	774	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	836	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,195	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,001	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	838	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	629	117.54/cwt	112.00–122.00	739	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	456	130.07/cwt	121.00–132.00	593	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	139.68/cwt	131.00–143.00	738	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	115.55/cwt	112.00–123.00	358	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	990	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	125.28/cwt	116.00–127.00	915	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	152.77/cwt	149.00–157.00	490	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	644	150.90/cwt	140.50–154.00	972	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	119.80/cwt	112.00–120.50	1,091	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	154.89/cwt	150.00–156.00	606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	119.98/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,038	3

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 Oct 5, 2022

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

Receipts 796Last week 652Year ago 386

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	142.00	142.00
1	—	1,000	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	750	144.00	144.00
4	—	468	179.00	179.00
27	—	638	164.00–170.00	168.65
21	—	820	145.00–154.50	152.66
15	—	596	155.50	155.50
33	—	676	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	523	154.00–161.50	157.21
6	—	472	155.00–167.00	158.90
2	—	820	137.00–139.00	138.00
24	—	738	132.00–143.00	139.21
25	—	593	146.00–153.00	149.05
4	—	610	131.00–142.00	139.11
5	—	278	158.00	158.00
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
10	—	931	114.50	114.50
8	—	325	154.00	154.00
4	—	891	126.00	126.00
9	—	244	151.00–171.00	164.35
7	—	393	160.00–174.00	172.19
3	—	670	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	461	142.00–153.00	146.27
31	—	579	132.00–139.00	137.84
14	—	656	137.00	137.00
5	—	237	143.00	143.00
5	—	764	131.00	131.00
41	—	528	131.00–143.00	139.68
2	—	1,053	94.00	94.00
15	—	730	116.00–127.00	125.28
15	—	321	149.00–157.00	152.77
4	—	639	130.50	130.50
1	—	1,035	99.00	99.00
12	—	911	112.00–120.50	119.80
11	—	391	150.00–156.00	154.89
3	—	865	118.00–121.00	119.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	587	148.50	148.50
14	—	672	143.50–146.50	145.86
20	—	507	152.00–153.50	152.67
10	—	836	143.00	143.00
51	—	644	140.50–154.00	150.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	120.00–126.00	123.02
1	—	215	132.00	132.00
3	—	277	114.00	114.00
2	—	523	106.00	106.00
1	—	375	119.00	119.00
10	—	629	112.00–122.00	117.54
6	—	456	121.00–132.00	130.07
3	—	310	112.00–123.00	115.55
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	780	115.00	115.00
14	—	446	164.50	164.50
10	—	391	149.00–160.00	157.79
8	—	639	125.00	125.00
16	—	727	126.00	126.00
31	—	653	139.00	139.00
29	—	587	133.00–145.00	142.95
36	—	530	143.00–157.00	154.63
2	—	938	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	868	105.00	105.00
2	—	720	101.00–110.00	105.59
5	—	467	120.00–137.00	126.67
5	—	608	100.00–105.00	102.22
7	—	444	100.00–111.00	109.48
4	—	564	111.00–123.00	119.83
3	—	374	117.50–125.00	119.88
4	—	838	105.00	105.00

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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