Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 6.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 higher. Offerings also included a few load lots sold on video. 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 $134.69/cwt on 291 head.

Average price

$134.69

291 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$231

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

$11.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.78

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	611	136.25	832	250
Medium and Large 2-3	480	125.19	601	41

One grade step is worth $11.06/cwt here — about $231 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 sale291 hd

134.69

—

TN average9 barns · 1,800 hd

140.47

−5.78

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

65 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 1-2Value Added	—	817	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,062	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	131.90/cwt	131.00–132.50	884	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	144.07/cwt	141.50–145.00	761	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	168.33/cwt	165.00–175.00	763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,081	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	542	113.98/cwt	110.00–126.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	812	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	708	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,291	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,769	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	165.77/cwt	165.00–166.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	123.01/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	636	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	827	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	149.69/cwt	147.00–150.00	889	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	159.36/cwt	151.00–164.50	846	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	308	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	143.76/cwt	133.00–146.00	903	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	133.37/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,024	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	248	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	514	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	162.08/cwt	160.50–162.50	854	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	170.81/cwt	161.00–171.50	693	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	116.50/cwt	114.00–119.00	882	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	662	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	896	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	740	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	162.58/cwt	153.00–167.00	740	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	117.59/cwt	115.00–120.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	120.33/cwt	110.00–122.00	697	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	138.87/cwt	134.50–140.00	815	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,087	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,261	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Gaunt	—	585	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	139.15/cwt	130.00–142.00	654	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	128.69/cwt	110.00–144.00	677	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	614	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	743	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	136.58/cwt	128.00–140.00	900	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	118.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	357	132.29/cwt	110.00–135.50	472	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	123.55/cwt	107.00–126.00	575	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	123.26/cwt	112.50–126.00	721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	143.15/cwt	140.00–144.00	548	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	920	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	138.04/cwt	133.00–140.00	806	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	266	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	386	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,086	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	125.67/cwt	125.00–126.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,153	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	144.90/cwt	144.00–147.00	700	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	134.67/cwt	130.00–138.00	870	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	142.72/cwt	140.00–144.00	629	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	737	136.19/cwt	131.00–137.50	1,004	20

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 Nov 2, 2022

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

Receipts 705Last week 485Year ago 851

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	817	130.00	130.00
9	—	1,087	116.00	116.00
1	—	920	120.00	120.00
20	—	737	131.00–137.50	136.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	670	131.00–132.50	131.90
42	—	528	141.50–145.00	144.07
7	—	957	113.00	113.00
1	—	1,000	105.00	105.00
14	—	383	140.00–144.00	143.15
35	—	584	133.00–140.00	138.04
5	—	266	145.00	145.00
9	—	920	118.00	118.00
13	—	320	140.00	140.00
3	—	780	125.00–126.00	125.67
5	—	1,098	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,135	105.00	105.00
24	—	483	144.00–147.00	144.90
24	—	646	130.00–138.00	134.67
19	—	441	140.00–144.00	142.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	614	121.00	121.00
3	—	522	115.00–120.00	118.35
11	—	357	110.00–135.50	132.29
8	—	465	107.00–126.00	123.55
5	—	585	112.50–126.00	123.26
2	—	280	125.00	125.00
2	—	438	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	453	165.00–175.00	168.33
4	—	379	165.00–166.00	165.77
2	—	918	121.00–125.00	123.01
9	—	594	147.00–150.00	149.69
21	—	531	151.00–164.50	159.36
19	—	628	133.00–146.00	143.76
9	—	768	130.00–135.00	133.37
1	—	670	141.00	141.00
2	—	248	172.50	172.50
5	—	707	135.00	135.00
2	—	433	164.00	164.00
12	—	319	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	542	110.00–126.00	113.98
1	—	705	116.00	116.00
2	—	558	108.00–110.00	109.00
1	—	475	135.00	135.00
4	—	636	130.00	130.00
3	—	308	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	812	140.00	140.00
5	—	708	147.50	147.50
28	—	1,291	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	527	160.50–162.50	162.08
15	—	406	161.00–171.50	170.81
12	—	757	114.00–119.00	116.50
7	—	385	172.00	172.00
3	—	730	112.00	112.00
2	—	830	108.00	108.00
51	—	455	153.00–167.00	162.58
24	—	587	134.50–140.00	138.87
25	—	659	128.00–140.00	136.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	112.00	112.00
2	—	430	115.00–120.00	117.59
1	—	625	105.00	105.00
7	—	579	110.00–122.00	120.33
3	—	390	151.00	151.00
10	—	470	130.00–142.00	139.15
1	—	720	102.00	102.00
13	—	526	110.00–144.00	128.69

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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