Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Offerings also included 386 head 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 $140.63/cwt on 380 head.

Average price

$140.63

380 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$32.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.09

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	575	142.77	820	349
Medium 1-2	685	132.50	908	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	503	110.11	553	22

One grade step is worth $32.66/cwt here — about $267 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 sale380 hd

140.63

—

TN average11 barns · 3,090 hd

141.72

−1.09

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

64 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	—	715	128.94/cwt	122.50–134.50	922	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	146.98/cwt	144.00–148.00	575	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	955	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	754	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,007	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	142.50/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,046	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	153.51/cwt	146.00–160.00	944	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	815	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	144.06/cwt	134.00–146.00	903	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	159.00/cwt	155.00–162.00	913	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,098	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	870	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,262	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	153.78/cwt	150.00–155.00	744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	155.97/cwt	153.00–158.50	1,042	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	846	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,218	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,063	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	152.84/cwt	149.00–156.00	802	30
Steers	Medium 1-2Value Added	—	598	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	987	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	151.02/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,012	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	731	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	129.12/cwt	118.00–135.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	904	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,005	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	841	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	152.25/cwt	147.00–156.50	678	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	835	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	164.98/cwt	158.00–170.00	624	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	871	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	124.78/cwt	124.00–128.00	769	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	685	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	908	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	669	97.61/cwt	97.00–100.00	653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.54/cwt	136.00–150.00	766	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	122.87/cwt	119.50–124.00	931	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	118.56/cwt	110.00–120.00	460	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	122.32/cwt	120.00–128.00	936	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	139.71/cwt	137.00–143.00	654	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	506	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	125.44/cwt	115.00–130.00	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	739	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	145.45/cwt	139.00–150.00	624	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	459	112.23/cwt	107.00–114.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	827	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	137.68/cwt	130.00–142.50	874	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	139.94/cwt	131.00–143.00	744	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	133.77/cwt	132.00–137.00	884	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	135.74/cwt	129.00–139.00	791	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,113	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	166.45/cwt	165.00–167.50	945	25

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 16, 2022

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

Receipts 947Last week 705Year ago 580

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	715	122.50–134.50	128.94
8	—	391	144.00–148.00	146.98
4	—	765	120.00–128.00	122.32
28	—	468	137.00–143.00	139.71
9	—	337	150.00	150.00
3	—	260	135.00	135.00
20	—	429	139.00–150.00	145.45
22	—	635	130.00–142.50	137.68
46	—	532	131.00–143.00	139.94
14	—	661	132.00–137.00	133.77
51	—	583	129.00–139.00	135.74
1	—	865	124.00	124.00
2	—	828	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	680	140.50	140.50
13	—	754	133.50	133.50
82	—	615	146.00–160.00	153.51
21	—	526	155.00	155.00
5	—	725	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	685	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
7	—	388	110.00–120.00	118.56
1	—	335	127.50	127.50
4	—	519	100.00–105.00	102.50
1	—	610	104.00	104.00
4	—	459	107.00–114.00	112.23
3	—	827	90.00	90.00
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	136.00	136.00
3	—	569	118.00–135.00	129.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	734	135.00–147.00	142.50
1	—	435	175.00	175.00
24	—	627	134.00–146.00	144.06
2	—	263	172.50	172.50
22	—	574	155.00–162.00	159.00
4	—	484	150.00–155.00	153.78
4	—	315	174.00	174.00
7	—	751	141.50	141.50
30	—	525	149.00–156.00	152.84
24	—	670	140.00–152.00	151.02
10	—	389	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	752	146.00	146.00
3	—	870	145.00	145.00
46	—	668	153.00–158.50	155.97
26	—	846	144.00	144.00
20	—	535	169.00	169.00
16	—	640	157.00	157.00
26	—	747	149.00	149.00
25	—	568	165.00–167.50	166.45
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	598	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	662	127.00	127.00
20	—	445	147.00–156.50	152.25
12	—	588	142.00	142.00
12	—	378	158.00–170.00	164.98
7	—	862	101.00	101.00
5	—	616	124.00–128.00	124.78
20	—	523	136.00–150.00	146.54
16	—	758	119.50–124.00	122.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
5	—	669	97.00–100.00	97.61
2	—	508	110.00	110.00
1	—	760	100.00	100.00
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
6	—	427	115.00–130.00	125.44
5	—	739	101.00	101.00

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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