Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 12 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 $153.99/cwt on 398 head.

Average price

$153.99

398 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$11.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.62

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	584	154.62	904	377
Medium and Large 2-3	464	142.68	663	21

One grade step is worth $11.94/cwt here — about $241 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 sale398 hd

153.99

—

TN average10 barns · 2,229 hd

154.61

−0.62

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	—	613	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	999	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,100	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	503	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	865	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	154.40/cwt	135.00–164.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	158.96/cwt	153.00–160.50	930	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	172.42/cwt	164.00–174.00	995	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	176.67/cwt	166.00–178.00	938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	179.13/cwt	178.00–184.00	819	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	159.89/cwt	158.00–166.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	188.42/cwt	182.00–190.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	148.31/cwt	142.50–155.00	452	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	851	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,315	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	611	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	739	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,234	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	182.87/cwt	179.00–185.50	958	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	174.22/cwt	169.50–176.00	1,070	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	363	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	171.37/cwt	167.00–173.25	1,129	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	762	161.69/cwt	152.00–164.00	1,232	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	150.83/cwt	140.00–153.00	964	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	965	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,112	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	166.87/cwt	161.00–169.50	873	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	179.26/cwt	175.00–187.00	688	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,151	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	126.22/cwt	120.00–140.00	541	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	911	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	138.23/cwt	117.50–156.00	733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	741	124.02/cwt	115.00–127.00	919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	771	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	154.20/cwt	150.00–159.50	870	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	156.20/cwt	156.00–156.50	695	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	178.58/cwt	167.00–184.50	818	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	567	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	136.21/cwt	135.00–140.00	515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	118.31/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,038	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	149.54/cwt	142.50–152.00	642	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	143.82/cwt	140.00–147.50	965	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	150.73/cwt	148.50–157.00	794	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	147.53/cwt	145.00–154.00	851	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	166.45/cwt	164.00–170.00	769	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	813	143.55/cwt	142.00–145.50	1,167	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	137.34/cwt	135.00–141.00	883	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	487	176.63/cwt	175.50–177.50	860	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	135.12/cwt	131.50–140.00	988	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,018	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	154.13/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,122	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	169.65/cwt	159.00–186.00	651	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	662	154.49/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,023	14

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 Jan 18, 2023

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

Receipts 987Last week 1,479Year ago 557

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
6	—	613	163.00	163.00
15	—	724	152.00	152.00
10	—	503	172.00	172.00
26	—	585	153.00–160.50	158.96
45	—	813	142.00–145.50	143.55
25	—	487	175.50–177.50	176.63
14	—	662	150.00–157.00	154.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	150.00	150.00
5	—	571	135.00	135.00
4	—	378	135.00–140.00	136.21
10	—	429	142.50–152.00	149.54
1	—	625	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	445	156.00–156.50	156.20
11	—	324	175.00	175.00
3	—	877	115.00–125.00	118.31
3	—	245	165.00	165.00
1	—	900	128.00	128.00
44	—	671	140.00–147.50	143.82
41	—	527	148.50–157.00	150.73
40	—	577	145.00–154.00	147.53
34	—	462	164.00–170.00	166.45
10	—	643	135.00–141.00	137.34
7	—	731	131.50–140.00	135.12
4	—	754	135.00	135.00
28	—	384	159.00–186.00	169.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	135.00–164.00	154.40
3	—	305	142.50–155.00	148.31
2	—	578	157.00	157.00
1	—	355	147.50	147.50
1	—	600	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	192.50	192.50
31	—	577	164.00–174.00	172.42
9	—	531	166.00–178.00	176.67
11	—	457	178.00–184.00	179.13
2	—	663	159.00	159.00
4	—	439	158.00–166.00	159.89
5	—	385	182.00–190.00	188.42
12	—	315	194.00	194.00
1	—	640	156.00	156.00
8	—	728	154.00–155.00	154.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	851	154.50	154.50
7	—	739	167.00	167.00
51	—	524	179.00–185.50	182.87
38	—	614	169.50–176.00	174.22
3	—	440	200.00	200.00
4	—	363	211.00	211.00
87	—	659	167.00–173.25	171.37
32	—	762	152.00–164.00	161.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	110.00	110.00
35	—	639	140.00–153.00	150.83
12	—	668	144.50	144.50
9	—	764	145.50	145.50
3	—	417	166.00	166.00
26	—	523	161.00–169.50	166.87
17	—	384	175.00–187.00	179.26
3	—	822	140.00	140.00
38	—	564	150.00–159.50	154.20
36	—	458	167.00–184.50	178.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	429	120.00–140.00	126.22
2	—	785	116.00	116.00
3	—	387	147.00	147.00
6	—	530	117.50–156.00	138.23
4	—	741	115.00–127.00	124.02
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	470	130.00	130.00

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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