Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to light offerings with this sale being back to back from the 5th Wednesday and the 1st Wednesday. Offerings also included 5 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 $179.52/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$179.52

118 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$24.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.50

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	521	181.60	945	108
Medium and Large 2-3	533	157.03	837	10thin

One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about $108 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 sale118 hd

179.52

—

TN average11 barns · 2,557 hd

191.02

−11.50

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

49 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 1-2Value Added	—	597	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,301	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,198	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	188.69/cwt	179.00–191.00	911	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	745	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	167.62/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	164.71/cwt	155.00–168.00	1,212	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,288	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	214.64/cwt	201.00–221.00	1,105	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	223.86/cwt	220.00–227.50	936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	213.69/cwt	211.00–215.00	987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	211.94/cwt	207.00–214.00	1,221	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,019	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	205.67/cwt	195.00–206.50	1,061	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	212.64/cwt	211.00–213.00	948	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	228.03/cwt	219.00–231.00	848	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	172.05/cwt	162.00–174.00	1,111	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	993	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	968	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	875	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	163.40/cwt	157.00–167.00	1,031	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	161.16/cwt	151.00–171.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	194.61/cwt	186.00–196.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	689	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	441	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	869	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	451	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	831	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,107	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	142.74/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	187.31/cwt	186.00–189.50	987	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	157.70/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,074	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,334	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	174.98/cwt	172.00–176.50	1,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	489	233.01/cwt	232.00–233.50	1,139	9

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 Apr 5, 2023

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

Receipts 297Last week 1,102Year ago 255

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	597	218.00	218.00
2	—	620	213.00	213.00
12	—	732	176.00	176.00
2	—	505	226.00	226.00
6	—	778	171.50	171.50
9	—	489	232.00–233.50	233.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	317	235.00	235.00
5	—	771	162.00–169.00	167.62
4	—	736	155.00–168.00	164.71
2	—	395	237.50	237.50
8	—	515	201.00–221.00	214.64
4	—	653	180.00	180.00
2	—	418	220.00–227.50	223.86
2	—	255	222.50	222.50
3	—	462	211.00–215.00	213.69
14	—	576	207.00–214.00	211.94
1	—	960	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	868	138.00	138.00
10	—	483	179.00–191.00	188.69
10	—	631	157.00–167.00	163.40
7	—	379	186.00–196.00	194.61
2	—	270	211.00	211.00
1	—	840	137.00	137.00
15	—	435	191.00	191.00
1	—	705	157.00	157.00
4	—	774	140.00–147.00	142.74
1	—	990	106.00	106.00
15	—	527	186.00–189.50	187.31
10	—	681	155.00–164.00	157.70
7	—	319	201.00	201.00
3	—	588	172.00–176.50	174.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	180.00	180.00
2	—	478	151.00–171.00	161.16
1	—	545	142.00	142.00
4	—	689	148.00	148.00
2	—	368	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	441	197.00	197.00
4	—	451	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	453	225.00	225.00
14	—	516	195.00–206.50	205.67
11	—	446	211.00–213.00	212.64
8	—	372	219.00–231.00	228.03
6	—	646	162.00–174.00	172.05
2	—	575	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	102.50	102.50
2	—	993	97.50	97.50
1	—	875	115.00	115.00
2	—	585	160.00	160.00

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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