Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 4.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Offerings also included 787 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 $189.66/cwt on 361 head.

Average price

$189.66

361 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,136

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$352

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

$29.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.71

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	606	191.52	1,160	338
Medium and Large 2-3	498	162.22	808	23

One grade step is worth $29.31/cwt here — about $352 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 sale361 hd

189.66

—

TN average10 barns · 2,238 hd

199.36

−9.71

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

59 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	—	375	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	233.83/cwt	231.00–237.00	996	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	215.96/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,443	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	204.88/cwt	199.00–211.00	1,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	222.43/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	209.28/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,109	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	163.45/cwt	162.50–167.50	695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	970	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	213.01/cwt	211.00–215.00	971	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	752	192.13/cwt	191.50–193.00	1,445	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	209.70/cwt	203.00–214.00	1,218	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	252	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	457	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,106	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	201.13/cwt	197.00–205.00	1,444	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	224.64/cwt	218.50–226.00	1,449	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,257	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	175.47/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,298	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	191.81/cwt	189.00–196.00	1,228	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	235.76/cwt	230.00–240.00	889	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	166.02/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,390	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	212.91/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,114	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	204.16/cwt	190.00–208.00	980	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	902	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	608	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	224.97/cwt	211.00–235.00	1,024	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	202.23/cwt	193.00–209.00	1,197	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	169.53/cwt	166.00–172.00	1,210	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	225.88/cwt	206.00–228.00	1,177	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	165.31/cwt	150.00–170.00	793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	507	163.42/cwt	146.00–172.50	829	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	491	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,036	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	858	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,454	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	196.38/cwt	190.00–200.00	943	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	194.44/cwt	189.00–198.00	1,019	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	192.64/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,210	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	201.41/cwt	195.00–208.00	884	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,157	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,189	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	855	189.75/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,622	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	218.51/cwt	215.00–227.00	848	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	170.04/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,161	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	186.67/cwt	180.00–188.50	1,090	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	199.55/cwt	196.00–201.00	1,167	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,231	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,711	6

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 May 3, 2023

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

Receipts 747Last week 922Year ago 685

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	182.50	182.50
2	—	340	212.50	212.50
5	—	425	162.50–167.50	163.45
1	—	520	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	426	231.00–237.00	233.83
1	—	755	175.00	175.00
4	—	621	199.00–211.00	204.88
1	—	735	180.00	180.00
14	—	530	205.00–213.00	209.28
1	—	380	232.00	232.00
18	—	456	211.00–215.00	213.01
14	—	581	203.00–214.00	209.70
7	—	330	250.00	250.00
3	—	252	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	668	215.00–218.00	215.96
9	—	525	222.00–223.00	222.43
1	—	970	175.00	175.00
12	—	752	191.50–193.00	192.13
5	—	457	242.00	242.00
32	—	718	197.00–205.00	201.13
27	—	645	218.50–226.00	224.64
12	—	582	216.00	216.00
8	—	855	189.00–190.00	189.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	190.00	190.00
50	—	523	207.00–217.00	212.91
4	—	491	211.00	211.00
48	—	858	169.50	169.50
18	—	628	190.00–197.00	192.64
33	—	585	196.00–201.00	199.55
6	—	1,231	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	714	166.00–172.00	169.53
2	—	750	160.00	160.00
21	—	480	190.00–200.00	196.38
1	—	255	222.50	222.50
27	—	524	189.00–198.00	194.44
29	—	439	195.00–208.00	201.41
8	—	627	184.50	184.50
3	—	820	145.00	145.00
4	—	329	217.50	217.50
24	—	388	215.00–227.00	218.51
15	—	683	168.00–174.00	170.04
14	—	584	180.00–188.50	186.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	150.00	150.00
4	—	480	150.00–170.00	165.31
16	—	507	146.00–172.50	163.42
1	—	370	155.00	155.00
1	—	400	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	740	170.00–176.00	175.47
10	—	640	189.00–196.00	191.81
7	—	377	230.00–240.00	235.76
3	—	837	164.00–170.00	166.02
1	—	1,000	142.50	142.50
1	—	960	152.50	152.50
32	—	455	211.00–235.00	224.97
31	—	592	193.00–209.00	202.23
21	—	521	206.00–228.00	225.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	480	190.00–208.00	204.16
3	—	578	156.00	156.00
2	—	608	155.00	155.00

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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