Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 8.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00-12.00 higher. Offerings also included 339 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 $203.47/cwt on 217 head.

Average price

$203.47

217 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$18.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

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	554	204.83	1,135	201
Medium and Large 2-3	498	186.43	928	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.40/cwt here — about $207 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 sale217 hd

203.47

—

TN average7 barns · 863 hd

206.61

−3.14

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

58 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	—	850	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	232.38/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,248	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	203.44/cwt	197.00–206.00	1,300	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	210.98/cwt	207.00–214.00	1,002	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	243.15/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,551	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	249.29/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	955	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	212.59/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,373	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	527	213.36/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,124	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	331	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	189.27/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,429	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	198.40/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,440	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	198.95/cwt	195.00–201.00	1,148	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,473	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,235	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	196.17/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,301	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	240.11/cwt	226.00–249.00	994	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	995	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	171.27/cwt	167.50–175.00	1,396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,288	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	205.53/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,095	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	226.10/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,225	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	188.49/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,397	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	212.37/cwt	209.00–216.00	1,344	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	231.16/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,091	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	180.70/cwt	180.00–182.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	182.59/cwt	180.00–188.00	865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	441	193.06/cwt	180.00–210.00	851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	181.90/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,222	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,319	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,072	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	223.04/cwt	218.00–230.00	959	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	212.66/cwt	211.00–216.00	1,112	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	192.94/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,219	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	227.59/cwt	226.00–232.00	838	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	277.41/cwt	259.50–280.00	1,304	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	205.92/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,192	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	165.21/cwt	161.00–170.00	1,257	5

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 31, 2023

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

Receipts 536Last week 569Year ago 307

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	159.00	159.00
14	—	475	207.00–214.00	210.98
2	—	745	181.00	181.00
13	—	533	205.00–206.00	205.53
23	—	672	179.00–185.00	181.90
2	—	843	156.50	156.50
18	—	430	218.00–230.00	223.04
24	—	632	190.00–195.00	192.94
24	—	368	226.00–232.00	227.59
26	—	579	202.00–208.00	205.92
6	—	328	236.00	236.00
5	—	761	161.00–170.00	165.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	639	197.00–206.00	203.44
7	—	654	197.00	197.00
18	—	523	211.00–216.00	212.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	190.00	190.00
3	—	472	180.00–182.00	180.70
1	—	385	192.50	192.50
5	—	441	180.00–210.00	193.06
1	—	335	207.00	207.00
1	—	660	162.00	162.00
2	—	628	181.00	181.00
2	—	585	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	231.00	231.00
17	—	537	230.00–234.00	232.38
6	—	434	230.00–253.00	249.29
5	—	968	178.50	178.50
1	—	290	240.00	240.00
14	—	646	209.00–219.00	212.59
11	—	755	186.00–190.00	189.27
8	—	726	197.00–200.00	198.40
3	—	863	188.00	188.00
2	—	388	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	199.00	199.00
1	—	955	152.50	152.50
1	—	645	170.00	170.00
5	—	527	207.00–215.00	213.36
5	—	331	219.00	219.00
3	—	577	195.00–201.00	198.95
2	—	373	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	638	242.00–245.00	243.15
4	—	588	246.00	246.00
4	—	516	239.00	239.00
8	—	470	259.50–280.00	277.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	792	186.00	186.00
6	—	559	221.00	221.00
5	—	663	192.00–199.00	196.17
5	—	414	226.00–249.00	240.11
5	—	387	257.00	257.00
2	—	815	167.50–175.00	171.27
29	—	542	225.00–229.00	226.10
16	—	741	186.00–190.00	188.49
13	—	633	209.00–216.00	212.37
13	—	472	225.00–235.00	231.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	185.00	185.00
6	—	474	180.00–188.00	182.59
3	—	555	163.00	163.00
4	—	513	209.00	209.00

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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