Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 10.00-18.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 550 lbs. 8.00-12.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 lower with instances of 18.00 lower. Offerings also included 341 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 $185.72/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$185.72

134 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$406

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

$16.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.46

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	592	186.21	1,103	130
Medium and Large 2-3	410	169.88	696	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about $406 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 sale134 hd

185.72

—

TN average9 barns · 1,991 hd

198.18

−12.46

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

48 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	—	690	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,046	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	883	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,815	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,390	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	222.89/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,416	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	199.67/cwt	191.50–203.00	1,304	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	227.17/cwt	217.50–232.00	1,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	943	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,424	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	157.66/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,009	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	227.15/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,049	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	231.04/cwt	215.00–235.50	952	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,013	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	146.46/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,138	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	884	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	857	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,174	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	805	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	965	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	203.03/cwt	194.00–210.00	1,066	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	280	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	696	184.86/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,287	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,404	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	937	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	186.75/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,098	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	195.33/cwt	185.00–198.00	1,022	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	164.92/cwt	164.00–171.00	1,080	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	156.80/cwt	156.00–157.00	1,221	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	192.80/cwt	188.00–200.00	848	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	171.93/cwt	171.00–179.00	1,104	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	198.94/cwt	191.00–200.00	772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	685	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,193	3

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 288Last week 929Year ago 536

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	160.00	160.00
1	—	450	202.50	202.50
1	—	365	173.00	173.00
1	—	240	195.00	195.00
2	—	280	193.00	193.00
2	—	943	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,046	176.00	176.00
4	—	883	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,287	141.00	141.00
5	—	728	191.00	191.00
5	—	566	219.00–229.00	222.89
4	—	753	188.00	188.00
3	—	300	241.00	241.00
13	—	653	191.50–203.00	199.67
3	—	485	217.50–232.00	227.17
1	—	815	173.00	173.00
1	—	395	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	152.00	152.00
18	—	457	205.00	205.00
17	—	588	178.00–188.00	186.75
2	—	720	170.00	170.00
1	—	950	130.00	130.00
16	—	523	185.00–198.00	195.33
8	—	655	164.00–171.00	164.92
5	—	779	156.00–157.00	156.80
5	—	440	188.00–200.00	192.80
8	—	642	171.00–179.00	171.93
8	—	388	191.00–200.00	198.94
5	—	331	207.00	207.00
3	—	858	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	160.00	160.00
1	—	280	185.00	185.00
1	—	590	172.00	172.00
1	—	400	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	696	181.00–186.00	184.86
7	—	755	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	640	154.00–160.00	157.66
12	—	462	216.00–231.00	227.15
9	—	412	215.00–235.50	231.04
6	—	582	174.00	174.00
5	—	777	144.00–150.00	146.46
5	—	381	232.00	232.00
16	—	525	194.00–210.00	203.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	857	137.00	137.00
2	—	525	192.50	192.50
1	—	575	161.00	161.00
1	—	440	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	114.00	114.00

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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