Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings. Offerings also included 405 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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $215.31/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 12 of 12 comparable sales and sits +10.05 against this barn's trailing median of $205.26.

Average price

$215.31

58 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$54.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.97

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	485	218.13	1,059	55
Medium and Large 2-3	610	163.67	998	3thin

One grade step is worth $54.46/cwt here — about $60 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

12 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $226.63, low $184.73, median $205.26 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale58 hd

215.31

—

TN average9 barns · 616 hd

190.34

+24.97

This barn, trailing median12 sales

205.26

+10.05

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

33 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	—	426	203.54/cwt	202.00–205.00	867	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	172.90/cwt	171.00–174.00	1,015	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	180.12/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,090	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	911	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	185.11/cwt	185.00–186.00	996	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,062	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	235.91/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,097	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	735	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,448	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	850	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,127	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	892	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	169.43/cwt	167.00–173.00	984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	189.04/cwt	186.00–193.00	911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	848	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	194.05/cwt	185.00–197.00	1,036	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	162.00/cwt	161.00–163.00	599	2

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 Dec 13, 2023

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

Receipts 143Last week 814Year ago 212

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	202.00–205.00	203.54
4	—	828	149.00	149.00
1	—	735	161.00	161.00
5	—	623	154.00	154.00
1	—	850	141.00	141.00
5	—	581	167.00–173.00	169.43
9	—	482	186.00–193.00	189.04
4	—	534	185.00–197.00	194.05
2	—	295	202.50	202.50
2	—	388	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	175.00	175.00
2	—	295	164.00	164.00
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
2	—	370	161.00–163.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	848	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	587	171.00–174.00	172.90
7	—	605	175.00–181.00	180.12
8	—	365	249.50	249.50
9	—	538	185.00–186.00	185.11
12	—	448	237.00	237.00
15	—	465	235.00–237.00	235.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	215.00	215.00
1	—	580	159.00	159.00
1	—	835	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	766	198.50	198.50
9	—	735	197.00	197.00
1	—	850	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	232.00	232.00
4	—	349	236.00	236.00
3	—	280	220.00	220.00
6	—	578	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	215.00	215.00
1	—	350	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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Lafayette Livestock Auction