Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings from the last sale because of inclement weather. Offerings today also included a video sale. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $244.26/cwt on 734 head.

Average price

$244.26

734 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$16.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.12

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	682	244.71	1,668	714
Medium and Large 2-3	591	228.35	1,349	20

One grade step is worth $16.36/cwt here — about $319 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 sale734 hd

244.26

—

TN average13 barns · 2,744 hd

248.38

−4.12

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

71 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 1-2	—	755	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	243.65/cwt	240.50–247.50	1,635	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	289.53/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,503	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	242.67/cwt	233.00–252.00	1,359	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	265.73/cwt	257.00–272.50	1,512	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	260.01/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,248	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	245.45/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	230.69/cwt	226.00–233.50	1,440	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	441	261.97/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,155	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	221.55/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,489	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	252.67/cwt	249.00–254.00	1,109	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	252.04/cwt	250.50–254.00	1,568	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	239.77/cwt	236.00–242.50	1,348	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	199.22/cwt	193.00–202.00	1,430	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	252.21/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,306	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	746	207.14/cwt	206.00–207.25	1,545	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	981	162.46/cwt	156.00–173.00	1,594	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	228.21/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,317	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	239.73/cwt	232.50–241.00	1,278	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	187.50/cwt	187.00–188.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	246.65/cwt	237.50–252.50	777	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	615	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	985	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	271.16/cwt	269.00–276.00	835	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,611	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	253	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,135	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	241.01/cwt	239.00–242.00	976	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	268.13/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,402	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,354	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	231.94/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,211	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	256.87/cwt	242.50–265.00	961	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	918	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,671	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	231.38/cwt	228.00–241.50	1,351	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,545	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,545	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,236	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	288.92/cwt	276.00–294.00	1,098	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	200.05/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,514	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	821	220.51/cwt	215.00–221.50	1,810	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	916	210.11/cwt	203.00–212.00	1,925	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	227.94/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,744	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	232.14/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,657	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	294.77/cwt	292.00–304.00	970	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	243.10/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,344	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,103	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,357	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	298.80/cwt	294.00–301.00	1,123	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,289	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,906	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	626	220.20/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	258.94/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,075	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	234.40/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,552	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	216.50/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	220.56/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,599	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	273.94/cwt	262.00–277.00	1,479	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	751	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	302.28/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,424	24

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 Jan 31, 2024

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

Receipts 1,640Last week 1,720Year ago 944

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	755	221.00	221.00
65	—	569	257.00–272.50	265.73
12	—	329	292.00–304.00	294.77
3	—	272	299.00	299.00
1	—	805	209.00	209.00
4	—	637	237.00–245.00	243.10
6	—	448	300.00	300.00
30	—	376	294.00–301.00	298.80
9	—	479	269.00	269.00
10	—	1,148	166.00	166.00
14	—	662	229.00–236.00	234.40
49	—	725	217.00–222.00	220.56
12	—	540	262.00–277.00	273.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	671	240.50–247.50	243.65
53	—	519	283.00–294.00	289.53
39	—	622	250.50–254.00	252.04
87	—	821	215.00–221.50	220.51
64	—	916	203.00–212.00	210.11
124	—	765	225.00–235.00	227.94
30	—	714	228.00–236.00	232.14
6	—	435	312.00	312.00
24	—	471	299.00–307.00	302.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	233.00–252.00	242.67
3	—	517	241.00–254.00	245.45
1	—	455	242.50	242.50
5	—	626	220.00–221.00	220.20
3	—	415	253.00–270.00	258.94
2	—	655	213.00–220.00	216.50
4	—	751	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	480	255.00–262.00	260.01
86	—	624	226.00–233.50	230.69
27	—	441	259.00–265.00	261.97
107	—	672	218.00–229.00	221.55
45	—	562	236.00–242.50	239.77
30	—	518	251.00–253.00	252.21
90	—	746	206.00–207.25	207.14
78	—	780	206.50	206.50
5	—	918	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	452	246.00	246.00
22	—	439	249.00–254.00	252.67
4	—	275	248.00	248.00
29	—	718	193.00–202.00	199.22
3	—	900	173.00	173.00
13	—	981	156.00–173.00	162.46
7	—	641	210.00	210.00
21	—	577	223.00–230.00	228.21
19	—	533	232.50–241.00	239.73
2	—	825	187.00–188.00	187.50
10	—	379	260.00	260.00
18	—	308	269.00–276.00	271.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	186.00	186.00
1	—	530	217.00	217.00
4	—	315	237.50–252.50	246.65
2	—	378	240.00	240.00
3	—	253	242.50	242.50
1	—	600	201.00	201.00
3	—	405	239.00–242.00	241.01
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	275.00	275.00
3	—	488	232.50	232.50
11	—	522	224.00–235.00	231.94
1	—	675	211.00	211.00
10	—	374	242.50–265.00	256.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	523	250.00–269.00	268.13
15	—	462	293.00	293.00
4	—	584	228.00–241.50	231.38
6	—	633	244.00	244.00
6	—	663	233.00	233.00
8	—	443	279.00	279.00
14	—	380	276.00–294.00	288.92
14	—	757	190.00–207.00	200.05

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