Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 4.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 10.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00-15.00 higher. Offerings also included 548 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 $239.89/cwt on 465 head.

Average price

$239.89

465 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,403

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$32.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.92

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	589	242.79	1,429	424
Medium and Large 2-3	545	209.90	1,144	41

One grade step is worth $32.89/cwt here — about $285 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 sale465 hd

239.89

—

TN average11 barns · 2,689 hd

247.82

−7.92

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

65 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	—	328	271.98/cwt	257.50–302.50	892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	301.32/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,431	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,730	7
Steers	Small 1-2	—	800	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	257.58/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,587	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,481	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,827	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	963	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	333.58/cwt	329.00–335.00	1,074	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	223.80/cwt	223.00–224.00	1,484	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	243.83/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,470	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,553	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,617	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	296.45/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	282.55/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,082	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	253.89/cwt	253.25–256.50	1,693	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	478	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,506	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	296.35/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,544	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	452	263.28/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	261.90/cwt	257.50–266.00	1,498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	757	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	245.25/cwt	241.50–247.50	1,523	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	743	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	476	284.60/cwt	279.50–301.00	1,355	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	233.65/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,458	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,415	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,588	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,140	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	238.00/cwt	229.50–240.50	1,395	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	268.70/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,252	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	245.45/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	179.90/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,490	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	281.00/cwt	277.00–286.00	933	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	247.54/cwt	243.50–256.00	1,319	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	181.40/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,297	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	219.63/cwt	214.00–226.00	1,493	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	267.07/cwt	262.50–267.50	1,007	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	221.82/cwt	217.50–227.00	1,196	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	597	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,218	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	243.71/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	507	279.41/cwt	276.50–280.00	1,417	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	377	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,127	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	205.12/cwt	192.00–240.00	993	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	832	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	333.41/cwt	307.50–337.00	1,260	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,596	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	275.28/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,445	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,411	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,229	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 Feb 21, 2024

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

Receipts 899Last week 1,774Year ago 1,419

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	328	257.50–302.50	271.98
1	—	580	233.00	233.00
2	—	383	275.00–290.00	282.55
1	—	505	220.00	220.00
3	—	452	250.00–270.00	263.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	475	295.00–310.00	301.32
7	—	824	210.00	210.00
15	—	616	253.00–260.00	257.58
4	—	518	286.00	286.00
3	—	923	190.00	190.00
3	—	385	320.00	320.00
18	—	322	329.00–335.00	333.58
1	—	745	225.00	225.00
2	—	850	200.00	200.00
8	—	572	257.50–266.00	261.90
3	—	250	305.00	305.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	766	238.50	238.50
10	—	963	212.00	212.00
58	—	667	253.25–256.50	253.89
25	—	478	315.00	315.00
24	—	521	295.00–298.00	296.35
12	—	606	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	663	223.00–224.00	223.80
6	—	603	243.00–248.00	243.83
5	—	835	186.00	186.00
5	—	555	275.00	275.00
4	—	770	210.00	210.00
4	—	464	295.00–298.00	296.45
16	—	378	307.50–337.00	333.41
11	—	739	216.00	216.00
21	—	525	265.00–277.00	275.28
17	—	448	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	250.00	250.00
3	—	832	176.00	176.00
1	—	715	180.00	180.00
2	—	565	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	757	190.00	190.00
77	—	621	241.50–247.50	245.25
2	—	743	196.00	196.00
54	—	476	279.50–301.00	284.60
11	—	575	245.00–246.00	245.45
29	—	507	276.50–280.00	279.41
8	—	377	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	624	228.00–237.00	233.65
4	—	913	155.00	155.00
6	—	435	262.00	262.00
13	—	586	229.50–240.50	238.00
28	—	466	268.00–270.00	268.70
50	—	828	175.00–181.00	179.90
3	—	258	277.50	277.50
14	—	332	277.00–286.00	281.00
27	—	533	243.50–256.00	247.54
12	—	715	180.00–187.00	181.40
43	—	680	214.00–226.00	219.63
12	—	377	262.50–267.50	267.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	247.50	247.50
2	—	650	190.00	190.00
9	—	539	217.50–227.00	221.82
1	—	285	227.50	227.50
14	—	597	204.00	204.00
2	—	430	240.00–247.50	243.71
1	—	640	200.00	200.00
10	—	484	192.00–240.00	205.12
1	—	815	160.00	160.00

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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