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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-14

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 14

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Dec 7Dec 14Jan 4 →

Receipts

212 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 301▼ 446 vs year ago 658 · −67.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.36/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$139.36

80 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$14.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.84

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	140.62	758	73
Medium and Large 2-3	453	126.21	572	7thin

One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about $186 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 sale80 hd

139.36

—

TN average10 barns · 1,754 hd

145.20

−5.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	421	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	557	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	590	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	723	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	837	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	878	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	148.62/cwt	147.00–152.00	933	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	147.50/cwt	147.00–148.00	996	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	973	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	787	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,220	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,136	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	403	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	315	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	435	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	454	147.86/cwt	147.00–151.00	671	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	478	131.73/cwt	131.00–132.50	630	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	498	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	772	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	518	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	627	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	736	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	550	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	561	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	770	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	875	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	918	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	911	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	972	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	165.02/cwt	159.00–167.00	642	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	648	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	453	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	757	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	811	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	881	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	137.28/cwt	130.00–139.50	885	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	665	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	122.53/cwt	121.00–124.00	880	2

This sale against other markets

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 212Last week 301Year ago 658

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	121.00	121.00
1	—	550	102.00	102.00
2	—	315	138.00	138.00
2	—	478	131.00–132.50	131.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	454	147.00–151.00	147.86
3	—	390	155.00	155.00
20	—	526	140.00	140.00
1	—	290	139.00	139.00
2	—	838	116.00	116.00
3	—	627	130.00	130.00
9	—	583	132.00	132.00
3	—	690	133.00	133.00
4	—	729	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	155.00	155.00
4	—	616	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	124.00	124.00
1	—	360	125.00	125.00
1	—	415	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	164.00	164.00
1	—	570	154.00	154.00
2	—	428	169.00	169.00
1	—	710	137.00	137.00
4	—	344	162.00	162.00
4	—	675	147.00–148.00	147.50
1	—	800	142.00	142.00
3	—	533	157.00	157.00
3	—	628	147.00–152.00	148.62
1	—	255	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	787	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
1	—	665	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	453	167.00	167.00
2	—	718	121.00–124.00	122.53
4	—	389	159.00–167.00	165.02
6	—	587	150.00	150.00
7	—	438	148.00	148.00
10	—	518	156.50	156.50
12	—	645	130.00–139.50	137.28

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.