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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 20

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Sep 6Sep 20Oct 4 →

Receipts

966 head

▲ 509 vs last sale 457▲ 314 vs year ago 652 · +48.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 10.00-20.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-9.00 lower. Offerings also included 496 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 — 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 $210.45/cwt on 436 head.

Average price

$210.45

436 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$38.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.94

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	562	217.18	1,220	359
Medium and Large 2-3	601	179.08	1,076	77

One grade step is worth $38.10/cwt here — about $144 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 sale436 hd

210.45

—

TN average12 barns · 2,898 hd

221.40

−10.94

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

Every lot

63 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	576	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	310	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	535	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	790	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	382	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	749	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	401	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	982	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	432	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,106	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,045	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,149	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,064	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	242.33/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,272	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	548	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,241	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	244.36/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,395	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	236.52/cwt	230.50–241.00	1,369	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	622	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,375	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,410	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	225.90/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,493	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	674	254.91/cwt	253.00–255.50	1,718	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	675	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,397	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,609	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	753	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,536	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,716	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	833	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,833	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,815	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	263	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	555	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	774	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	348	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	630	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	241.57/cwt	239.00–245.00	925	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	405	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	992	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	890	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	435	183.69/cwt	174.00–203.00	799	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	232.32/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,062	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	483	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	898	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	517	190.97/cwt	150.00–210.00	987	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	225.19/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,171	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	209.88/cwt	201.00–215.00	1,224	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	178.95/cwt	176.00–182.00	1,092	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	222.89/cwt	216.00–230.00	1,386	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	207.68/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,329	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,534	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	214.16/cwt	195.00–219.00	1,439	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	696	174.36/cwt	174.00–180.00	1,214	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	187.26/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,361	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,545	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	752	163.89/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,232	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	807	181.73/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,467	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,607	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	876	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,419	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,386	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	235.78/cwt	228.00–238.00	887	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	722	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	234.25/cwt	224.00–238.00	1,099	44
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	471	174.02/cwt	170.00–175.00	820	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	511	198.86/cwt	177.00–203.00	1,016	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	220.84/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,164	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	219.73/cwt	204.00–225.00	1,277	43
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	600	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,050	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	208.15/cwt	195.00–211.00	1,343	45
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	655	160.58/cwt	150.00–171.00	1,052	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	196.50/cwt	182.00–200.00	1,450	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,355	5

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 Sep 20, 2023

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

Receipts 966Last week 457Year ago 652

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	226.50	226.50
1	—	575	225.00	225.00
1	—	495	215.00	215.00
6	—	622	221.00	221.00
2	—	310	172.50	172.50
1	—	440	237.50	237.50
6	—	675	207.00	207.00
3	—	382	196.00	196.00
2	—	753	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	321	246.00	246.00
19	—	473	243.00	243.00
13	—	756	227.00	227.00
2	—	240	240.00	240.00
15	—	525	235.00–247.00	242.33
4	—	745	216.00	216.00
2	—	638	221.00	221.00
26	—	579	230.50–241.00	236.52
1	—	860	211.00	211.00
1	—	370	230.00	230.00
6	—	401	245.00	245.00
18	—	661	215.00–229.00	225.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	256.00	256.00
2	—	833	220.00	220.00
64	—	674	253.00–255.50	254.91
16	—	571	244.00–245.00	244.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	696	174.00–180.00	174.36
7	—	435	174.00–203.00	183.69
4	—	876	162.00	162.00
2	—	348	181.00	181.00
14	—	752	150.00–165.00	163.89
2	—	610	176.00–182.00	178.95
12	—	483	186.00	186.00
20	—	517	150.00–210.00	190.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	245.00	245.00
23	—	622	216.00–230.00	222.89
21	—	657	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	383	239.00–245.00	241.57
51	—	457	226.00–235.00	232.32
13	—	411	216.50	216.50
16	—	864	186.00	186.00
13	—	807	175.00–186.00	181.73
25	—	640	202.00–213.00	207.68
10	—	672	195.00–219.00	214.16
13	—	750	206.00	206.00
42	—	520	225.00–226.00	225.19
11	—	263	211.00	211.00
56	—	583	201.00–215.00	209.88
9	—	727	183.00–190.00	187.26
6	—	990	140.00	140.00
21	—	335	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	645	195.00–211.00	208.15
44	—	469	224.00–238.00	234.25
43	—	581	204.00–225.00	219.73
39	—	527	205.00–225.00	220.84
22	—	376	228.00–238.00	235.78
10	—	738	182.00–200.00	196.50
5	—	860	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	160.00	160.00
2	—	655	150.00–171.00	160.58
1	—	600	175.00	175.00
1	—	380	190.00	190.00
11	—	511	177.00–203.00	198.86
5	—	471	170.00–175.00	174.02

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.