Browning Livestock Market Report

Lafayette, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 16, 2022

947 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.16/cwt +15.49 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 619 lb · 104 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.27/cwt +13.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,032/hd at 669 lb · 70 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.66/cwt +0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 530 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	947	705	580
Feeder cattle	947	705	580

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Offerings also included 386 head sold on video. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	2	172.50	$172.50	$454	—
315	315	4	174.00	$174.00	$548	+13.00
389	389	10	188.00	$188.00	$731	+22.23
435	435	1	175.00	$175.00	$761	+11.00
470–488	484	4	150.00–155.00	$153.78	$744	-14.55
513–536	525	30	149.00–156.00	$152.84	$802	-6.52
535 value added	535	20	169.00	$169.00	$904	—
550–596 value added	568	25	165.00–167.50	$166.45	$945	—
554–596	574	22	155.00–162.00	$159.00	$913	+9.31
615–643	627	24	134.00–146.00	$144.06	$903	+0.30
610–642 value added	640	16	157.00	$157.00	$1,005	—
663–673 value added	668	46	153.00–158.50	$155.97	$1,042	—
656–698	670	24	140.00–152.00	$151.02	$1,012	+10.02
723–742	734	9	135.00–147.00	$142.50	$1,046	+7.50
747 value added	747	26	149.00	$149.00	$1,113	—
751	751	7	141.50	$141.50	$1,063	+8.13
752 value added	752	10	146.00	$146.00	$1,098	—
846 value added	846	26	144.00	$144.00	$1,218	+4.00
870 value added	870	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,262	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598 value added	598	9	165.00	$165.00	$987	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	136.00	$136.00	$435	-1.00
558–590	569	3	118.00–135.00	$129.12	$735	+20.12

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	3	135.00	$135.00	$351	-10.00
337	337	9	150.00	$150.00	$506	+10.00
389–398	391	8	144.00–148.00	$146.98	$575	+3.83
405–445	429	20	139.00–150.00	$145.45	$624	+2.73
455–496	468	28	137.00–143.00	$139.71	$654	-5.19
526 value added	526	21	155.00	$155.00	$815	—
507–538	532	46	131.00–143.00	$139.94	$744	-4.13
576–595	583	51	129.00–139.00	$135.74	$791	-2.30
606–640 value added	615	82	146.00–160.00	$153.51	$944	—
609–644	635	22	130.00–142.50	$137.68	$874	+3.01
656–663	661	14	132.00–137.00	$133.77	$884	+1.87
680 value added	680	9	140.50	$140.50	$955	—
703–729	715	11	122.50–134.50	$128.94	$922	—
725 value added	725	5	137.50	$137.50	$997	+1.31
754 value added	754	13	133.50	$133.50	$1,007	—
750–795	765	4	120.00–128.00	$122.32	$936	-3.35
828	828	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,035	—
865	865	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	127.50	$127.50	$427	—
380–390	388	7	110.00–120.00	$118.56	$460	-13.73
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	-9.00
457–465	459	4	107.00–114.00	$112.23	$515	-11.32
518–520	519	4	100.00–105.00	$102.50	$532	-15.85
565	565	1	112.00	$112.00	$633	-11.26
610	610	1	104.00	$104.00	$634	-17.00
827	827	3	90.00	$90.00	$744	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	9	132.50	$132.50	$908	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–380	378	12	158.00–170.00	$164.98	$624	-7.02
442–447	445	20	147.00–156.50	$152.25	$678	—
518–525	523	20	136.00–150.00	$146.54	$766	-15.54
588	588	12	142.00	$142.00	$835	+3.13
600–620	616	5	124.00–128.00	$124.78	$769	—
662	662	15	127.00	$127.00	$841	-9.58
757–760	758	16	119.50–124.00	$122.87	$931	+6.37
862	862	7	101.00	$101.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	-31.00
420–435	427	6	115.00–130.00	$125.44	$536	+7.85
500–515	508	2	110.00	$110.00	$559	-18.69
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693	+5.00
666–680	669	5	97.00–100.00	$97.61	$653	-14.39
739	739	5	101.00	$101.00	$746	-1.00
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.