Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-01-29

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 29
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
648 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 798▲ 648 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Feeder Steers under 700 lbs. steady to 7.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 700 lbs. 2.00-7.00 higher, over 700 lbs. 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.92/cwt on 291 head.
Average price
$127.92
291 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$22.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557128.00713290
Medium and Large 2-3725106.007691thin
One grade step is worth $22.00/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale291 hd
127.92
—
TN average11 barns · 2,491 hd
127.10
+0.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255170.00/cwt170.00–170.004343
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3290143.00/cwt143.00–143.004156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2321166.22/cwt162.00–170.0053415
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3378146.00/cwt146.00–146.005526
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389164.00/cwt164.00–164.006384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412165.44/cwt160.00–166.0068211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3444135.61/cwt134.00–136.006025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468150.34/cwt148.00–151.007049
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519148.05/cwt141.00–152.0076825
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3522139.00/cwt139.00–139.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573142.08/cwt136.00–143.0081435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637136.16/cwt132.00–139.508679
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662134.62/cwt127.50–136.0089124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709127.76/cwt127.00–128.0090629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739121.85/cwt121.50–124.009007
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761125.50/cwt125.50–125.509559
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2909117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,065108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1506
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240148.00/cwt148.00–148.003554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336145.00/cwt145.00–145.004879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384141.47/cwt139.00–143.0054329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2453133.71/cwt125.00–137.0060661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527129.91/cwt123.00–134.0068537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569127.09/cwt121.00–131.0072346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607121.51/cwt112.00–123.507386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618126.00/cwt126.00–126.0077911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674120.63/cwt116.50–122.5081356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717119.50/cwt119.50–119.508573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3725106.00/cwt106.00–106.007691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726110.00/cwt109.00–114.007995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785102.00/cwt102.00–102.008011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added808113.00/cwt113.00–113.0091318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293199.00/cwt99.00–99.009224
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385164.29/cwt162.00–165.0063313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448149.00/cwt149.00–149.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2454156.00/cwt156.00–156.0070812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3458138.00/cwt138.00–138.006326
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523143.07/cwt133.00–145.0074818
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3553127.00/cwt127.00–127.007026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578136.41/cwt133.00–140.007884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645117.00/cwt117.00–117.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3663113.00/cwt113.00–113.007492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669127.39/cwt121.00–134.008524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-376091.00/cwt91.00–91.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286096.00/cwt96.00–96.008261

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.