Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-02-05

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
412 head
▼ 236 vs last sale 648▲ 412 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, all classes of feeder cattle; Feeder Steers, Heifers, and Bulls steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.47/cwt on 197 head.
Average price
$126.47
197 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.36
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539126.72683195
Medium and Large 2-3625102.506412thin
One grade step is worth $24.22/cwt here — about $42 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 sale197 hd
126.47
—
TN average11 barns · 2,803 hd
124.12
+2.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327155.15/cwt151.00–156.005076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369159.32/cwt159.00–160.005883
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3386135.00/cwt135.00–135.005215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420162.04/cwt160.00–165.006817
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3428129.00/cwt129.00–129.005523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455149.72/cwt146.00–151.006814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455137.00/cwt137.00–137.006231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516145.55/cwt140.00–152.0075115
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3528123.00/cwt123.00–123.006493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578132.53/cwt131.00–134.007662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632140.00/cwt140.00–140.008857
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674130.51/cwt126.00–132.008808
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744129.50/cwt129.50–129.509634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2771126.50/cwt126.50–126.5097528
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805115.00/cwt115.00–115.009261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880108.00/cwt108.00–108.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910108.00/cwt108.00–108.009831
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295132.00/cwt132.00–132.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387132.59/cwt128.00–135.0051320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439134.06/cwt126.00–139.0058931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464130.56/cwt130.00–135.006069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3495119.00/cwt119.00–119.005891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517132.00/cwt132.00–132.0068225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525126.07/cwt120.00–130.0066233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582124.00/cwt122.00–124.507225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633114.02/cwt109.00–119.0072212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678121.85/cwt120.00–123.0082648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690109.00/cwt109.00–109.007521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730104.00/cwt104.00–104.007595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375586.00/cwt86.00–86.006491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387163.00/cwt163.00–163.006316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437155.77/cwt149.00–158.0068116
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3469131.10/cwt131.00–132.0061510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525132.22/cwt129.00–136.0069417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571129.19/cwt125.00–131.007388
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2647125.00/cwt125.00–125.008095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715111.00/cwt111.00–111.007941

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.