Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-04-01

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 1
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
340 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 207▲ 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers, Bulls, and Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.76/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$116.76
140 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.04
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534117.55628131
Medium and Large 2-3474105.224999thin
One grade step is worth $12.33/cwt here — about $129 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 sale140 hd
116.76
—
TN average11 barns · 1,685 hd
118.81
−2.04
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2228159.00/cwt159.00–159.003632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275153.00/cwt153.00–153.004211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318160.00/cwt160.00–160.005093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2362146.00/cwt146.00–146.005293
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411142.00/cwt142.00–142.0058411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445132.00/cwt132.00–132.005874
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522131.00/cwt129.00–135.006849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573124.75/cwt123.00–126.007154
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3583114.12/cwt113.50–118.0066515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614124.30/cwt123.00–126.0076320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662122.00/cwt122.00–122.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743107.00/cwt107.00–107.007954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761106.49/cwt106.00–106.5081035
Steers—Medium and Large 2-382084.00/cwt84.00–84.006891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845100.00/cwt100.00–100.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2851100.50/cwt100.50–100.508554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-290292.00/cwt92.00–92.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-298891.00/cwt91.00–91.008992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275127.00/cwt127.00–127.003491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322130.00/cwt130.00–130.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387127.94/cwt126.00–129.0049514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3410116.00/cwt116.00–116.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443125.83/cwt120.00–129.0055712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added447128.00/cwt128.00–128.0057211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3453108.00/cwt108.00–108.004895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516114.78/cwt110.00–122.0059214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-353097.00/cwt97.00–97.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536122.25/cwt122.25–122.256556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590113.21/cwt108.00–115.0066841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593117.50/cwt117.50–117.5069715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630107.36/cwt106.00–111.006765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275292.00/cwt92.00–92.006923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280591.00/cwt91.00–91.007331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2456140.00/cwt140.00–140.006386
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470127.00/cwt127.00–127.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521127.00/cwt127.00–127.006628
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629118.87/cwt116.00–121.007486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273590.00/cwt90.00–90.006621

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.