Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-05-20

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, May 20
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
850 head
▲ 247 vs last sale 603▲ 850 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 2.00-7.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 2.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.80/cwt on 359 head.
Average price
$120.80
359 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$83
per head · Small 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.87
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1-2464126.0058511thin
Medium and Large 1-2571121.11691329
Medium and Large 2-3594112.4266819thin
One grade step is worth $13.58/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale359 hd
120.80
—
TN average10 barns · 2,301 hd
121.67
−0.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240166.00/cwt166.00–166.003981
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3322142.00/cwt142.00–142.004573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333150.00/cwt150.00–150.005003
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3386141.00/cwt141.00–141.005449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387144.25/cwt141.00–150.0055813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439148.00/cwt148.00–148.006506
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3440137.00/cwt137.00–137.006032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467143.01/cwt135.00–152.0066818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523144.67/cwt137.00–148.0075742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566134.72/cwt127.00–141.0076318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570146.93/cwt143.00–149.0083818
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3572120.00/cwt120.00–120.006863
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620113.88/cwt110.00–120.0070616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642128.63/cwt125.00–132.5082638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683127.00/cwt120.00–129.0086719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2751117.00/cwt117.00–117.008794
Steers—Medium and Large 2-377594.00/cwt94.00–94.007295
Steers—Medium and Large 2-382097.00/cwt97.00–97.007953
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824112.35/cwt112.00–112.5092614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added836115.00/cwt115.00–115.0096123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263143.00/cwt143.00–143.003762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324134.46/cwt130.00–136.0043611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388131.87/cwt130.00–133.005128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424126.09/cwt124.00–128.005356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added454135.00/cwt135.00–135.006137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461129.09/cwt122.00–132.0059546
Heifers—Small 1-2464126.00/cwt126.00–126.0058511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524128.93/cwt125.00–131.0067668
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3571115.50/cwt115.50–115.5066016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586118.50/cwt115.00–120.5069457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605119.00/cwt119.00–119.0072020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636112.86/cwt110.00–116.5071830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668112.28/cwt107.00–116.5075030
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3685100.00/cwt100.00–100.006851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-272799.25/cwt97.50–102.0072212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373594.00/cwt94.00–94.006912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737113.00/cwt112.50–113.5083324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281090.00/cwt90.00–90.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830108.00/cwt108.00–108.008962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added863105.00/cwt105.00–105.009064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added985102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330158.00/cwt158.00–158.005214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384142.26/cwt140.00–145.005469
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448146.00/cwt146.00–146.006547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458145.74/cwt135.00–149.0066739
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522138.52/cwt132.50–140.0072335
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3551124.00/cwt124.00–124.0068310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576128.77/cwt127.00–129.5074227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640117.00/cwt117.00–117.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653123.48/cwt122.00–124.0080627
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2739110.61/cwt110.50–111.0081713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2795104.00/cwt104.00–104.008271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284093.00/cwt93.00–93.007811

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.