Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-09-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 2

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Aug 19Sep 2Sep 16 →

Receipts

636 head

▼ 144 vs last sale 780▼ 10 vs year ago 646 · −1.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 2.00-7.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00-12.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 lower.

*Offerings also included 683 head of the following load lots sold on video:*

*84 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 575 lbs. 151.50 per cwt

*85 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 575 lbs. 138.00 per cwt

*80 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 610 lbs. 136.00 per cwt

*85 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 600 lbs. 146.00 per cwt (not weaned)

*85 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 575 lbs. 136.00 per cwt (not weaned)

*70 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 700 lbs. 145.00 per cwt

*64 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 780 lbs. 137.00 per cwt (cattle did not sell, no sale)

*60 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 850 lbs. 135.50 per cwt

*70 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 740 lbs. 130.00 per cwt

*781 head in the regular sale + 683 head on video = 1464 total head*

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.76/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$123.76

234 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$46

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$14.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.39

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	124.38	688	224
Medium and Large 2-3	585	109.91	642	10thin

One grade step is worth $14.47/cwt here — about $46 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 sale234 hd

123.76

—

TN average12 barns · 2,039 hd

122.37

+1.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

47 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	588	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	161.75/cwt	161.50–162.00	679	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	146.69/cwt	139.00–152.00	678	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	519	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	695	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	140.90/cwt	135.00–143.00	748	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	145.62/cwt	145.00–146.00	776	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	584	125.67/cwt	124.00–129.00	734	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	134.01/cwt	131.00–137.50	789	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	131.06/cwt	130.00–133.00	826	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	913	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	125.99/cwt	120.00–127.50	839	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	123.85/cwt	120.00–125.00	936	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	842	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	985	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	114.11/cwt	110.00–115.50	990	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	953	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,024	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	315	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	391	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	420	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	129.28/cwt	125.00–130.00	498	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	438	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	587	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	444	126.41/cwt	122.00–129.50	561	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	455	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	505	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	127.46/cwt	127.00–127.50	599	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	128.19/cwt	123.50–133.00	670	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	748	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	566	116.21/cwt	112.00–119.00	658	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	123.41/cwt	120.00–128.00	715	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	119.20/cwt	116.50–123.50	770	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	640	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	114.08/cwt	112.50–120.50	757	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	112.33/cwt	105.00–117.00	817	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	752	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	857	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	775	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	783	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	810	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	689	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	947	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	912	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	162.98/cwt	155.00–166.00	606	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	431	135.52/cwt	129.00–142.00	584	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	148.27/cwt	139.50–150.00	679	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	467	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	640	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	137.71/cwt	132.00–139.00	717	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	122.72/cwt	121.00–124.00	711	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	648	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	713	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	118.84/cwt	114.00–120.00	780	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	830	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	752	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	869	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	868	2

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

Wed Sep 2, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 636Last week 780Year ago 646