Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-09-30

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 30
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
826 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 828▲ 168 vs year ago 658 · +25.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 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 $122.65/cwt on 323 head.
Average price
$122.65
323 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.79
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562123.23692310
Medium and Large 2-3577108.9162913thin
One grade step is worth $14.31/cwt here — about $64 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 sale323 hd
122.65
—
TN average8 barns · 1,604 hd
121.86
+0.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 1-2316161.00/cwt161.00–161.005096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2394150.80/cwt149.00–152.005945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added402152.00/cwt152.00–152.006118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006093
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466146.29/cwt146.00–148.006827
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3509118.04/cwt113.00–125.006014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521139.04/cwt130.00–141.0072423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573133.39/cwt125.00–138.0076425
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635116.00/cwt116.00–116.007371
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643127.70/cwt125.00–133.0082127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added649143.00/cwt143.00–143.0092814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007906
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3663114.00/cwt114.00–114.007562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678138.00/cwt138.00–138.0093613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728123.29/cwt119.00–124.008987
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768117.40/cwt113.00–120.009025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805118.00/cwt118.00–118.009506
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833117.00/cwt117.00–117.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865113.00/cwt113.00–113.009771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2945112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0632
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323130.00/cwt130.00–130.004204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325124.00/cwt124.00–124.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389134.56/cwt128.00–140.0052322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3455117.00/cwt117.00–117.005323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457128.04/cwt125.50–130.0058545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478130.80/cwt130.00–131.5062511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522127.79/cwt127.00–129.0066723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528121.00/cwt114.00–125.0063959
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582121.95/cwt119.50–125.5071046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613126.98/cwt124.00–128.0077820
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3630103.21/cwt95.00–106.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642118.86/cwt118.50–119.0076341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660124.00/cwt124.00–124.008186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733115.58/cwt112.50–117.0084722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375597.00/cwt97.00–97.007321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2864104.50/cwt104.50–104.509037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2963100.00/cwt100.00–100.009634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2392151.00/cwt151.00–151.005926
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442144.95/cwt139.50–147.0064137
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3446129.00/cwt129.00–129.005758
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523134.10/cwt125.00–137.0070158
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3557114.99/cwt112.00–116.006408
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582124.90/cwt119.00–128.0072738
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3642111.00/cwt111.00–111.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2646119.50/cwt119.50–119.5077220
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2656123.00/cwt123.00–123.0080713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2744113.75/cwt110.00–115.0084624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2836104.00/cwt104.00–104.008697
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295486.00/cwt86.00–86.008204

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.