Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-10-07

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 7
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
633 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 826▲ 633 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, Steers, Bulls, And Heifers 3.00-10.00 lower with instances of 14.00 lower.

*Offerings also included the following video load lots to make the total number of cattle 1361*

80 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 600 lbs. @ 132.25 per cwt

140 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 700 lbs. @ 133.5 per cwt

70 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 700 lbs. @ 141.50 per cwt

64 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 770 lbs. @ 139.25 per cwt

64 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 765 lbs. @ 126.50 per cwt

180 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 800 lbs. @ 131.00 per cwt

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.59/cwt on 236 head.
Average price
$118.59
236 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.18
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561118.88666223
Medium and Large 2-3433113.5449113thin
One grade step is worth $5.34/cwt here — about $175 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 sale236 hd
118.59
—
TN average12 barns · 3,161 hd
118.41
+0.18
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2248160.00/cwt160.00–160.0039716
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3306126.00/cwt126.00–126.003865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2334150.00/cwt150.00–150.0050112
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3372124.00/cwt124.00–124.0046110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2394144.00/cwt140.00–145.005675
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3427123.00/cwt123.00–123.005253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446142.00/cwt142.00–142.0063313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469135.17/cwt130.00–141.0063415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed525133.00/cwt133.00–133.0069814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545125.00/cwt125.00–125.006812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578129.96/cwt120.00–132.0075122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616137.00/cwt137.00–137.008444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645127.64/cwt125.00–128.008238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661125.37/cwt123.00–129.0082915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700128.00/cwt128.00–128.008968
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738116.56/cwt115.00–117.008609
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added768132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,01820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783123.00/cwt123.00–123.009632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833118.00/cwt118.00–118.009832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2893115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,0313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2261128.00/cwt128.00–128.003344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330129.00/cwt129.00–129.0042613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355117.00/cwt117.00–117.004154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387122.94/cwt120.00–125.0047612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458123.98/cwt120.00–125.0056842
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3467112.00/cwt112.00–112.005239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519119.47/cwt114.50–124.0062040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573118.48/cwt116.00–123.0067924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629114.87/cwt106.00–117.0072320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2650118.00/cwt118.00–118.0076724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655121.50/cwt121.50–121.507966
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704122.50/cwt122.50–122.5086222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712106.67/cwt105.00–110.007596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281375.00/cwt75.00–75.006103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287386.00/cwt86.00–86.007513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,08685.00/cwt85.00–85.009234
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384139.67/cwt135.00–140.0053615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2447137.81/cwt125.00–141.0061630
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464127.00/cwt127.00–127.005899
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513128.76/cwt119.00–132.0066116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578125.51/cwt115.00–126.0072522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2659113.33/cwt112.00–117.0074730
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735113.26/cwt111.50–114.0083210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282999.00/cwt99.00–99.008213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-290084.00/cwt84.00–84.007561

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.