Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-11-04

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 4
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
578 head
▼ 364 vs last sale 942▼ 356 vs year ago 934 · −38.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-8.00 higher with instances of 10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-10.00 higher.

*Offerings also included the following video load lots:*

1 Load - 75 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 650 lbs. @137.00 per cwt

1 Load - 78 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 650 lbs. @ 140.50 per cwt

1 Load - 66 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 740 lbs. @ 133.00 per cwt

1 Load - 61 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 810 lbs. @ 131.00 per cwt

1 Load - 57 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 875 lbs. @ 129.75 per cwt

2 Loads - 145 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 800 lbs. @ 129.50 per cwt

*Total number of head counting video load lots 684 regular run + 482 video cattle = 1166 total head*

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.32/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$119.32
207 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.98
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532120.22640195
Medium and Large 2-3472104.7549412thin
One grade step is worth $15.46/cwt here — about $145 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 sale207 hd
119.32
—
TN average11 barns · 1,861 hd
115.34
+3.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2244144.00/cwt144.00–144.003516
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3290135.00/cwt135.00–135.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322140.00/cwt140.00–140.0045111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3387124.00/cwt124.00–124.004803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393136.48/cwt134.00–139.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441135.62/cwt131.00–140.0059810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463134.00/cwt134.00–134.006206
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3490114.00/cwt114.00–114.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521127.08/cwt125.00–130.0066212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555116.00/cwt116.00–116.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590125.87/cwt120.00–128.0074315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604123.00/cwt123.00–123.007434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661121.48/cwt115.00–125.0080317
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3680110.00/cwt110.00–110.007481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731122.36/cwt114.00–123.508948
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750125.00/cwt125.00–125.009387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773112.00/cwt112.00–112.008666
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3775105.00/cwt105.00–105.008141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added868116.71/cwt116.00–118.501,0137
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250116.00/cwt116.00–116.002901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321132.55/cwt122.00–134.004258
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380103.61/cwt100.00–104.503945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383130.66/cwt129.00–131.0050018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428120.00/cwt120.00–120.005148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455126.24/cwt117.00–129.5057439
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3462112.00/cwt112.00–112.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530121.32/cwt117.00–125.5064351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578114.16/cwt112.00–115.5066026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644110.50/cwt110.50–110.507128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3650103.00/cwt103.00–103.006701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2651115.89/cwt113.00–117.0075418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724110.22/cwt110.00–110.507989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2764105.00/cwt105.00–105.008025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-380076.00/cwt76.00–76.006081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2892103.00/cwt103.00–103.009193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292079.00/cwt79.00–79.007271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381134.02/cwt130.00–135.0051130
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3412106.85/cwt105.00–117.004407
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2439125.00/cwt125.00–125.0054915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2456129.68/cwt119.00–130.0059134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3493111.00/cwt111.00–111.005473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525124.65/cwt120.00–126.0065445
Bulls—Small 1-2540102.00/cwt102.00–102.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2588122.49/cwt119.00–126.0072012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657115.67/cwt112.50–117.0076017
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2736109.01/cwt106.00–109.5080214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375295.00/cwt95.00–95.007143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283998.50/cwt98.50–98.508266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-298078.00/cwt78.00–78.007641

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.