Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-11-18

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 18
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
1,114 head
▲ 536 vs last sale 578▼ 5 vs year ago 1,119 · −0.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Offerings also included the following Load Lot sold on Video*

1 Load 66 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 750 @ 121.75 per cwt

*Total number of head counting the video load lot was 1382*

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-6.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.01/cwt on 418 head.
Average price
$118.01
418 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.48
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569118.12672410
Medium and Large 2-3441112.134958thin
One grade step is worth $6.00/cwt here — about $177 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 sale418 hd
118.01
—
TN average10 barns · 2,595 hd
118.49
−0.48
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260175.00/cwt175.00–175.004556
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3296142.00/cwt142.00–142.004204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329166.76/cwt166.00–169.0054940
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380138.00/cwt138.00–138.005243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434139.51/cwt139.00–140.006056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464131.74/cwt130.00–133.0061117
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3467120.00/cwt120.00–120.005603
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528132.93/cwt130.00–135.0070217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589128.31/cwt125.00–130.0075631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635125.70/cwt123.50–130.0079866
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678122.93/cwt120.00–124.0083321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731117.82/cwt117.00–118.5086120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780117.25/cwt110.00–120.5091533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added788129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,01769
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2908105.00/cwt105.00–105.009532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260129.00/cwt129.00–129.003351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317134.00/cwt134.00–134.0042510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328113.00/cwt113.00–113.003712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386135.25/cwt133.00–136.0052232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440127.65/cwt117.00–129.0056236
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458121.58/cwt114.00–127.0055722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524117.97/cwt113.00–123.0061866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535109.00/cwt109.00–109.005831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added540124.00/cwt124.00–124.0067017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579113.61/cwt110.00–117.0065854
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580102.00/cwt102.00–102.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632120.00/cwt120.00–120.0075838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643107.12/cwt103.00–116.0068948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663114.91/cwt104.00–118.0076235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702117.00/cwt117.00–117.0082110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731108.86/cwt103.50–111.0079617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759111.00/cwt111.00–111.0084218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2820105.00/cwt105.00–105.008611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285299.00/cwt99.00–99.008433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293095.00/cwt95.00–95.008842
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382154.75/cwt149.50–156.0059126
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448130.00/cwt130.00–130.005827
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3453113.50/cwt113.50–113.505142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2454135.00/cwt135.00–135.0061349
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519130.69/cwt120.00–134.0067849
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525114.60/cwt114.00–115.006025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582121.17/cwt115.00–123.0070548
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629120.20/cwt119.00–125.0075629
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3650108.50/cwt108.50–108.507053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2667112.50/cwt112.50–112.507508
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740106.50/cwt106.50–106.507888
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760111.00/cwt111.00–111.0084410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285593.00/cwt93.00–93.007953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-297379.00/cwt79.00–79.007692

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.