Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-12-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 2

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 16 →

Receipts

781 head

▼ 333 vs last sale 1,114▲ 62 vs year ago 719 · +8.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

*Offerings also included the following load lots sold on video*

1 Load 77 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 650 lbs. @ 128.25 per cwt

1 Load 78 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 650 lbs. @ 138.00 per cwt

1 Load 75 Steers Medium-large 1-2 weighing 750 lbs. @ 135.00 per cwt

1 Load 64 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 800 lbs. @ 134.50 per cwt

1 Load 65 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 785 lbs. @ 135.00 per cwt

1 Load 57 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 850 lbs. @ 130.75 per cwt

1 Load 57 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 875 lbs. @ 128.00 per cwt

*473 Head sold on video + 915 regular sale = 1388 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 $119.34/cwt on 319 head.

Average price

$119.34

319 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.36

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	554	119.82	663	313
Medium and Large 2-3	567	94.50	536	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $128 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 sale319 hd

119.34

—

TN average9 barns · 2,595 hd

119.70

−0.36

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

Every lot

50 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	384	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	322	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	383	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	376	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	455	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	550	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	139.20/cwt	135.00–140.00	642	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	490	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	544	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	520	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	619	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	134.90/cwt	129.00–137.00	715	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	133.81/cwt	128.00–138.00	764	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	582	118.99/cwt	115.00–123.00	693	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	130.86/cwt	129.00–134.00	807	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	123.53/cwt	117.00–125.00	793	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	652	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	782	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	918	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	118.73/cwt	115.00–120.00	879	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	773	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	928	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	889	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	910	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	883	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	261	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	326	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	376	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	391	128.28/cwt	126.00–130.00	502	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	124.98/cwt	121.00–126.00	549	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	128.34/cwt	122.00–132.00	585	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	485	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	553	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	658	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	124.50/cwt	122.50–125.50	652	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	510	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	116.82/cwt	114.00–119.00	681	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	123.22/cwt	121.00–124.50	755	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	618	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	556	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	108.81/cwt	105.00–110.50	700	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	716	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	721	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	800	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	99.55/cwt	97.00–100.00	731	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	556	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	136.74/cwt	130.00–139.00	625	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	560	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	127.87/cwt	123.50–129.00	660	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	698	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	648	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	700	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	109.09/cwt	105.00–110.00	735	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	111.73/cwt	109.00–112.50	809	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	735	99.48/cwt	97.00–102.00	731	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	843	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	950	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	665	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 Dec 2, 2020

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

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