Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-12-16

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 16
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
718 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 781▲ 329 vs year ago 389 · +84.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 99▲ 138 vs year ago 51 · +270.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.12/cwt on 263 head.
Average price
$120.12
263 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.53
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578121.99705240
Medium and Large 2-3614100.6161723
One grade step is worth $21.38/cwt here — about $87 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 sale263 hd
120.12
—
TN average8 barns · 2,163 hd
117.59
+2.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25050.006251thin

Every lot

51 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 1-2275156.00/cwt156.00–156.004292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004734
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3319131.50/cwt122.50–133.004197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360149.00/cwt149.00–149.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3415134.08/cwt127.00–137.005564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421143.48/cwt139.00–151.0060412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464152.19/cwt147.50–156.0070616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532136.95/cwt132.50–141.0072911
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3535129.00/cwt129.00–129.006902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579130.78/cwt129.00–135.5075711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633127.65/cwt120.00–131.0080819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657122.53/cwt120.00–123.0080513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707119.00/cwt119.00–119.008418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787123.50/cwt123.50–123.5097226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788113.15/cwt111.00–121.0089218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865114.00/cwt114.00–114.009861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935104.00/cwt104.00–104.009721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3225113.00/cwt113.00–113.002541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328127.70/cwt123.00–132.0041919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368132.87/cwt129.00–134.0048928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3388108.05/cwt105.00–114.004193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444127.15/cwt120.00–131.0056532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467126.96/cwt121.00–130.005936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518125.95/cwt122.50–127.0065225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584119.93/cwt116.00–120.5070021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627120.00/cwt120.00–120.0075215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3646102.72/cwt97.50–103.5066415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653115.00/cwt115.00–115.0075110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664119.75/cwt119.00–120.0079520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725117.00/cwt117.00–117.0084823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275599.00/cwt99.00–99.007471
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375984.00/cwt84.00–84.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784114.33/cwt112.00–116.0089617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added807114.00/cwt114.00–114.009203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added872111.50/cwt111.50–111.5097219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290593.00/cwt93.00–93.008421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370147.74/cwt141.00–149.0054719
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3433110.00/cwt110.00–110.004762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2446133.00/cwt133.00–133.005934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3452129.00/cwt129.00–129.0058316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457146.63/cwt139.00–149.5067021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524137.09/cwt128.00–137.5071823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565117.12/cwt112.00–118.006627
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582124.72/cwt120.00–125.5072614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628114.00/cwt114.00–114.007162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3635107.00/cwt107.00–107.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2661118.00/cwt118.00–118.0078025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2719100.73/cwt100.00–101.0072434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-277590.00/cwt90.00–90.006984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-286285.00/cwt85.00–85.007333
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25050.00/cwt50.00–50.006251

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.