Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-01-06

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 6
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
1,614 head
▲ 896 vs last sale 718▼ 468 vs year ago 2,082 · −22.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total Head of cattle: 1737 (regular run) + 418 (on video) = 2155 Total Head

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the Christmas and New Year Holidays, Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.58/cwt on 764 head.
Average price
$132.58
764 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.33
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2668132.60885758
Medium and Large 2-3460129.675966thin
One grade step is worth $2.94/cwt here — about $289 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 sale764 hd
132.58
—
TN average8 barns · 1,998 hd
134.91
−2.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332150.00/cwt150.00–150.004986
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376151.20/cwt141.00–160.0056917
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3398129.00/cwt129.00–129.005133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2412147.00/cwt147.00–147.006065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458148.63/cwt144.00–155.0068121
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522145.08/cwt144.50–145.5075742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528136.81/cwt130.00–140.5072267
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578137.50/cwt137.50–137.5079524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587133.15/cwt130.00–134.0078214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625136.30/cwt133.00–139.25852119
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643127.24/cwt123.50–130.5081834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664134.08/cwt133.00–134.5089085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673122.80/cwt117.00–126.0082614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707115.00/cwt115.00–115.0081310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709129.31/cwt128.00–130.0091781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770120.69/cwt110.00–124.0092916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added782127.73/cwt125.50–128.50999107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805122.98/cwt118.00–124.5099020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,0157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862112.00/cwt112.00–112.009653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added885126.25/cwt123.50–126.501,11759
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,034112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1587
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220134.00/cwt134.00–134.002952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280126.00/cwt126.00–126.003531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334128.63/cwt128.00–129.004308
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3368115.50/cwt115.00–116.004252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379134.43/cwt134.00–135.0050917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439126.18/cwt121.50–129.0055464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489128.22/cwt122.00–130.0062753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518119.01/cwt117.50–123.0061646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519126.67/cwt126.50–127.0065735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578123.59/cwt121.50–125.0071434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580116.31/cwt110.00–119.5067555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-360595.00/cwt95.00–95.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625120.39/cwt120.00–120.50752127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643111.76/cwt105.00–117.5071945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680117.22/cwt115.50–118.5079714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2692110.90/cwt110.00–111.507675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708118.74/cwt115.50–119.0084181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736108.25/cwt100.00–109.0079712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-275797.97/cwt93.00–100.007427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added821118.41/cwt114.50–119.0097239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285595.00/cwt95.00–95.008121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added897108.00/cwt108.00–108.009694
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380150.00/cwt150.00–150.0057014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3408126.00/cwt126.00–126.005142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429135.90/cwt135.00–136.005839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459142.34/cwt140.00–143.0065329
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006036
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527132.46/cwt125.00–139.0069823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578128.38/cwt124.00–134.007429
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2634118.48/cwt116.00–121.0075129
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695105.00/cwt105.00–105.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720109.00/cwt109.00–109.0078513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2783103.00/cwt102.00–104.008062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285585.00/cwt85.00–85.007272

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.