Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-02-03

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 3
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
446 head
▼ 630 vs last sale 1,076▲ 34 vs year ago 412 · +8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 72▲ 7 vs year ago 52 · +13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 10.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 8.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.74/cwt on 179 head.
Average price
$122.74
179 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$20.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.37
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2575122.85706178
Small 1-2520102.005301thin
One grade step is worth $20.85/cwt here — about $176 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 sale179 hd
122.74
—
TN average9 barns · 1,484 hd
121.36
+1.37
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

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 1-2280163.00/cwt163.00–163.004561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328162.00/cwt162.00–162.005312
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3375149.00/cwt149.00–149.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383168.00/cwt168.00–168.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430132.00/cwt132.00–132.005681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438154.61/cwt149.00–156.006775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463160.00/cwt160.00–160.007418
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508150.00/cwt150.00–150.0076212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510124.00/cwt124.00–124.006324
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589133.00/cwt133.00–133.007839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607133.60/cwt131.50–135.5081119
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630118.00/cwt118.00–118.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675124.32/cwt120.00–127.5083915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721125.47/cwt125.00–126.0090521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783117.62/cwt116.00–121.009216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810117.62/cwt115.00–120.0095327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840107.00/cwt107.00–107.008991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318140.75/cwt139.00–144.004483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381129.00/cwt129.00–129.004914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415136.50/cwt136.50–136.505669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430128.19/cwt126.00–129.005517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470126.05/cwt119.00–127.5059214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484134.66/cwt134.50–135.506526
Heifers—Small 1-2520102.00/cwt102.00–102.005301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528129.50/cwt129.50–129.506849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528123.70/cwt120.00–126.0065315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552128.50/cwt128.50–128.507099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577124.76/cwt120.00–126.5072025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624123.32/cwt123.00–123.5077027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631120.00/cwt120.00–120.007577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666116.35/cwt112.50–120.5077522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715108.00/cwt108.00–108.0077212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766101.95/cwt91.00–104.507818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-294594.00/cwt94.00–94.008881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383157.74/cwt156.00–158.006047
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457147.19/cwt139.00–151.0067316
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3477127.00/cwt127.00–127.006063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516137.00/cwt137.00–137.0070717
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3560117.00/cwt117.00–117.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580124.45/cwt121.00–125.007227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662121.00/cwt121.00–121.0080111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-370089.00/cwt89.00–89.006231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2741110.00/cwt110.00–110.008155
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780101.00/cwt101.00–101.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283097.00/cwt97.00–97.008053
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.