Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-04-07

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 7
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
942 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 999▲ 942 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 4.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher.

*Offerings also included 1 Load Lot sold on video:*

1 Load 58 Head of Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 850 lbs. @ 129.50 per cwt.

This video report can also be seen at the following link : www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

1051 head of regular sale cattle + 58 video sale cattle = 1109 Total Head

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.46/cwt on 368 head.
Average price
$133.46
368 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.11
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568133.52758366
Medium and Large 2-3538123.006612thin
One grade step is worth $10.52/cwt here — about $97 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 sale368 hd
133.46
—
TN average10 barns · 1,951 hd
135.57
−2.11
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2253200.00/cwt200.00–200.005065
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3303147.50/cwt147.50–147.504476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333176.51/cwt174.00–177.005886
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370173.29/cwt169.00–178.0064116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478165.89/cwt162.00–169.5079323
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3519139.00/cwt139.00–139.007215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536156.45/cwt153.00–159.0083933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2592143.73/cwt140.00–152.0085135
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3595126.00/cwt126.00–126.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628149.39/cwt147.50–153.0093839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638137.00/cwt137.00–137.008742
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3660118.00/cwt118.00–118.007794
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674130.34/cwt129.00–132.0087811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added686140.00/cwt140.00–140.009607
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717126.43/cwt123.00–131.0090747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,00157
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768122.66/cwt122.00–124.009426
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3775105.00/cwt105.00–105.008142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830122.33/cwt116.00–124.501,01526
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3865108.00/cwt108.00–108.009341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,005115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1562
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322151.09/cwt148.00–154.004876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380145.46/cwt141.00–150.0055320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427140.46/cwt135.50–147.0060037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459150.00/cwt150.00–150.006895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477143.39/cwt137.00–146.0068433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480127.00/cwt127.00–127.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522143.21/cwt142.50–144.0074821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533135.44/cwt132.00–140.0072231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552139.00/cwt139.00–139.0076714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568132.66/cwt128.00–134.5075441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595119.00/cwt119.00–119.007081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635122.56/cwt122.00–124.0077818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660131.57/cwt128.00–132.2586881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665120.28/cwt115.00–126.0080037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720113.50/cwt113.50–113.508173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723119.00/cwt119.00–119.008603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765117.00/cwt117.00–117.008951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2793106.00/cwt106.00–106.008414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2834104.86/cwt104.00–106.008757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-292598.00/cwt98.00–98.009072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374165.86/cwt158.00–167.006208
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3461142.17/cwt132.00–144.006559
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464158.94/cwt154.00–162.0073749
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528154.94/cwt144.00–156.5081825
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3563129.00/cwt129.00–129.007262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579139.02/cwt134.00–148.0080532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620108.00/cwt108.00–108.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666129.87/cwt122.00–132.0086517
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675113.00/cwt113.00–113.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2741122.61/cwt121.00–123.009095
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2828107.00/cwt107.00–107.008864

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.