Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-05-19

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, May 19
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
762 head
▲ 268 vs last sale 494▼ 88 vs year ago 850 · −10.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

*Offerings also include to following Load Lot sold on video:

1 load 74 Head Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 850 @ 128.00 per cwt.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.21/cwt on 344 head.
Average price
$125.21
344 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.47
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593125.51744334
Medium and Large 2-3518115.0059510thin
One grade step is worth $10.51/cwt here — about $148 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 sale344 hd
125.21
—
TN average9 barns · 1,538 hd
126.68
−1.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2250163.00/cwt163.00–163.004082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319154.56/cwt151.00–158.004935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387172.88/cwt160.00–174.0066912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430157.00/cwt157.00–157.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466150.04/cwt148.00–156.0069915
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3473138.00/cwt138.00–138.006533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521149.45/cwt140.00–153.0077922
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3537130.00/cwt130.00–130.0069810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564139.29/cwt136.00–145.0078613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573150.00/cwt150.00–150.008604
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630119.50/cwt119.50–119.507534
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635150.31/cwt144.50–154.0095424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641133.00/cwt133.00–133.0085313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669142.75/cwt142.00–143.0095529
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3728113.00/cwt113.00–113.008232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733127.04/cwt124.00–129.509319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2838114.00/cwt114.00–114.009552
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3843107.20/cwt106.00–109.009045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862114.00/cwt114.00–114.009839
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2309139.67/cwt130.00–142.004325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384139.41/cwt133.00–143.0053523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2448136.00/cwt136.00–136.0060939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468134.70/cwt131.00–139.0063037
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3499115.00/cwt115.00–115.005748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523130.86/cwt125.00–136.0068446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578126.39/cwt119.00–131.0073172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3593115.00/cwt115.00–115.006822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626124.06/cwt122.50–125.5077722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643120.12/cwt119.50–120.507728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652123.50/cwt123.50–123.508053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655120.23/cwt108.00–121.5078816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735112.77/cwt111.50–113.5082915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added828108.00/cwt103.00–109.008946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added855104.25/cwt99.00–105.0089125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-296094.00/cwt94.00–94.009021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,013104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,088100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,25887.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0944
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2386152.24/cwt151.00–153.0058813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415131.00/cwt131.00–131.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433146.16/cwt146.00–147.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2452148.00/cwt148.00–148.0066924
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3467140.37/cwt128.00–142.006569
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521137.52/cwt131.00–139.0071621
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3549125.00/cwt125.00–125.006867
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2594130.85/cwt129.50–131.0077730
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623111.79/cwt107.00–115.006965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2652127.78/cwt125.00–129.5083321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2737105.52/cwt102.00–106.007788
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281897.00/cwt97.00–97.007933

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.