Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-06-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 2
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
482 head
▼ 280 vs last sale 762▲ 92 vs year ago 390 · +23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 6.00 higher.5

*Offerings also included the following Load Lots sold on video:*

1 Load 60 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 825 lbs. @ 118 per cwt

1 Load 60 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 805 lbs. @ 133.25 per cwt

2 Loads 116 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 850 lbs. @ 129.50 per cwt

1 Load 58 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 875 lbs. @ 126.25 per cwt

1 Load 54 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 950 lbs. @ 120.50 per cwt

1 Load 50 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 1000 lbs. @ 118 per cwt

The video sale report can also be found at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467

Total number of cattle including 398 sold on video = 964 total head of cattle

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.09/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$130.09
168 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$249
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium 1-2
$13.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.55
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3323138.004462thin
Medium and Large 1-2567130.16738161
Medium 1-2558124.506955thin
One grade step is worth $13.50/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale168 hd
130.09
—
TN average8 barns · 1,187 hd
129.53
+0.55
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 1-2245155.00/cwt155.00–155.003801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270168.00/cwt168.00–168.004541
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3320137.50/cwt137.50–137.504403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337160.00/cwt160.00–160.005398
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3388142.00/cwt142.00–142.0055110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463156.97/cwt156.00–160.007274
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3473144.26/cwt135.00–146.006826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522142.34/cwt139.00–147.0074314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533155.37/cwt155.00–155.508284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586146.74/cwt143.50–151.008609
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617147.93/cwt146.00–149.5091313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639136.93/cwt132.00–143.0087513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663146.54/cwt143.00–149.0097215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667130.68/cwt126.00–132.008729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724123.37/cwt121.00–128.008934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788121.73/cwt118.50–126.5095914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,06012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2990107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245164.00/cwt164.00–164.004024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313167.50/cwt167.50–167.505243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3323138.00/cwt138.00–138.004462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376149.76/cwt145.50–156.0056312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429132.94/cwt130.00–136.005705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477137.15/cwt136.00–138.0065413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511139.00/cwt139.00–139.007104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520131.41/cwt124.00–135.0068328
Heifers—Medium 1-2558124.50/cwt124.50–124.506955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588131.29/cwt125.50–134.0077232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615130.50/cwt130.50–130.508031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639122.63/cwt116.00–124.5078414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650126.00/cwt126.00–126.0081917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672122.65/cwt122.50–124.0082410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722108.77/cwt102.00–111.0078510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750108.00/cwt108.00–108.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2825100.62/cwt98.50–106.008307
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382161.26/cwt160.00–163.006167
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457155.07/cwt146.00–156.0070911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3468131.00/cwt131.00–131.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078017
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3535127.03/cwt124.00–133.006809
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581139.17/cwt135.00–142.008095
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3605119.00/cwt119.00–119.007202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2646127.84/cwt125.00–128.0082619
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3685103.00/cwt103.00–103.007061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2729115.00/cwt115.00–115.008389

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.