Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-09-29

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 29
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
590 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 735▼ 236 vs year ago 826 · −28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00 lower. Offerings also included one load lot sold on video. the video sale report can be found at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467 *

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.59/cwt on 234 head.
Average price
$122.59
234 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.54
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550124.17682208
Medium and Large 2-3505109.9455626
One grade step is worth $14.24/cwt here — about $127 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 sale234 hd
122.59
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TN average8 barns · 1,855 hd
125.14
−2.54
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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255162.50/cwt162.50–162.504141
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315122.50/cwt122.50–122.503861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2317143.00/cwt143.00–143.004539
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3350127.50/cwt127.50–127.504461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426148.54/cwt144.00–150.006334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470141.00/cwt141.00–141.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517138.12/cwt135.00–142.0071417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576135.55/cwt130.00–137.0078111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3599120.00/cwt120.00–120.0071910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634129.29/cwt126.00–130.0082011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663132.41/cwt127.50–138.008789
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736133.66/cwt125.00–135.5098410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760127.00/cwt127.00–127.009653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820122.48/cwt117.00–125.001,0049
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3275122.00/cwt122.00–122.003363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3323118.00/cwt118.00–118.003812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329130.00/cwt130.00–130.0042810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384132.29/cwt130.00–134.0050814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3384115.00/cwt115.00–115.004423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440132.18/cwt128.00–133.5058217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3461114.00/cwt114.00–114.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463126.81/cwt123.50–130.0058725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527129.16/cwt124.00–133.0068141
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3539108.57/cwt104.00–113.005856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582121.46/cwt115.00–127.0070740
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620109.00/cwt109.00–109.006761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639121.56/cwt120.00–123.0077736
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3656108.00/cwt108.00–108.007084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676119.24/cwt119.00–120.008068
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370091.00/cwt91.00–91.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724107.55/cwt107.00–108.007799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765101.00/cwt101.00–101.007731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-379581.00/cwt81.00–81.006441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810111.00/cwt111.00–111.008993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285888.00/cwt88.00–88.007552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-297597.00/cwt97.00–97.009461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2389159.96/cwt153.00–163.0062223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2449144.00/cwt144.00–144.0064717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460134.00/cwt134.00–134.0061612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533138.44/cwt130.00–140.0073826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587133.00/cwt133.00–133.0078117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603129.50/cwt129.50–129.507815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2664123.44/cwt120.00–124.5082025
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665105.00/cwt105.00–105.006981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735117.00/cwt117.00–117.0086012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758112.00/cwt112.00–112.008493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2850105.00/cwt105.00–105.008932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292086.00/cwt86.00–86.007911

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.