Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-10-06

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 6
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
386 head
▼ 204 vs last sale 590▼ 247 vs year ago 633 · −39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower.

Offerings also included a video sale consisting of 419 head sold in 4 lots. 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 $119.41/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$119.41
155 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.65
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589120.65711143
Medium and Large 2-3559104.6458512thin
One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $126 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 sale155 hd
119.41
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TN average10 barns · 1,497 hd
125.06
−5.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

48 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 1-2280133.38/cwt133.00–134.003735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2364137.00/cwt137.00–137.004996
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3375144.00/cwt144.00–144.005401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430137.00/cwt137.00–137.005893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460138.00/cwt138.00–138.006356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518147.00/cwt147.00–147.007614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533137.98/cwt133.00–142.0073513
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3550116.00/cwt116.00–116.006381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569136.49/cwt130.00–141.007775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581144.00/cwt144.00–144.0083711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603137.00/cwt137.00–137.008262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668128.12/cwt125.50–131.0085614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added737135.94/cwt134.50–136.501,0027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762127.00/cwt127.00–127.009685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2250121.00/cwt121.00–121.003034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365107.84/cwt104.00–112.003942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388126.60/cwt126.00–127.004915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439126.00/cwt126.00–126.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467129.66/cwt127.50–137.0060617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3467110.70/cwt106.00–113.005173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520128.66/cwt120.00–134.0066931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532136.00/cwt136.00–136.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584118.28/cwt117.00–130.0069122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606137.00/cwt137.00–137.008308
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3645106.00/cwt106.00–106.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658113.39/cwt110.00–115.5074618
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-372087.96/cwt86.00–90.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732107.73/cwt105.50–111.0078913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770109.00/cwt109.00–109.008392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283899.47/cwt96.00–103.008342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-294099.65/cwt96.00–100.0093711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2367150.72/cwt146.00–157.0055314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437133.92/cwt131.00–135.0058515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2461138.00/cwt138.00–138.006366
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520116.14/cwt112.50–120.006042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524136.67/cwt129.00–140.0071620
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575115.01/cwt114.00–117.006616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2589130.65/cwt129.00–131.0077017
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3634113.62/cwt104.00–117.007204
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658123.50/cwt123.50–123.5081312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3720103.00/cwt103.00–103.007421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745116.00/cwt116.00–116.008645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2848105.50/cwt105.50–105.508955
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292080.00/cwt80.00–80.007361

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.