Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-10-20

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 20
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
874 head
▲ 488 vs last sale 386▼ 68 vs year ago 942 · −7.2%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Video sale report: 120 head sold in 1 Lot 120 Steers medium-large 1-2 weighing 825 lbs. @ 148.50 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 $121.18/cwt on 329 head.
Average price
$121.18
329 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.71
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534123.24658296
Medium and Large 2-3487102.7450133
One grade step is worth $20.49/cwt here — about $157 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 sale329 hd
121.18
—
TN average9 barns · 2,003 hd
123.90
−2.71
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

59 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2253150.07/cwt140.00–155.003803
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3255120.00/cwt120.00–120.003061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388144.00/cwt144.00–144.005596
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3389128.18/cwt122.50–131.004996
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3405100.00/cwt100.00–100.004051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425129.50/cwt129.00–130.005502
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464145.99/cwt138.00–152.0067724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533157.00/cwt157.00–157.008378
Steers—Medium 1-2558146.00/cwt146.00–146.008156
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565117.00/cwt117.00–117.006613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587144.44/cwt135.00–148.0084820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added595153.00/cwt153.00–153.009107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623135.00/cwt135.00–135.008414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661130.47/cwt128.00–134.0086212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663138.00/cwt138.00–138.0091510
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3670103.00/cwt103.00–103.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717130.36/cwt128.00–132.0093527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732120.99/cwt119.00–127.008864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779125.70/cwt124.00–126.509799
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0684
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3815112.00/cwt112.00–112.009131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915109.00/cwt109.00–109.009975
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added955124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1849
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317121.00/cwt121.00–121.003848
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3323109.00/cwt109.00–109.003526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382126.25/cwt123.00–127.0048237
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390112.00/cwt112.00–112.004376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432121.00/cwt121.00–121.005235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440111.00/cwt111.00–111.004882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455125.57/cwt125.00–129.0057149
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460105.00/cwt105.00–105.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520123.97/cwt119.00–128.0064580
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-356898.30/cwt89.00–106.0055811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582117.94/cwt114.00–122.0068628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601130.00/cwt130.00–130.0078128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-361395.61/cwt90.00–101.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632116.49/cwt111.50–125.0073616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658114.50/cwt114.50–114.5075316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-368885.00/cwt85.00–85.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734121.46/cwt106.00–126.0089226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added798122.50/cwt122.50–122.509783
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384142.77/cwt139.00–143.0054816
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3400112.50/cwt112.50–112.504501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2443128.00/cwt128.00–128.005672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459146.50/cwt146.50–146.5067227
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470112.09/cwt106.00–114.005274
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519136.99/cwt127.00–140.0071130
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530113.23/cwt101.00–117.0060010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-357599.00/cwt99.00–99.005692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583119.00/cwt119.00–119.006943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2616122.36/cwt111.00–125.0075433
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-363795.75/cwt92.50–102.506103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660122.00/cwt122.00–122.0080521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-367395.00/cwt95.00–95.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-371590.00/cwt90.00–90.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2732113.37/cwt103.00–114.0083017
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-377592.50/cwt92.50–92.507171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284095.00/cwt95.00–95.007981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-293487.72/cwt77.00–95.008195

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.