Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-11-17

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 17
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
580 head
▼ 271 vs last sale 851▼ 534 vs year ago 1,114 · −47.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.19/cwt on 232 head.
Average price
$125.19
232 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.41
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531125.94669222
Medium and Large 2-3456108.7049610thin
One grade step is worth $17.24/cwt here — about $173 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 sale232 hd
125.19
—
TN average11 barns · 2,988 hd
123.78
+1.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 1-2240162.50/cwt162.50–162.503901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328155.00/cwt155.00–155.0050811
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3405121.00/cwt121.00–121.004902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440139.00/cwt139.00–139.006121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476155.12/cwt149.00–158.0073812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516146.56/cwt135.00–150.0075617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574149.97/cwt149.00–151.5086120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588137.64/cwt132.00–139.008095
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623130.00/cwt130.00–130.008104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added636144.21/cwt144.00–145.009179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677129.01/cwt124.00–133.5087310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687139.00/cwt139.00–139.009555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711136.00/cwt136.00–136.009676
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728130.46/cwt122.00–134.0095017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763130.50/cwt130.50–130.509962
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added782137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0715
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3810115.00/cwt115.00–115.009321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2982114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,1191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245127.50/cwt127.50–127.503122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3275116.00/cwt116.00–116.003191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313130.00/cwt130.00–130.004077
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383119.00/cwt119.00–119.004563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390126.33/cwt124.00–127.0049317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added422144.00/cwt144.00–144.0060829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446126.71/cwt126.00–128.0056517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465125.00/cwt125.00–125.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3465109.50/cwt109.00–110.005092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478137.50/cwt137.50–137.5065712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527124.78/cwt120.00–128.0065857
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-352895.32/cwt95.00–96.005033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574122.66/cwt120.00–125.0070419
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625109.00/cwt109.00–109.006811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629124.28/cwt121.00–125.0078211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660123.00/cwt123.00–123.008128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663117.24/cwt111.00–120.0077719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728112.58/cwt101.00–115.5082011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2761104.00/cwt104.00–104.007914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-283094.00/cwt94.00–94.007802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added848112.00/cwt112.00–112.009502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-298577.00/cwt77.00–77.007581
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390145.00/cwt145.00–145.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2451146.71/cwt137.00–149.0066221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3483117.00/cwt117.00–117.005653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513145.84/cwt134.00–149.0074836
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3528104.00/cwt104.00–104.005494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3574117.03/cwt100.00–121.006727
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582134.92/cwt127.00–136.5078529
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655117.57/cwt111.00–118.0077017
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2729111.73/cwt109.00–112.0081511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283591.00/cwt91.00–91.007604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-292580.00/cwt80.00–80.007402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,02570.00/cwt70.00–70.0071811

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.