Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-12-01

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 1
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
839 head
▲ 259 vs last sale 580▲ 58 vs year ago 781 · +7.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale Feeder Steers 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-12.00 higher. Offerings also included 9 Load Lots sold on video. To view the video sale report click on 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 $135.16/cwt on 355 head.
Average price
$135.16
355 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.93
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544136.27742339
Medium and Large 2-3496111.6155416thin
One grade step is worth $24.66/cwt here — about $188 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 sale355 hd
135.16
—
TN average8 barns · 2,496 hd
134.23
+0.93
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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2268160.00/cwt160.00–160.004292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313186.00/cwt186.00–186.005826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381169.50/cwt169.00–170.006464
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3384133.12/cwt130.00–140.005117
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3428146.54/cwt145.00–148.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440156.00/cwt156.00–156.006867
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460135.00/cwt135.00–135.006211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462148.26/cwt140.00–149.0068512
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520113.00/cwt113.00–113.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538146.28/cwt141.00–147.0078714
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555119.00/cwt119.00–119.0066018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588137.81/cwt134.00–140.0081012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589156.00/cwt156.00–156.009199
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622156.96/cwt155.00–159.0097612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632138.99/cwt136.00–145.0087829
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3682113.85/cwt102.50–121.007767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2687133.56/cwt128.00–140.0091812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added726141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,02414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740135.42/cwt133.00–136.001,00236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778130.76/cwt129.00–133.001,01717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added781137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0707
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added849135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1468
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2934115.24/cwt113.00–121.001,0767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,00893.00/cwt93.00–93.009373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273140.00/cwt140.00–140.003822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325137.00/cwt137.00–137.004454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3334127.71/cwt121.00–130.004274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383141.92/cwt138.00–145.0054416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405137.00/cwt137.00–137.005551
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3418123.00/cwt123.00–123.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3454118.99/cwt113.00–122.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460132.75/cwt125.00–137.0061155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525109.00/cwt109.00–109.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527132.21/cwt121.00–137.5069775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530153.50/cwt153.50–153.5081466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580131.63/cwt126.00–133.0076331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583145.00/cwt145.00–145.008459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603136.00/cwt136.00–136.0082015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-360593.00/cwt93.00–93.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635130.14/cwt128.00–133.5082623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-365594.00/cwt94.00–94.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663124.74/cwt118.00–127.0082728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687131.00/cwt131.00–131.009003
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745124.00/cwt124.00–124.009245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770123.00/cwt123.00–123.009471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2935116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added963112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0792
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387168.32/cwt156.00–173.0065115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459146.69/cwt146.00–147.0067329
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475135.98/cwt119.00–140.006465
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515139.67/cwt134.00–141.0071928
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3531129.72/cwt128.00–132.006897
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2588137.10/cwt133.50–138.0080615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2659135.91/cwt123.00–139.0089631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2739111.61/cwt110.00–112.0082510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-384585.00/cwt85.00–85.007181

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.