Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-01-19

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 19
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
557 head
▼ 968 vs last sale 1,525▼ 519 vs year ago 1,076 · −48.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 8.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-7.00 higher. There were also two load lots of steers sold on video. The video sale report can be seen 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 $140.11/cwt on 263 head.
Average price
$140.11
263 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.61
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593140.67834253
Medium and Large 2-3474125.9159710thin
One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $237 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 sale263 hd
140.11
—
TN average7 barns · 989 hd
135.49
+4.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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 1-2243167.50/cwt167.50–167.504072
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3310135.00/cwt135.00–135.004191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330171.00/cwt171.00–171.005645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2389190.47/cwt189.00–195.007414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408191.00/cwt191.00–191.007793
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3425128.81/cwt127.50–130.005472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443174.00/cwt174.00–174.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473176.16/cwt173.00–180.008336
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3513132.14/cwt122.50–150.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530171.00/cwt171.00–171.009061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574160.50/cwt156.00–161.0092120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615140.00/cwt140.00–140.008613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626163.75/cwt163.75–163.751,02570
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663147.00/cwt147.00–147.009754
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718138.09/cwt136.00–139.0099112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,070133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,4231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2227161.00/cwt161.00–161.003653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335156.00/cwt156.00–156.005239
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335142.00/cwt142.00–142.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3355143.00/cwt143.00–143.005081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386143.00/cwt143.00–143.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added402167.00/cwt167.00–167.0067117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422143.11/cwt135.00–145.006045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433124.69/cwt118.00–128.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455137.49/cwt137.00–142.0062616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473126.00/cwt126.00–126.005962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474156.73/cwt154.00–158.0074332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521142.80/cwt137.00–147.0074427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3523127.00/cwt127.00–127.006642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580144.98/cwt143.00–148.0084117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588131.47/cwt123.00–133.0077315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610143.73/cwt142.00–145.0087724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635119.00/cwt119.00–119.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673133.00/cwt133.00–133.008952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675136.50/cwt136.50–136.5092113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717131.23/cwt128.50–134.0094130
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-376094.00/cwt94.00–94.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769129.16/cwt128.50–129.5099312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815122.00/cwt122.00–122.009943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2862120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,03413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2958113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,089110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,31377.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2398179.00/cwt179.00–179.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442182.00/cwt182.00–182.0080410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463178.50/cwt174.00–180.008268
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515167.66/cwt165.00–173.0086321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586142.48/cwt138.00–145.0083514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595121.00/cwt121.00–121.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655125.69/cwt121.00–130.0082322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775115.00/cwt115.00–115.008913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2836116.00/cwt116.00–116.009705

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.