Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-02-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 2
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
934 head
▲ 377 vs last sale 557▲ 488 vs year ago 446 · +109.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Offerings also included 6 Load Lots 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 $140.12/cwt on 411 head.
Average price
$140.12
411 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.45
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567140.58797393
Medium and Large 2-3445130.1157918thin
One grade step is worth $10.47/cwt here — about $218 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 sale411 hd
140.12
—
TN average10 barns · 2,915 hd
137.67
+2.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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 2-3301160.00/cwt160.00–160.004824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338169.00/cwt169.00–169.005715
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3379144.28/cwt141.00–153.005474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380165.37/cwt162.00–169.0062810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437158.27/cwt157.00–160.006927
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460147.34/cwt141.00–155.006786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479161.25/cwt158.00–165.0077227
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3516144.32/cwt137.00–150.0074510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517161.69/cwt161.00–162.0083629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532163.63/cwt160.00–165.0087123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577151.68/cwt148.00–156.0087525
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3583142.00/cwt142.00–142.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620154.00/cwt154.00–154.009557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635140.67/cwt137.00–143.008936
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3640136.00/cwt136.00–136.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662148.00/cwt148.00–148.0098013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668143.76/cwt139.00–145.0096015
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3728123.00/cwt123.00–123.008952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743139.36/cwt128.00–142.001,03523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783140.76/cwt139.50–141.001,10238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added805141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,13917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829135.21/cwt124.00–137.501,1216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added883140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,23629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,045126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3316140.00/cwt140.00–140.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335155.36/cwt144.00–159.0052016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383146.08/cwt139.00–157.0055910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3392132.34/cwt132.00–133.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437142.79/cwt138.00–155.5062436
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3447128.35/cwt121.00–132.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3461130.48/cwt129.00–131.006024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510154.12/cwt150.00–155.0078652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525137.47/cwt130.00–144.0072266
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525124.00/cwt124.00–124.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553157.00/cwt157.00–157.0086831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584132.39/cwt126.00–135.0077343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618140.33/cwt139.00–142.0086721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620118.00/cwt118.00–118.007323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630125.66/cwt123.00–135.0079210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659128.18/cwt126.00–137.0084520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664141.21/cwt136.00–143.0093848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701134.50/cwt134.50–134.5094310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728120.69/cwt114.00–123.5087911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2772117.00/cwt117.00–117.009035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860110.00/cwt110.00–110.009461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2960109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0469
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381163.33/cwt160.00–165.006229
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2463154.22/cwt145.00–157.0071429
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475138.03/cwt129.00–141.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523151.97/cwt145.00–154.0079526
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3534139.77/cwt139.00–140.007464
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583139.45/cwt137.00–140.0081311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3613124.53/cwt122.00–127.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657130.47/cwt129.00–131.0085723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2746122.00/cwt122.00–122.009106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2850108.00/cwt108.00–108.009182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-298088.00/cwt88.00–88.008621

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.