Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-02-16

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 16
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
929 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 934▲ 929 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 higher. Offerings also included 2 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 $147.47/cwt on 406 head.
Average price
$147.47
406 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$202
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.97
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589147.91872397
Medium and Large 2-3523128.216709thin
One grade step is worth $19.70/cwt here — about $202 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 sale406 hd
147.47
—
TN average10 barns · 2,805 hd
145.50
+1.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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 2-3325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328186.00/cwt186.00–186.006105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3397166.00/cwt166.00–166.006593
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438174.00/cwt174.00–174.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467178.42/cwt174.00–183.008334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471186.14/cwt184.50–189.0087738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514174.98/cwt167.50–180.0089917
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573172.00/cwt172.00–172.0098622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574166.22/cwt166.00–167.0095414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605151.00/cwt151.00–151.009142
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3610133.49/cwt133.00–134.008142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617161.77/cwt161.00–165.0099814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,07618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670152.03/cwt141.00–156.501,01923
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3685137.19/cwt134.00–138.009405
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718145.99/cwt139.00–147.001,04811
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720118.00/cwt118.00–118.008503
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,0635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,0467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,20316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2307157.00/cwt157.00–157.004826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328139.00/cwt139.00–139.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added358165.00/cwt165.00–165.005913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382156.35/cwt151.00–157.0059718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3405141.00/cwt141.00–141.005711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added424164.76/cwt164.00–165.0069912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446150.22/cwt147.00–157.0067023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472152.28/cwt145.00–160.0071918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487164.44/cwt162.00–165.0080127
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3490129.00/cwt129.00–129.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519153.35/cwt145.00–155.0079635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537162.24/cwt160.00–164.2587155
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584147.85/cwt141.00–152.0086333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3613121.96/cwt120.00–126.007483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631148.90/cwt146.50–150.5094032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636142.88/cwt141.00–143.5090920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666138.90/cwt131.00–143.5092561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730130.67/cwt130.00–131.0095415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3760103.00/cwt103.00–103.007831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778127.50/cwt127.50–127.509922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783113.97/cwt112.00–116.008922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2804119.00/cwt119.00–119.009578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2910102.00/cwt102.00–102.009281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added915121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added988118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,17121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2386182.00/cwt182.00–182.007039
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438179.35/cwt174.00–181.0078631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2453174.00/cwt174.00–174.007885
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3472144.92/cwt141.00–147.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3522143.01/cwt142.00–145.007473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523162.91/cwt157.00–164.0085239
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587152.48/cwt147.00–154.5089538
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628142.45/cwt133.50–146.0089524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3645128.00/cwt128.00–128.008261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2656137.00/cwt137.00–137.0089920
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2731129.51/cwt129.00–130.0094710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760123.00/cwt123.00–123.009351
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2840116.00/cwt116.00–116.009741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2960105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0081

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.