Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-06-01

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 1
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
307 head
▼ 242 vs last sale 549▼ 175 vs year ago 482 · −36.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Offerings also included 197 head sold on video. The video sale report can be found at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.27/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$140.27
115 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$820
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.10
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589140.51828111
Medium and Large 2-3453133.636054thin
One grade step is worth $6.89/cwt here — about $223 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 sale115 hd
140.27
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TN average7 barns · 1,292 hd
146.37
−6.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240165.00/cwt165.00–165.003961
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330173.00/cwt173.00–173.005711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365181.00/cwt181.00–181.006611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480170.98/cwt170.00–174.008214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521175.00/cwt175.00–175.0091213
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3543131.00/cwt131.00–131.007114
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3568145.57/cwt143.00–150.508273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574166.72/cwt164.00–172.0095718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627161.35/cwt158.00–162.501,0128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629167.77/cwt165.50–168.501,05512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,07710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685143.00/cwt143.00–143.009804
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3698135.00/cwt135.00–135.009422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719140.24/cwt138.00–141.001,0084
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818134.67/cwt134.00–135.001,1023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1901
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3235137.50/cwt137.50–137.503231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390162.48/cwt153.00–163.5063410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430136.00/cwt136.00–136.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3465136.00/cwt136.00–136.006321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471152.95/cwt144.00–158.0072010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522154.00/cwt154.00–154.008045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526148.23/cwt146.50–150.5078017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583142.45/cwt140.50–146.0083028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640132.67/cwt130.00–135.5084911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654131.39/cwt125.00–133.008597
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741114.00/cwt114.00–114.008454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766120.00/cwt120.00–120.009197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2831116.88/cwt116.00–120.0097110
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382180.06/cwt172.00–182.006885
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2443170.50/cwt170.50–170.507557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525165.56/cwt155.00–170.0086916
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583158.00/cwt158.00–158.009214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606159.00/cwt159.00–159.009644
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665145.08/cwt139.50–147.009654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009005

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.