Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-06-15

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 15
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
641 head
▲ 334 vs last sale 307▼ 20 vs year ago 661 · −3.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 6.00-145.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Offerings also included 474 head sold on video. The video sale report can be viewed 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 $135.93/cwt on 253 head.
Average price
$135.93
253 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.91
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598137.73823211
Medium and Large 2-3550126.8769842
One grade step is worth $10.87/cwt here — about $125 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 sale253 hd
135.93
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TN average9 barns · 1,412 hd
141.84
−5.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

65 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 1-2273176.00/cwt176.00–176.004803
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3305154.00/cwt154.00–154.004701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2334167.00/cwt167.00–167.005584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2388166.00/cwt166.00–166.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440168.25/cwt168.00–169.007404
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450147.00/cwt147.00–147.006625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527157.44/cwt152.00–160.5083022
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3529137.55/cwt123.00–145.007286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581146.65/cwt142.00–154.0085220
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3584130.00/cwt130.00–130.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613155.43/cwt147.00–159.0095329
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3614132.48/cwt118.00–144.008135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665144.40/cwt144.00–148.0096010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,02716
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3693129.00/cwt129.00–129.0089414
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736138.10/cwt134.00–141.001,01621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804123.00/cwt123.00–123.009898
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added841137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2907122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3268134.00/cwt134.00–134.003592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275151.00/cwt151.00–151.004151
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2307155.50/cwt155.50–155.504773
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310137.00/cwt137.00–137.004251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380134.62/cwt130.00–142.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382151.33/cwt148.00–153.005789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432145.68/cwt145.00–146.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471147.85/cwt144.00–153.5069621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472132.23/cwt127.00–134.006245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3511129.23/cwt120.00–132.006606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523145.74/cwt139.50–148.0076234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575130.51/cwt130.00–131.0075010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584140.00/cwt134.50–146.0081853
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621139.00/cwt139.00–139.008637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635130.57/cwt130.00–131.008299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661138.00/cwt138.00–138.0091212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664131.07/cwt126.00–135.0087018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3687117.86/cwt117.50–119.0081012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3720108.00/cwt108.00–108.007781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721120.96/cwt119.50–122.0087212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728133.50/cwt133.50–133.509728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2774124.66/cwt122.50–128.009655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added817122.00/cwt122.00–122.009979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828106.68/cwt105.00–115.008836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2945121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1431
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2338153.50/cwt153.50–153.505193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375159.71/cwt155.00–167.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420144.00/cwt144.00–144.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3422141.70/cwt139.00–143.005983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458163.40/cwt152.00–166.0074817
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3514130.39/cwt127.00–139.006705
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525154.64/cwt143.00–160.0081228
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3558131.00/cwt131.00–131.007312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585143.71/cwt140.50–145.0084114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3607115.55/cwt107.00–124.007014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2648140.00/cwt140.00–140.0090717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653131.50/cwt131.50–131.508596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008553
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-397096.00/cwt96.00–96.009311

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.