Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-08-03

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 3
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
758 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 838▲ 758 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 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher. Offerings also included 3 load lots sold on video. The video sale report can be seen 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 $152.29/cwt on 286 head.
Average price
$152.29
286 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$829
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$354
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.05
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567154.91879249
Medium and Large 2-3390134.6452537
One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about $354 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 sale286 hd
152.29
—
TN average11 barns · 2,850 hd
154.34
−2.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

66 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3265153.00/cwt153.00–153.0040514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285164.00/cwt164.00–164.004671
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3334162.80/cwt152.00–166.005448
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345175.00/cwt175.00–175.006048
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3370158.00/cwt158.00–158.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380187.00/cwt187.00–187.007111
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448174.00/cwt174.00–174.007802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476181.32/cwt177.00–182.0086322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517166.18/cwt164.00–173.008595
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519177.62/cwt177.00–179.0092226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2550159.50/cwt159.50–159.508771
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3564136.51/cwt135.00–137.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570176.98/cwt172.00–179.001,00938
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600153.00/cwt153.00–153.009182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618166.48/cwt160.00–171.001,02950
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660161.31/cwt159.50–164.001,06515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662151.21/cwt148.50–157.001,0017
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3685142.00/cwt142.00–142.009735
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2742143.56/cwt142.50–145.001,06510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765130.00/cwt130.00–130.009951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2872125.24/cwt116.00–139.001,0925
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245144.00/cwt144.00–144.003531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2286182.00/cwt182.00–182.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3292133.00/cwt133.00–133.0038811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333149.00/cwt149.00–149.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004591
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3367141.14/cwt141.00–142.0051815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2389156.27/cwt151.00–160.006087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429152.00/cwt152.00–152.006524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3445134.00/cwt134.00–134.005961
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460125.00/cwt125.00–125.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461166.16/cwt154.00–167.5076620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added489170.11/cwt168.00–171.0083233
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3518126.48/cwt119.00–133.006553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520167.08/cwt164.00–169.0086921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527149.95/cwt143.00–155.0079035
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3550126.33/cwt109.00–135.006953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574161.26/cwt155.00–165.0092637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589140.45/cwt140.00–140.508279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605159.46/cwt157.00–160.0096523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635124.50/cwt115.00–134.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2647146.00/cwt146.00–146.0094511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668140.00/cwt140.00–140.009357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714135.69/cwt134.00–136.0096913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732122.59/cwt120.00–128.008973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815125.77/cwt125.00–128.001,0254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-299796.00/cwt96.00–96.009573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,014124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,2629
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390177.60/cwt172.00–179.0069310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460171.19/cwt160.00–172.5078719
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475149.32/cwt138.00–151.007098
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525156.00/cwt149.00–158.0081939
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3568136.85/cwt130.00–144.007772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582151.00/cwt151.00–151.008798
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635145.24/cwt142.00–146.0092225
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3645110.00/cwt110.00–110.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650143.00/cwt143.00–143.009302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3655119.28/cwt115.00–129.007817
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2729131.00/cwt131.00–131.009557
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3779117.00/cwt117.00–117.009114

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.