Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-09-21

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 21
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
652 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 442▲ 652 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 8.00-15.00 lower with instances of 20.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00-10.00 lower with instances of 14.00 lower. Offerings also included 5 Load lots 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 $147.17/cwt on 247 head.
Average price
$147.17
247 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$799
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$145
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.35
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543150.00815220
Medium and Large 2-3539124.1166927
One grade step is worth $25.90/cwt here — about $145 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 sale247 hd
147.17
—
TN average9 barns · 1,841 hd
149.53
−2.35
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

62 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275152.00/cwt152.00–152.004183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310161.96/cwt157.00–166.005029
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3350138.00/cwt138.00–138.004831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374168.13/cwt165.00–172.506295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added451175.00/cwt175.00–175.007894
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470162.15/cwt155.00–169.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3477139.93/cwt135.00–150.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505159.00/cwt159.00–159.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533152.21/cwt149.00–153.0081115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562162.63/cwt158.00–164.5091418
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570131.00/cwt131.00–131.007474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584148.42/cwt143.00–153.2586714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609169.09/cwt167.00–170.501,03017
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635143.00/cwt143.00–143.009081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643154.00/cwt154.00–154.009908
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,05810
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3665141.00/cwt141.00–141.009381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672161.41/cwt159.00–164.501,08516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added729154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,12614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2743148.62/cwt139.00–151.001,10410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830144.50/cwt141.00–148.001,1992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235133.00/cwt133.00–133.003132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3312127.99/cwt127.00–132.003995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2314144.00/cwt144.00–144.004524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381160.66/cwt151.00–167.0061227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3385121.00/cwt121.00–121.004662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415139.00/cwt139.00–139.005771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461155.45/cwt150.00–156.0071737
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485130.55/cwt117.50–140.006339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added486167.00/cwt167.00–167.0081221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520147.24/cwt144.00–149.0076639
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3542129.00/cwt129.00–129.006993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564150.50/cwt150.50–150.508498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578142.09/cwt137.00–149.0082117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605127.00/cwt127.00–127.007682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611151.50/cwt148.50–155.0092611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654141.00/cwt141.00–141.0092218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,03712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added740139.28/cwt139.00–141.001,0317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2765140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added788134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2839128.67/cwt128.00–130.001,0803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3861110.50/cwt110.50–110.509516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,015108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0963
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3383145.74/cwt138.00–154.005584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384171.00/cwt171.00–171.006577
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2452175.52/cwt171.00–177.5079336
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3489136.99/cwt136.00–140.006707
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3524144.00/cwt144.00–144.0075510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526158.66/cwt158.50–160.0083555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583139.74/cwt136.00–140.0081516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595129.00/cwt129.00–129.007682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625142.00/cwt142.00–142.008883
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3656110.00/cwt110.00–110.0072223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669128.00/cwt128.00–128.008566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2728117.96/cwt111.00–120.008599
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755127.00/cwt127.00–127.009594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2830119.00/cwt119.00–119.009884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2940113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0621

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.