Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-10-05

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 5
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
796 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 652▲ 410 vs year ago 386 · +106.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 lower. Offerings also included a video sale. 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 $140.69/cwt on 337 head.
Average price
$140.69
337 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.51
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590142.67842308
Medium and Large 2-3477119.6057129
One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about $271 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 sale337 hd
140.69
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TN average9 barns · 2,684 hd
143.20
−2.51
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

67 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 1-2244164.35/cwt151.00–171.004019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2278158.00/cwt158.00–158.004395
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325154.00/cwt154.00–154.005018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393172.19/cwt160.00–174.006777
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468179.00/cwt179.00–179.008384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472158.90/cwt155.00–167.007506
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3475142.00/cwt142.00–142.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523157.21/cwt154.00–161.5082214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593149.05/cwt146.00–153.0088425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added596155.50/cwt155.50–155.5092715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610139.11/cwt131.00–142.008494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638168.65/cwt164.00–170.001,07627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670134.00/cwt134.00–134.008983
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,12633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738139.21/cwt132.00–143.001,02724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added820152.66/cwt145.00–154.501,25221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820138.00/cwt137.00–139.001,1322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2891126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1234
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2931114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,06610
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,000115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3215132.00/cwt132.00–132.002841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2237143.00/cwt143.00–143.003395
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3277114.00/cwt114.00–114.003163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310115.55/cwt112.00–123.003583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321152.77/cwt149.00–157.0049015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375119.00/cwt119.00–119.004461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391154.89/cwt150.00–156.0060611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3413123.02/cwt120.00–126.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3456130.07/cwt121.00–132.005936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461146.27/cwt142.00–153.0067430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507152.67/cwt152.00–153.5077420
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3523106.00/cwt106.00–106.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528139.68/cwt131.00–143.0073841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579137.84/cwt132.00–139.0079831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587148.50/cwt148.50–148.5087224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3629117.54/cwt112.00–122.0073910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639130.50/cwt130.50–130.508344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added644150.90/cwt140.50–154.0097251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656137.00/cwt137.00–137.0089914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672145.86/cwt143.50–146.5098014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730125.28/cwt116.00–127.0091515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2764131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added836143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,19510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2865119.98/cwt118.00–121.001,0383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2911119.80/cwt112.00–120.501,09112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,03599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,0251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,05394.00/cwt94.00–94.009902
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3374119.88/cwt117.50–125.004483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2391157.79/cwt149.00–160.0061710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3444109.48/cwt100.00–111.004867
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2446164.50/cwt164.50–164.5073414
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3467126.67/cwt120.00–137.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530154.63/cwt143.00–157.0082036
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3564119.83/cwt111.00–123.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587142.95/cwt133.00–145.0083929
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3608102.22/cwt100.00–105.006215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2639125.00/cwt125.00–125.007998
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653139.00/cwt139.00–139.0090831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3720105.59/cwt101.00–110.007602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2727126.00/cwt126.00–126.0091616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008975
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3838105.00/cwt105.00–105.008804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3868105.00/cwt105.00–105.009113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-293895.00/cwt95.00–95.008912

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.